johnmaloney Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 The Contest: It is time yet again to show us what some neglect and overfeeding can do. Got a well water reef? It is time for a full tank shot because the 3rd annual Ugly Tank Contest is open to contestants. We are looking for tanks that are ugly, just really, really ugly. Cyano plauging your coral? Nice! Hair algae covering your mag float? No wonder you can't find it! Please post pics! The Rules: Submissions must have a full tank shot (FTS). Only that picture will count towards the contest, but other supporting close up photos are appreciated. You can reply to this thread to submit the photo. Pictures must be submitted by November 15th. We will be selecting the worst 5 tanks from those submitted. Each of these tanks will receive a $10 gift certificate. I personally will be choosing the finalists to narrow down the chance of popularity becoming an issue. Each of the finalists will then vote for the tank they think is the worst, but are not allowed to vote for their own tank. Winner gets a free custom clean up crew shipped to clean the tank! Plus! Each entrant gets a $5 gift certificate. You will have to send me an email or pm with the code you want to use. Just something simple will work, like "Hey John, I posted a photo in the ugly tank contest, I want my code to be "jmaloney" " Just make sure to put the code in quotes or on a separate line. Show us how bad it can get! Be prepared for some good humored kidding, but please don't be embarrassed. If algae didn't happen I would be out of a job. Link to comment
Kazooie Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 My 125. But wait, there's more! What's worse than an ugly tank? An ugly tank that's empty! The only reason it's not fully is because it needs a cuc! Link to comment
ajmckay Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Muahaha! I'm going to pwn this contest... You're using several of my pictures in your nuisance algae ID thread already! Question... does it have to be what your tank looks like right now or is there a timeframe (as in will a picture taken 2 months ago qualify)? FTS as of today (actually looks like some snails hit up the front glass pretty hard and looks like the urchin may have had it's way with some of the stuff on the rocks... Either that or all the algae finally soaked everything up! Here's the algae compared to a 6" ruler Here is my hand holding a chunk I pulled up This is the tank a few months ago. I cleaned it up then, but sadly it's back to being a disaster. Today I made it all pretty again with some hard core manual removal. Finally, here's the video: http://s451.photobucket.com/albums/qq231/a...nt=893_0211.flv Do you have a spot for being the most consistently overgrown? Link to comment
beefus Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 I am submitting these on-behalf of a friend who probably is too ashamed to post, if won I will forward the contact information over to winner. Link to comment
johnmaloney Posted November 9, 2010 Author Share Posted November 9, 2010 post it ajmckay and we will see Link to comment
johnmaloney Posted November 13, 2010 Author Share Posted November 13, 2010 just an update here is our entries so far: Link to comment
Deleted User 6 Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 oh man, lol. some really solid entries this time around. Link to comment
Saiyaness Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 LOL End tank wins so far. Alien landscape. The one half filled with macro algae looks pretty. O_o Link to comment
johnmaloney Posted November 13, 2010 Author Share Posted November 13, 2010 i like the half filled macro tank too actually, I have to agree...just needs a quick mow. they had been away on vacation and it just grew too much. Link to comment
ReeferJohn Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 I still do not understand why i have not emptied this practically stagnant water tank great visibility just look at that film overall great tank. Link to comment
johnmaloney Posted November 15, 2010 Author Share Posted November 15, 2010 entries from this thread werent in the update, those arent all the tanks either, just a little eye candy, there are 30 something more that are right up there too. looks like an inertia tank reeferjohn. That is what my brother calls it when I get lazy looking at a tank....the 40B display in my office is the current subject, it is dry though, inertia has kept water out of my tank but it is all the same idea. Link to comment
johnmaloney Posted December 5, 2010 Author Share Posted December 5, 2010 Oops! How did I forget to post the results on NR, the finalists voted, your 2010 Ugliest Tank of the Year: "Fuzzy Caulerpa" by Hydrolic from 3reef We have all the updates here: http://reefcleaners.org/index.php?option=c...d=2&id=1740 Link to comment
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