Got an ugly tank that is marred by nuisance algae? We want to see it! Post your pictures here, and we will choose the ugliest tank to us. The "winner" will receive a custom crew from us, (or a refund on a recently purchased custom crew), and be given step by step instructions on how to get their tank clean. Everybody who participates will be given a 25% discount.

Show us how bad it can get!

Note: By submitting a photo, or a link to a photo, you confirm that you are both the owner of the photo and the tank. By posting the photo, or linking to it you give us the right to use the photo on the site. You have the choice whether to remain anonymous or be credited for the photo. If you wish to be credited for the photo, please place your name on the actual photo itself.

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will get one of my pico lol.

I can't post my tanks as they are toooooo good for this contest
My tanks are too sexy for this thread.... specially my Sexy 2.5gls Pico.

Does electrically shocked green lr count? I'll have to dig up that picture...

I'm shooting for the refund =). Does the free crew include shipping?

Here it is:




I refrained from posting these before because it was ugly. But this is perfect haha.

put the image code, it should looks like [IMG](lots'o'letters)[IMG]

omg, this is like the ugliest dog contest!!!


can it be pictures of our tanks when they were cycling?
=]

current pictures only please - no shipping.

It ain't the best coryd, but it isn't the worst. On 3reef we already got a guy whose diatoms are so thick they are layered on top of each other making them look fuzzy. It is the most amazing diatom bloom I ever saw.

I have seen your tank though dahlia...it is a shoe in now, post away!











hah! got you.

Oh boy Now this is a contest. You guys may as well quit now Too bad I just cleaned it up and removed about a pound of hair algae.
Full tank shot. 20-long with 65watt 50/50, HOB filter, Dead Coral Skeletons and Petco man-made live rock.
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Mean damsel, tons of Aiptasia, A few Majano Nems, Red Bubble Algae, Green Hair Algae, Red and Green Macro
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Purple Lobster peeking out.
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My giant Emerald Crab wouldn't come out for a the pics.
The funny part is I sort of like it this way. I feel like I can put just about anything in this tank.

I don't know if it's the ugliest but I sure am overrun with different types of algae and it does look BAD.
From what i can see there is a ton of valonia, bryopsis, green hair, cotton candy hair(?), and some type of pinkish red bubble alage. Help.....

NOT NICE

i lold though

is it weird i kinda like the bubble algaes and stuff people call ugly?


OB1:
are those AIPTASIA?!?! or something else?
because those are the GODZILLA of aiptasia

I can send you all the Valonia you want. Actually the redish ones with orange dots are kinda cool and really light up under atinics.

Win


Wow. John.. Where you at? Haha

I'll post my pic for that discount. I'll also bump later with pics of my pico.

GHA?

wow look at that bubble algae

dang, to bad i didnt take pictures of my bryopsis/bubble algea/cyano outbreak, i was ready to give up lol. heres the dino i dealt with after though:
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that was fun.... nearly killed my first zoas just tryin to kill it....
ill post wit better pics

heres a better pic, AFTER a cleaning!
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Yes they are AIPTASIA. I keep waiting for one to eat that damsel but no luck yet If you feed them they just keep growing. With all that so called ugly stuff in there this tank is amazingly stable. I've let it go for 2-months without a water change. I toss in a big chunks of food for the lobster and crab and things just stay the same. It's sort of like a show sump

No coral in it but I just stopped paying attention to the tank. Top offs are about all I do. There's a big Margarita snail living in there, someplace. He comes out every so often.

Here you go.....I just took this pic for your contest:

What do you think?

wow. a lot of good contestants in there. This is going to be a tough contest. I will keep it open for awhile trying to get some more contestants in, (a lot have been posting on the other sites too), and then I will combine them on my site to start the judging.

Green Bubble Algae looks cool in close up pictures, but in person it well, looks like it may have a shot at winning the contest.

By the way the discount code is "ugly", in the comments section give username and maybe even a link to the picture so we can keep you tracked for the prize.

come on, don't be a tight wad....

one prize per site!!!

