Ugly Tank Contest!

johnmaloney · 11-17-2008, 09:41 PM

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.

new reefer 03 · 11-17-2008, 09:43 PM

lol, thats sad for the winner

i would enter for ugliest tank, but i have no algae

johnmaloney · 11-17-2008, 09:53 PM

Try dosing an insane amount of phosphate and getting some direct sunlight in there. It should help...

new reefer 03 · 11-17-2008, 09:55 PM

haha, ive been trying so hard to avoid that.
so far my only algae are little specs of coraline

johnmaloney · 11-17-2008, 09:59 PM

well there is always hope, I have my finger crossed for you.

new reefer 03 · 11-17-2008, 10:00 PM

great, ill have my cart ready

johnmaloney · 11-17-2008, 10:05 PM

Frankie · 11-18-2008, 12:16 AM

I don't think this thread will do well on RS

tbone71788 · 11-18-2008, 12:33 AM

Here are my pics of my alge.. its pretty bad.. how will you know if you win? these pics were just taken

Frankie · 11-18-2008, 12:35 AM

Dang Tbone, who let you on RS?! JK

It's not that bad. But I won't advise because that will defeat the thread

tbone71788 · 11-18-2008, 12:37 AM

my tank crashed and i lost my clean up crew about 5 months ago. its getting alot better. it looks worse in person then on the pics.... but hey thats why i posted em so i can hopefully get a clean up crew! lol

tbone71788 · 11-18-2008, 12:41 AM

it used to look like this

islandcreation · 11-18-2008, 12:43 AM

Here's one of my old display tanks. I had to trim my corals and had so many frags that I had to create frag trays. Looked like a frag tank rather than a display. Sorry had to edit my submission. Didn't read nuissance algae but submitting it anyways.

Stacef · 11-18-2008, 12:51 AM

Here's my entry, the picture doesn't do the algae it's justice.... I will post up close ups to just to show it..

It looks this "good" because I rip the HA off daily, and scrub the front glass twice a day..maybe I'll leave it for a few days and enter again , lol

chrome91 · 11-18-2008, 01:01 AM

my old 55g tank, filled it with city tank water when i didnt know better, glad this tank got torn down and moved to my 125g

also, for the whole year i had this tank, there was constant cyano no matter what, and my hair algae stage consisted of 2 feet, yes, 2 feet of hair algae

not entering this for a win since im in Canada, and with it being cold the CUC would die, just showing a winning example of a crappy tank

11-17-2008, 09:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
johnmaloney Neon dottyback Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 600 View Gallery Karma Komment	Ugly Tank Contest! 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. __________________ Here is a link to my sponsored forum on reefsanctuary. Here is a link to my website, we do clean up crews and macroalgae.

11-17-2008, 09:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
johnmaloney Neon dottyback Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 600 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Ugly Tank Contest! Try dosing an insane amount of phosphate and getting some direct sunlight in there. It should help... __________________ Here is a link to my sponsored forum on reefsanctuary. Here is a link to my website, we do clean up crews and macroalgae.

11-17-2008, 09:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
johnmaloney Neon dottyback Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 600 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Ugly Tank Contest! well there is always hope, I have my finger crossed for you. __________________ Here is a link to my sponsored forum on reefsanctuary. Here is a link to my website, we do clean up crews and macroalgae.

11-17-2008, 10:05 PM	#7 (permalink)
johnmaloney Neon dottyback Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 600 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Ugly Tank Contest! __________________ Here is a link to my sponsored forum on reefsanctuary. Here is a link to my website, we do clean up crews and macroalgae.

11-18-2008, 12:33 AM	#9 (permalink)
tbone71788 Star Polyps Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 151 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Ugly Tank Contest! Here are my pics of my alge.. its pretty bad.. how will you know if you win? these pics were just taken __________________ T-Bone 29 gallon bio cube Biocube skimmer 30lbs of live rock 20lbs of sand stock lighting and filtration 2years in this hobby FISH clown fish, yellow watchman goby INVERTEBRATES Feather duster, coral branded shrimp, blue leg hermit crabs, nassaruis snails Corals two small toadstools, blue ricordea, a variety of zoas, blue spot mushroom, green star polyp, silver xenia, pom pom xenia, Duncan, variety of mushroom

11-18-2008, 12:37 AM	#11 (permalink)
tbone71788 Star Polyps Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 151 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Ugly Tank Contest! my tank crashed and i lost my clean up crew about 5 months ago. its getting alot better. it looks worse in person then on the pics.... but hey thats why i posted em so i can hopefully get a clean up crew! lol __________________ T-Bone 29 gallon bio cube Biocube skimmer 30lbs of live rock 20lbs of sand stock lighting and filtration 2years in this hobby FISH clown fish, yellow watchman goby INVERTEBRATES Feather duster, coral branded shrimp, blue leg hermit crabs, nassaruis snails Corals two small toadstools, blue ricordea, a variety of zoas, blue spot mushroom, green star polyp, silver xenia, pom pom xenia, Duncan, variety of mushroom

11-18-2008, 12:41 AM	#12 (permalink)
tbone71788 Star Polyps Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 151 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Ugly Tank Contest! it used to look like this __________________ T-Bone 29 gallon bio cube Biocube skimmer 30lbs of live rock 20lbs of sand stock lighting and filtration 2years in this hobby FISH clown fish, yellow watchman goby INVERTEBRATES Feather duster, coral branded shrimp, blue leg hermit crabs, nassaruis snails Corals two small toadstools, blue ricordea, a variety of zoas, blue spot mushroom, green star polyp, silver xenia, pom pom xenia, Duncan, variety of mushroom

11-18-2008, 12:43 AM	#13 (permalink)
islandcreation Bryozoan Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Santa Rosa CA Posts: 58 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Ugly Tank Contest! Here's one of my old display tanks. I had to trim my corals and had so many frags that I had to create frag trays. Looked like a frag tank rather than a display. Sorry had to edit my submission. Didn't read nuissance algae but submitting it anyways. __________________ Jason 120 starphire, G2 skimmer, Lumenbrights reflectors, radium 250 bulbs, two VHO 110 super actinics, Hannah MV, Ozone, RK2, T-5 Tek 4x54 over frag tank blah,blah,blah blah (means more money spent)

11-18-2008, 12:51 AM	#14 (permalink)
Stacef Golden Moray Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Dubuque Posts: 2,620 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Ugly Tank Contest! Here's my entry, the picture doesn't do the algae it's justice.... I will post up close ups to just to show it.. It looks this "good" because I rip the HA off daily, and scrub the front glass twice a day..maybe I'll leave it for a few days and enter again , lol __________________ Stace My 72g Build-full of pictures, we all know you loce pictures! I've had to pay my price. The things I did not know at first, I learned by doin' twice. -Billy Joel

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