Rob is a busy man. Up to his eye balls with a busy schedule to innoculate us with our weekly dose of formula to cure our uncureable condition of 'reeftank-itis' !:p



i believe the question has been put forth that we might not be big enough yet to host our own build-offs!
i'll throw the question out there___----* is neally 500 listed members and bus loads of visiters enough to host build-offs. of course it is!
" i say lets kick it a gear! all u need is a swimming pool full of jelly and this is the party of the century! :twisted:

Im willing to help out in any and all fashions, but besides that, i think it to be in the interests of the major players (and everyone for that matter) of this site to step up to the plate and structure some creative thinking thats gained though projects such as these!
The collective knowledge on this site alone would be frightfully massive! so lets use these raw numbers!

Once we have something established, I would even suggest posting links on other forums redirrecting people over to our small claimed plots of land that rob has supplied for us, and produce something that we can all draw knowledge from!

i cant speak for everyones else, but im sick of logging on to multi sites to find info.(if registrations were lotto tickets id be a millionare)
why not have all that info come to us! Using the partnership between TalkingReef and ReefPedia we as reefers should not have to go anywhere else to access information!
all it takes is the passion(which we have with your hobby) and some input time(also what we create for ur hobby) to manafest a one stop resource shop that we can ALL be proud of!

Once again, this has been a public service announcement brought to you in part, by the bubble gum on the bottom of your shoe!

have read ur thread gwen on TRT about ur nano build-off. rock on girl!
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great idea..
i will do everything i can to promote and assist this effort. i will mention it on an upcoming show.

again, i cant promise my 100% control in it, as i am just outta time in the day...lol but will do what i can.

thanks Veriann, for stepping up to get this moving.. i really hope it moves well

have read ur thread gwen on TRT about ur nano build-off. rock on girl!
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http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/23/23_30_114.gif man! I will have to get ya an update very soon!

Thanks for starting a build off here- its all you- let us know anything we can do to help, but you're in charge! How about start by posting some rules about what you expect. If this is a long build off then maybe we can get some sponsors to help us out. Sponsors that cater to our large global presence would be preferred. *hint hint* in case anyone has a lead!

I love your enthusiasm- keep it up!

Run with me on this idea gwen, ive been doing some thinking.
personally i would like to see these build-offs emcompass everything in our hobby! even everything that robs topic lists contain!

a running example ok>>>>>>>>> (u still running gwen) lol

1st example that springs to mind! * protein skimmers*........we all know the principles of how they work right, (for those who didn't exactly, they would by the end) -but there are so many ways to build them and there are more design approaches than there are public holidays. im no expert, but experimenting with concepts isdiving in alittle futher than just drawing off your previous experiences!

every couple of months or so we organise the post of a new principle to disect, we dont have to build them big scale, just small enough to have a working concept.
im hoping everyone should have enough room for a mini/small tank to experiment on. if not theres always a bucket! :)
i believe to include the many we have to make it both affordable and manageable(less intimidating to join in)
if new designs work well, then we all have new knowledge at ur disposal that can be carried over to large scale for our main tanks. who knows, a revolutionary technique could be in the mind of a newbie to the field!


sponsorship is one topic i have to plonder, although global credits is a fantastic idea im not sure if its been done before, so unless we get feed back its going to have to be addressed at some point!

Sourcing direct sponsors in your general zone areas should not be to difficult for someone with a decent pitch.
maybe using the above suggestion as the example, protein skimmers, GEO make skimmers, someone can approach the guy and pitch the idea for them to make a working unit as a prize, to the winners specs of course, in exchange for some added advertising of sponsor products through-out the competions. Works for us, drums up futher exposure for the sponsors.

or how about running the idea past rob about expanding within his show, he sets it up with topic info which he has been doing, we do an online work shop with stages. members can add any inputs/trial & errors/effective plans ect ect. and when the threads finnished, lets pick the most relevent information collectively and store it as a more detailed reference to the diy workshop pages. threads are fine when they are happening but the hassle start when u have to sift though many pages to find what ur after yes?

maybe a crazy idea but i'll chew on it for awhile and see if i can come up with some more ideas. mean while the doors open for suggestions. love for everyone to jump in on this one a bail me out of the deep end! lol 8-O

I'm http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/18/18_3_110.gif. Sounds like you've done some serious thinking! My goal is just to try a simple DIY tank *drill, plumbing, sump*, but you are thinking way outside the tank which is great, but over my head :p

im just thowing ideas out there! im used to searching on my own for research. im just tired of sifting though endless pages of material, thats ether kinda what im after or just a plain waste of my time. the potential is here, the base is laid and robs got a great show with a cornered market niche at the moment.

at this time, im just going to crack open another jimmy! *gulp* yummy!

well again, im all for what you guys settle on.
once something is agreed on we will formalize it and i will announce it on the show.

thanks again.. :)