We will be letting people enter for awhile, maybe you will get lucky and it will grow back quickly. With that said the way the tank is now there is no way you will this contest.

I think I will be doing category prizes. But we sponsor a lot of sites, so we can't do that. They aren't all nanos.

Ohhh, I see! Let John do his thing! It's probably hard enough to be judging this contest let alone he's supplying the prizes. Lol


Early morning bump!!

Here is mine, the very first tank that I started in SW. No algae but it will give a few a laugh.

Ya, After looking at some of the pics of others mine is way to clean. I thought maybe my giant Aiptasia garden might shoe me in, but I can see that red slime and brown algae are really the ugly ones.


You should sell this pic to Petco. They would proudly display that pic as a selling tool.

Mwaahahahahahahhaha! Nobody can beat me!!!

Your right, I humbley withdraw my entry. I can't compete with that

oh my, that is the winner, wow!

wow

kind alooks like a planted zen tank

Capsfan......can you please explain that a little bit? I am amazed and hope that you win. Great show!

Brutal hair algae.

I would legit bleach my rock.

I wish you could have seen this one 200 gallon tank I serviced awhile ago. Nice, expensive equipment (Euro-reef, tunze, etc), good lights (400W MH x 2), and a **it ton of hair algae.

The lights were in an enclosed canopy and temperatures routinely got into the mid 90s, lights were on from 7am - 10pm, right beside a fireplace that was always warm. I think I pulled out 2 5 gallon buckets of hair algae alone. Disaster...

Its my 55 gallon with a HOB filter and old light bulbs. I only have 1 powerhead so 80% of my tank is a dead spot. The snails are dying off, Mr. Tang won't touch the stuff, the lawnmower blenny died (not that he did much anyway), detritus is everywhere, and I HATE hair algae. Oh yeah, the little tank inside the big one is for the little b/w ocellaris clown that gets beat up by my mated pair and the other b/w ocellaris. I keep him separated. I could use some help.

John great idea for a contest plus promo....my tank has had some rough times but i never caught a pic of it....this is the best i could do taken a long while back....figure i cant compete with some of these tanks but at least the discount is worth posting my pic!!! Good luck choosing a winner....

I want MORE! Bump

By the way the discount code for the posts is "ugly". When you enter a tank I will eventually move it over to my site for the judging. But if you use the discount to order, make sure during checkout you give me your username, and a link to the photo this way I can match them up for the possibility of a refund if you win the contest.

Those are some pretty bad ones. My favorite is the tank with the dirty glass where algae is actually growing ont he mag float. Priceless, worth an extra point in judging for sure.

Darn it! Why did all that slime have to go away?! I have little green dots all over my glass, but I can't get a decent picture of them. I added a magfloat pic though.

ew.

all good things must come to an end. post your pics today.

Finalists and Honorable mentions now posted at the site. If we left out yours, emails me and I will explain why.

Go here to see some of the ugliest tanks from around the web:
http://reefcleaners.org/index.php?option=c...&id=925#925

Finalists and Honorable mentions now posted at the site. If we left out yours, emails me and I will explain why.

Go here to see some of the ugliest tanks from around the web:
http://reefcleaners.org/index.php?option=c...&id=925#925

Finalists and Honorable mentions now posted at the site. If we left out yours, email me and I will explain why.

Go here to see some of the ugliest tanks from around the web:
http://reefcleaners.org/index.php?option=c...&id=927#927

VOTING HAS STARTED ON THE FINAL FOUR, PICK YOUR WINNER NOW AT:
http://reefcleaners.org/index.php?option=c...&id=982#982

(sorry caps)

Registration is required to vote, sorry for the hassle but it helps keep the spammers away.

???

do we get our 25 percent off?

Haven't subscribed to the thread? Oh man... out of like 100s of pics we got one of yours was in the top 3 I think of ugliest tank on the net. Oddly, the nicest tank picture we got one though. Weird. But we put it to the voters.

for the 25% off the code is "ugly" thanks for playing IFISTmoose!