John Maloney Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 The Contest: It is time yet again to show what overfeeding and direct sunlight can do. Got a well water reef? It is time for a FTS. The 2009 Ugly Tank Contest is open to contestants. We are looking for tanks that are ugly, in any way because of nuisance algae or cyano -despite my attempt at a clever title - GHA, film algae, and diatoms etc...are all welcome. 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 30th. We will be selecting the worst 4 tanks from those submitted. Each of these tanks will receive a $20 gift certificate. At some point we will pick out some of the people we know that have had nuisance algae problems to judge the winner. Winner gets a free custom clean up crew shipped! Show us how bad it can get! Be prepared for some good humored kidding, but please don't be embarrassed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexKilpatrick Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 My tank is actually pretty decent, but I wanted to chime in and comment that this is a really cute idea. Kudos to you for sponsoring it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrispar Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 yeah, doing this contest right after i went on a major cyano and hair algae cleanup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viet-tin Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 man I just got rid of most the hair algae in my tank but it still aint pretty! It was a whole lot worst than this though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddybluewater Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 I am very happy to say I can't win this contest. Thanks for the thread John and the sponsorship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjohn Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Finally a contest I can win! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viet-tin Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 I wish I took a picture before I cleaned it up and added the mangroves haha I filled a gallon tub twice with just the hair algae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Maloney Posted November 25, 2009 Author Share Posted November 25, 2009 man I just got rid of most the hair algae in my tank but it still aint pretty! It was a whole lot worst than this though wow it is was worse at some point? j/k with you. You may be right RJohn! Sorry about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viet-tin Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Yea it was worst all you could see was long green hair algae until the mangroves started sprouting now it's dying off and cyano is taking over... New tank syndrome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+o0zarkawater Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Heres pics of my new tank I inherited from a family friend. Its the reason I joined the site. Going to start a thread soon asking for help on what I can do to get it looking pretty. He sold off most of the livestock and liverock before giving it to me, so its going to take a while for me to get it back up to par. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 My old 24g was once overtaken by GHA, and after a massive cleaning, the tank crashed and turned into this: This is what it looked like right before the crash: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Maloney Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 that is pretty bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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