We at MARSH are proud to announce our Tank of the Month program
TOTM Guidelines
1/ Objectives:
This program gives a chance for our members and guests to share their tanks with other members be it a Nano, Large Reef tank or Fish Only tank, etc... We want to make it clear this is not so much a competition but a learning experience for everyone and a chance to show off your hard work.
2/ Who can participate in the TOTM program?
- All MARSH members and local MARSH guests.
- If you have several tanks (large reef, nano, etc..), you can submit them as separate entries for a TOTM contest.
- You can submit, re-submit your tank pics for the TOTM contests as many times as you want. Once your tank wins Marsh TOTM, you will have to wait at least 6 months to re-submit the same tank for another Marsh TOTM contest.
3/ What & Where to submit?
- You only need to submit one FULL TANK SHOT (FTS)of your tank initially. This FTS will be used for the voting.
- Send your images to totm@marsh-reef.org
- Once your tank is selected (by votes), you will be notified and asked to submit your tank information and more pictures for the TOTM article (see "7 - Information needed for TOTM Article" below)
4/ TOTM selection:
- TOTM will be selected by Marsh members through voting. A vote or poll with the submitted pics (again FTS only)
- If there are too many submissions for one month, the TOTM committee head will pre-screen the entries to select the top 10 tanks for the public vote.
- If there is a tie in the TOTM vote, the submission date (by email date) will be used as the tie-breaker.
5/ Deadline:
- The deadline for TOTM submissions will be the 20th day of each month.
6/ Winner prizes:
- MARSH Members who win TOTM will receive a price worth ~$20 or more from a TOTM Sponsor. Sponsors will be announced one month in advance.
- MARSH Guests who win TOTM will receive a free MARSH membership.
7/ Information needed for TOTM Article:
- Once your tank is chosen for TOTM, you will be notified and asked to submit your tank info and more pics for the TOTM article.
- For the tank info, you may either answer the questions in a Q/A format or in an article format (use past TOTM articles as a guidelines):
1. Introduction/History of system
2. Inhabitants
3. Feeding
4. Filtration
5. Circulation
6. Lighting
7. Parameters
8. Equipment
9. Maintenance
- For the pictures:
- We can use up to ~ 20-30 pics of your tank for the article. These can be closeup pics, pics of fishes, softies, LPS, SPS, inverts, etc.. You should include some equipment pics like lighting system, refugium, frag tank, skimmer, etc...
8/ Others:
- Entry for TOTM program MUST be submitted by the owner of the tank.
- The tank pics (FTS and other pics) must be taken within the last 3 months from the date the tank is submitted for the TOTM contest.
- Pictures of livestocks or equipment submitted for TOTM article must be taken from the TOTM winner's tank.
- You can refer a MARSH Member to the TOTM Committee. We will then contact the referred person about submitting their tank.
If you have any questions or suggestions please post them here for the TOTM Committee to review.
Thank You
TOTM Committee
TOTM Guidelines
1/ Objectives:
This program gives a chance for our members and guests to share their tanks with other members be it a Nano, Large Reef tank or Fish Only tank, etc... We want to make it clear this is not so much a competition but a learning experience for everyone and a chance to show off your hard work.
2/ Who can participate in the TOTM program?
- All MARSH members and local MARSH guests.
- If you have several tanks (large reef, nano, etc..), you can submit them as separate entries for a TOTM contest.
- You can submit, re-submit your tank pics for the TOTM contests as many times as you want. Once your tank wins Marsh TOTM, you will have to wait at least 6 months to re-submit the same tank for another Marsh TOTM contest.
3/ What & Where to submit?
- You only need to submit one FULL TANK SHOT (FTS)of your tank initially. This FTS will be used for the voting.
- Send your images to totm@marsh-reef.org
- Once your tank is selected (by votes), you will be notified and asked to submit your tank information and more pictures for the TOTM article (see "7 - Information needed for TOTM Article" below)
4/ TOTM selection:
- TOTM will be selected by Marsh members through voting. A vote or poll with the submitted pics (again FTS only)
- If there are too many submissions for one month, the TOTM committee head will pre-screen the entries to select the top 10 tanks for the public vote.
- If there is a tie in the TOTM vote, the submission date (by email date) will be used as the tie-breaker.
5/ Deadline:
- The deadline for TOTM submissions will be the 20th day of each month.
6/ Winner prizes:
- MARSH Members who win TOTM will receive a price worth ~$20 or more from a TOTM Sponsor. Sponsors will be announced one month in advance.
- MARSH Guests who win TOTM will receive a free MARSH membership.
7/ Information needed for TOTM Article:
- Once your tank is chosen for TOTM, you will be notified and asked to submit your tank info and more pics for the TOTM article.
- For the tank info, you may either answer the questions in a Q/A format or in an article format (use past TOTM articles as a guidelines):
1. Introduction/History of system
2. Inhabitants
3. Feeding
4. Filtration
5. Circulation
6. Lighting
7. Parameters
8. Equipment
9. Maintenance
- For the pictures:
- We can use up to ~ 20-30 pics of your tank for the article. These can be closeup pics, pics of fishes, softies, LPS, SPS, inverts, etc.. You should include some equipment pics like lighting system, refugium, frag tank, skimmer, etc...
8/ Others:
- Entry for TOTM program MUST be submitted by the owner of the tank.
- The tank pics (FTS and other pics) must be taken within the last 3 months from the date the tank is submitted for the TOTM contest.
- Pictures of livestocks or equipment submitted for TOTM article must be taken from the TOTM winner's tank.
- You can refer a MARSH Member to the TOTM Committee. We will then contact the referred person about submitting their tank.
If you have any questions or suggestions please post them here for the TOTM Committee to review.
Thank You
TOTM Committee
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