Hello Rob, I was curious to know if you were interested in creating a Featured Tank of the Month series for the Talkingreef. I enjoy seeing this feature on other Forumns such as Reef central for example and feel that it would make a great addition to the website.
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I've seen that done also. It is pretty cool to get to see some very special photos. However, I do realize that it will take time and more work for someone to do something like this and keep it going every month and would also depend on participation of TR as a whole. It would be pretty special for a marine hobbiest to bask in the florescent/MH lime light for a short lived time as personal reward for all their hard work, dedication, and financial commitment needed to maintain such a treasure. That's just my 2 cents thought. Let's see if others will respond with their opinions.
We did have TOTM and it went great for 2 or 3 months and then people quit participating. It was a lot of work and disappointing when there were no entries. The format was nice in that the community voted on the entries.
Maybe thats the problem with turnout. Maybe relaying on the community to vote on the totm nominees is were it went wrong. I have nothing against the community voting but if its not in front of you, than you don't really know to vote. It would be smother IMO if a set of people voted. The community can send nominees in but let a set group of voluntees vote and choose.
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Just a thought, maybe their no need to have people nominate themselves. Maybe we could include a button and let people select Member Tank Threads from the Members Tank Journal section of the website. ;-)
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yes.. there are many ways to do this project, the last time to tried members participation was not high enough to continue. we would get one or two a month and that was it.
maybe if the interest is there we can try again...
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I remember the low participation. So perhaps instead of Tank of the Month, we could have a Thread of the Month. This could be about a tank, a particular fish or coral, a problem, whatever. Just a nice way of calling attention to a particular thread. No prize would be needed, as a good thread is a group effort. But a logo could be created to show that a particular thread was voted best of TR. Thoughts?
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I remember the low participation. So perhaps instead of Tank of the Month, we could have a Thread of the Month. This could be about a tank, a particular fish or coral, a problem, whatever. Just a nice way of calling attention to a particular thread. No prize would be needed, as a good thread is a group effort. But a logo could be created to show that a particular thread was voted best of TR. Thoughts?
Featured Tank of the Month. 
icon under their name to add to their reputation. 
But we can ask Rob about that.
