Teresa

I haven't been on the forums in a while. I reviewed all 7 of your youtube videos. You are my hero!! I'm so amazed and impressed with the amount of planning, preparation, and DIY work you've put into this build. Truly inspiring! Great work!

Good questions with "tank set up" not defined and how to document progress. For instance, we've only taken one picture so far to show that the tank was not wet prior to the January 15th start date. The tank is now wet with live rock a cuc team, but we haven't taken any recent pictures. Do I need to take a picture of the tank today showing that its running to avoid being disqualified?

I am okay with keeping rules as is. Mostly I needed clarification to make sure the slush fund only applied to left over $ in the tank budget. I think this is a good experience to remember for our next contest .

I would love to allow anything extra in any category to go into the slush fund.

Question about slush fund: The rules only mention this fund next to the tank amount. Does the rule also apply for any other category. I.e., if I only spend $50 on livestock, can the remaining $50 go into the slush fund. Thanks for clarifying.

This sounds very fair to me.

I have a question. Awhile ago I ordered a 4 gallon tank to house my pea puffer and it arrived with a broken base. The retailer kindly sent me a replacement and now I'm thinking about using the original tank for this contest. Its just the bottom glass that's broken so I'm thinking I just need to get a replacement piece. Is it fair to say that this tank cost as much as the repair costs since I probably would have posted this tank for free on the forum otherwise. I'm wanting to see what the contest moderators think is fair in terms of tank costs, before I even attempt the repair.

Are the rules finalized yet? Are we putting a cap on coral spending?

This is covered already in the rules...display no larger than 6, sump max of 2.5 (this makes it easy for all to go and get the cheepo all glass 2.5 from any petstore) Ahh, I misread it. Can we add units to the rules? "display no larger than 6 gallons, sump max of 2.5 gallons." Thanks