2011 Tank of the Year - sponsored by Bashsea

[jimsflies]

2011 Tank of the Year

The year's end is near and it's time to recap our outstanding tanks of 2011 and to award CaptiveReef's most prestigious trophy: Tank of the Year (TOTY). This award is for the best of the best! To be considered for this award you must be a previous Tank of the Month (TOTM) winner and be voted TOTY by the CR membership. Please take a few minutes to look over our TOTM's and cast your vote for who should be crowned TOTY. Click on the photos to see a great slide show of our TOTMs.

This contest serves as a showcase (to honor the dedication and hard work our previous year's Tank of the Month (TOTMs) recipients. It hopefully will inspire us all to be better reefers...to do those water changes...to sacrifice other life's essentials and get the sweet coral or rare fish...to take clearer photos...and to share our tanks with each other on CaptiveReefs.

Unlike TOTM which is selected by staff members and previous TOTM winners, the crowning of the best tank for 2011 rides solely on CR members. So please help by voting for your favorite tank. There is a summary and a link to each TOTM below...please take time to check them out.

Besides the hard work and dedication it takes to achieve a TOTM, putting together the TOTM article takes a lot of work on behalf of the honoree. These dedicated reefers have to provide a writeup and great photos. As a special thank you for their hard work, we thought it was appropriate to reward them with a chance to win a great prize.

Bashsea has donated one of his new PM-2 bio-pellet reactor packages which includes media and pump (~$200 value) as a prize. Should the winner prefer, they can receive a $200 gift certificate instead for Bashsea products that can be used at any authorized Bashsea dealer to purchase that equipment upgrade they've always wanted. Here is a video showing the new Bashsea Biopellet Reactor:



http://youtu.be/t89iZEfvsRc


http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/images/dto_vendor/banner/1026_1.gif (http://www.bashsea.com/)

The TOTY poll will close on January 1, 2012 so please take a few minutes and review our previous winners and vote for the one that you think best deserves the title of Captive Reefs "2011 Tank Of The Year". In the event of a tie, we will have a 3 day re-vote for to determine the winner.


Here are our TOTM winners from 2011:


http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/images/medals/totm-icon.pngMarch 2011
180Reefer's Bowfront Reef (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12819)


http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/attachments/tank-month/180reefers-bowfront-reef-2011march-180reefer-fts.jpg-3924d1323698705

(read more) (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12819)



http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/images/medals/totm-icon.pngApril 2011
Slapshot's Non-Photo Reef (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13336)


http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/attachments/tank-month/slapshots-non-photo-reef-slapshot-full-tank-shot.jpg-3937d1323704542

(read more) (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13336)



http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/images/medals/totm-icon.pngMay 2011
TM01's Fabulous Reef (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13848)


http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/attachments/tank-month/tm01s-fabulous-reef-tm01-fts.jpg-3938d1323705181

(read more) (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13848)



http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/images/medals/totm-icon.pngJune 2011
Sullyman's Rocking SPS Tank (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16862)


http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/attachments/tank-month/sullymans-rocking-small-polyp-scleractinian-stoney-coral-tank-sullyman4.jpg-2753d1306898693

(read more) (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16862)



http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/images/medals/totm-icon.pngJuly 2011
FiReBReTHa's Smokin' Reef (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17350)


http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/attachments/tank-month/firebrethas-smokin-reef-firebreatha-full-tank-shot.jpg-3022d1309577285

(read more) (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17350)



http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/images/medals/totm-icon.pngAugust 2011
Daddybiggs' Mixed Reef (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17803)


http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/attachments/tank-month/daddybiggs-mixed-reef-daddybiggs-full-tank-shot.jpg-3219d1312166068

(read more) (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17803)



http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/images/medals/totm-icon.pngSeptember 2011
Tommyjr61's Marvelous Mixed Reef (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18200)


http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/attachments/tank-month/tommyjr61s-marvelous-mixed-reef-tommyjr61-full-reef-photo.jpg-3358d1314841485

(read more) (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18200)



http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/images/medals/totm-icon.pngOctober 2011
Preuss Pets Deep Dimension SPS Tank (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18519)


http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/attachments/tank-month/preuss-pets-200g-deep-dimension-small-polyp-scleractinian-stoney-coral-tank-preuss-pets-totm-fts.jpg-3552d1317440137

(read more) (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18519)



http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/images/medals/totm-icon.pngNovember 2011
Luisgo's 125g Coral Garden (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19011)


http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/attachments/tank-month/luisgos-125g-coral-garden-luisgo-full-tank-shot.jpg-3710d1320118334

(read more) (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19011)



http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/images/medals/totm-icon.pngDecember 2011
Mrs. Binford's Beautiful Reef (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19342)


http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/attachments/tank-month/mrs-binfords-beautiful-reef-mrs-binford-fts.jpg-3871d1322855893

(read more) (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19342)

[larryandlaura]

I love them all way to hard to vote!

[purerebel]

Wow!! Each and every tank is sweet! Good luck to all!

[FiReBReTHa]

I have to admit... I was going to vote for sullyman until I realized I didn't have any votes haha

[tommyjr61]

Good contest and good luck everyone......

[Nano-Newb1983]

voted!!

Good luck daddybiggs

[larryandlaura]

Great prize! Good luck to everyone!

[Pro X]

They're all beautiful but Daddybiggs' Mixed Reef is tops. :thumbsup:

[jimsflies]

Congrats to daddybiggs the winner of our CR Tank of the Year! Dale won a biopellet reactor from Bashsea (http://www.bashsea.com) or if he prefers a $200 gift certificate.

http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/images/medals/toty-icon.pngTank of the Year
Daddybiggs' Mixed Reef (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17803)


http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/attachments/tank-month/daddybiggs-mixed-reef-daddybiggs-full-tank-shot.jpg-3219d1312166068

(read more) (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17803)


Thanks again to Bashsea for the awesome prize!


http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/images/dto_vendor/banner/1026_1.gif (http://www.bashsea.com/)

[purerebel]

Congrats Dale!
Grats to all TOTM winners also, sweet tanks folks!

[larryandlaura]

Congratulations Dale!

[Sir Patrick]

Congrats Dale!!! Love your tank!

That blue sided is very happy, by the way!!

[Fish Dad]

Congrats Dale!!!

:propellerhead:

[slapshot]

Congrats well deserved!

[bluwc]

Congrats big daddy Dale

[daddybiggs]

Wow this is great. Thanks Jim for the offer to be a tank of the month. That was, and is, an honor in itself. To be considered along with such great reefers and their tanks is very humbling. Thanks to all my "friends" in the hobby for taking the time to vote. All the tanks were so well done. I know how much time we all spend trying to perfect our "living" art, Good luck to everyone in the coming year. thank you , DB
oh man thanks Bashea for putting up such a great prize

[binford4000]

congrats well deserved