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The Great Oz Shrimp Off - MAY Photo Competition!


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Hi Everyone,

It's on again. The Great Oz Shrimp Off - Photo Competition for (late) May!!

Terms and Conditions of entry below.


You will all have until *** 11pm AEST Saturday 7th June *** to post your competition picture.


Terms and Conditions of entry are as follows:

# Entry is open to SKF members with a post count of 25 or above

# No Photo-shopped entries will be accepted

# One photo only per member can be submitted

# The same photo cannot be used in subsequent rounds

# Photos already posted on the forum are not to be used in the competition, new photos each time

# The photo must be of your own shrimp (a chance to show off one of your favourites)

# Each entrant needs to take a full tank shot of the tank their entry comes from, for confirmation purposes (where required). This full tank shot does not need to be posted in the competition thread but held onto in case of authentication being requested by mods or admin. This photo must clearly show your username and month of competition.



Subject of this Month's Competition:
CRS (Crystal Red Shrimp)


The Prize for this month's Competition!
Aside from the prestige of winning a monthly competition on an awesome forum, the prize this month will be a CRS Care Pack containing the following:
1 x Beninbachi Red Up 30g
1 x Benibachi SP Max-H (White Up)30g
1 x Benibachi Mineral Powder 120g
**over $70 worth in value**



The prizes and subject will change each month....


The rest is up to you!!! Please be sure to post your competition photos in this thread, thanks!! :)

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She isn't the highest quality but you can't deny she qualifies as a yummy mummy CRS

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Only got phone to take photos these days but as they say you  gotta be in it to win it.

 

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This is one of my last surviving CRS shrimp unfortunately.

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Great entries so far, only five days to get your entries in everyone!!

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The dandelion is all gone. 

they must have been too quick for you to even take a pic.

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I pulled the petals out to blanch them before they went in the tank. Every shrimp grabbed at least one petal. There were even a couple of scuffles which is pretty rare in my tank.

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i thought comps of this nature were to be anonymous entries or is that only when the new photo comp tool is introduced?

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That's the new tool mate. It's getting built now for me. Guy is super busy so fitting me in where he can. At a price too  :money:

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I really like the depth of colours in your shrimp hoang. showing an interesting pattern to 

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haha, thanks. I didnt notice until u told me. Luckily I got some nice one but they are female, hopefully they will have nice offspring as well. :D

This is some of my quality, really want to share with u guys :">

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Beautiful shrimp hoang! Some awesome patterns and nice solid color too!

 

Just to confirm, the first pic is your entry to the comp? Cheers

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My favourite subject - a Riffle

 

 

 

edited to remove the photo. I'll save it for another comp.

 

 

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Nice Riffle.

But isn't this a CRS photo comp?

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Yes unfortunately this month is for CRS entries so riffle will unable to be entered :) 

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Great pic of that riffle though! It won't be entered into this competition round but feel free to use it in the Riffle round!

Do you have an CRS pics to enter?

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I feel so embarrassed (where's an embarrassed smiley when you need one?)

Better read the competition rules next time. :lolu:

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All good!! Easy done!! :)

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Nice entries so far and great prizes up for grabs , thanks to comp sponsors !!!!!

lets see if I can snap my A grade CRS before the comp closes;-)

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