tbone71788
Member
so to be eligible to win we just had to post a pic here or do we have to place it some where else too
Ugly Tank Contest!
- Thread starter johnmaloney
- Start date
johnmaloney
Well-Known Member
post a current pic here and that is it.
tbone71788
Member
well good mine is the first one
johnmaloney
Well-Known Member
keep em coming RS! No need to be shy, we have gotten many tank pics, lots of people out there have algae.
johnmaloney
Well-Known Member
We will be moving the pics to our local forum eventually. Pictures are still trickling in over the web.
LaurentSeattle
Member
My entry:
My Red Sea Max one month after startup. I had to remove almost all rocks, clean them with a dish brush and make a big water change to solve the issue. I should have properly cured my LR... Now I know... And thanks again to GD-Esquire for the right advice at the right time.
My Red Sea Max one month after startup. I had to remove almost all rocks, clean them with a dish brush and make a big water change to solve the issue. I should have properly cured my LR... Now I know... And thanks again to GD-Esquire for the right advice at the right time.
Well I have been looking at this site for the last few days and admit i am embarresed to submit my photos. I take alot of pride in my tank and hope others envy it in the same way i do most of the tanks i look at. But i guess the first step is denial, and hopefully from there i can start recovery. So here it is. I really need help and i am willing to put in whatever needs to be done to get it done right. I think my tank would be the best candidate because of the wide variety of Algae that i have. I dont know where to start. So hopefully i can win this contest and get it to be the tank you envy. If i do win and get the so needed help that i need i do promise to pay it forward and help the next person in line whether it be a donation or knowledge so that you can continue this so in the end we all can be winners. 
Here is my full tank shot from a distance taken today 11/22/08:
Here is a close up of some bubble algae:
Here is some what i call brown brittle algae on the left. and i think Culpera on the right:
Heres some more brown brittle algae:
Heres some what i think is brown coraline algae on the right and brown cup looking algae on the left:
Here is some green tube looking algae with other varieties:
Here is what i call strong spagetti like algae. it growns like hair and its strongly attatched to the rock so its hard to pull off:
Here is a mixture, with these brownish tan stalky plants that grow here and there. I usually let them grow a bit and try to pull it off from the base. It usually chips some of the rock off when i pull it but it seems to be the only way from getting it to come back in that spot:
and last here is the mother load of all rocks. Full of everything. It has all these tiny holes for the algae to grow out of. i keep a powerhead on it hoping it wont want to grow there but the algae seems to get in each hole so i can pull it out easily:
So please...please help me. It took alot to finally post on here for all to see and hopfully we can all learn together. Even the ones that are too ashamed to post.
Here is my full tank shot from a distance taken today 11/22/08:
Here is a close up of some bubble algae:
Here is some what i call brown brittle algae on the left. and i think Culpera on the right:
Heres some more brown brittle algae:
Heres some what i think is brown coraline algae on the right and brown cup looking algae on the left:
Here is some green tube looking algae with other varieties:
Here is what i call strong spagetti like algae. it growns like hair and its strongly attatched to the rock so its hard to pull off:
Here is a mixture, with these brownish tan stalky plants that grow here and there. I usually let them grow a bit and try to pull it off from the base. It usually chips some of the rock off when i pull it but it seems to be the only way from getting it to come back in that spot:
and last here is the mother load of all rocks. Full of everything. It has all these tiny holes for the algae to grow out of. i keep a powerhead on it hoping it wont want to grow there but the algae seems to get in each hole so i can pull it out easily:
So please...please help me. It took alot to finally post on here for all to see and hopfully we can all learn together. Even the ones that are too ashamed to post.
johnmaloney
Well-Known Member
What you got there in that tank is:
1. Codium - darker green tube/plant thing
2. Neomeris - (I think I spelled it wrong) - bright green tube
3. Sargassum - leafy brown plant
4. lobophora - brown coralline description
5. Bunch of different types of caulerpa
6. Not sure on the brown brittle algae, i couldn't see it really
An army of emerald crabs would do the trick on those macros, or an urchin. Not a hard fix at all really.
1. Codium - darker green tube/plant thing
2. Neomeris - (I think I spelled it wrong) - bright green tube
3. Sargassum - leafy brown plant
4. lobophora - brown coralline description
5. Bunch of different types of caulerpa
6. Not sure on the brown brittle algae, i couldn't see it really
An army of emerald crabs would do the trick on those macros, or an urchin. Not a hard fix at all really.
johnmaloney
Well-Known Member
last day to post pics!
Stacef
Well-Known Member
My entry:
My Red Sea Max one month after startup. I had to remove almost all rocks, clean them with a dish brush and make a big water change to solve the issue. I should have properly cured my LR... Now I know... And thanks again to GD-Esquire for the right advice at the right time.
What does it look like now? Sounds like you have it right, congrats! It's stressful dealing with these issues.
Hey thanks alot John. That gives me a good start on what i should do. I have one emerald crab. He has about a week in the tank. How many do you think i could get and yet sustain. I would hate to get 10 of them and they go to town but then i lose most of them because they loose food and die... I use to have a spiny urchin and wouldnt mind getting another one. my only thing with them is their spines knock everything over. so im thinking this time if i need one a pin cushion one might work better for me... How many emerald crabs and what type of urchin?
Jeremy0322
Active Member
Cant the emerald crabs actually make the bubble algea grow more because of the way they pop the bubble when they eat it. I am not sure, it was just something i remember reading about somewhere on the vast internet haha
Jeremy0322
Active Member
Yea, and if you are worried about feeding the crabs if they cause a little bit of algae reproduction in the tank they are feeding themselves in a way, so i guess there is a silver lining with that situation.
johnmaloney
Well-Known Member
Pincushion urchins knock everything over too. The emerald crabs are better, you can feed them flake, romaine lettuce, nori, etc.. after that. At some point I would round them up and send them off to the LFS for credit.
johnmaloney
Well-Known Member
oops, sent it to early.
We found the pencil urchins to be the easiest to keep. The stay smaller than most, and bulldoze to a somewhat smaller extent. I think the emerald crabs are better. They love codium, I couldn't imagine that stuff lasting long, but I would pull it, it removes easily and won't spread from being pulled.
We found the pencil urchins to be the easiest to keep. The stay smaller than most, and bulldoze to a somewhat smaller extent. I think the emerald crabs are better. They love codium, I couldn't imagine that stuff lasting long, but I would pull it, it removes easily and won't spread from being pulled.
johnmaloney
Well-Known Member
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:
ReefCleaners.org | Clean Up Crews and Macro Algae - Re:Ugly Tank Contest! - Reef Cleaners Support
Go here to see some of the ugliest tanks from around the web:
ReefCleaners.org | Clean Up Crews and Macro Algae - Re:Ugly Tank Contest! - Reef Cleaners Support