Ugly Tank Contest!

johnmaloney · 11-17-2008, 06:41 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.

Jason McKenzie · 11-17-2008, 06:46 PM

HA This is Great!!! Awesome way to promote your product and help some customers

johnmaloney · 11-17-2008, 06:52 PM

peredhill from here gave us the idea with his "Documenting Clean Up Crew" thread. It should be fun, may the worst tank win!

ziggy222 · 11-17-2008, 07:22 PM

ok i think most clean up crews will eat this fernlike algae.i can't pull it all off cause its so fine that some always stays and grows back.

then i have this red seaweed stuff that nothing eats.it grows like grass.

then there is this small bubble algae that i can't get to all of it.it grows in small places and behind rocks and in holes.

i'm open to suggestions.

johnmaloney · 11-17-2008, 07:29 PM

You got:

1. Fuzzy Caulerpa
2. Some nasty red turf algae nothing eats and has been plaguing the hobby. Where does this stuff come from?
3. And some bubble algae

My recommendations: Manual tear up that red turf algae as much as you can. If you lose that nice zoa frag, so be it, better than losing all those other nice frags. Emerald crabs will get the bubbles and caulerpa. Juvenile emeralds are best. Sea hares will get rid of the caulerpa quicker, but you should care for a sea hare like a pet, not like a cleaner. (target feeding, etc...)

Honestly, I appreciate the submitted photos, but with just a little fixing your tank would look pretty sweet. We want UGLY.

(I think the coral in the first picture actually looks better surrounded by the fuzzy caulerpa - Caulerpa verticillata, but then again I am into macros more than coral)

mirandacollc · 11-17-2008, 07:30 PM

I have a broken camera and wish to enter. I have the whole tank covered in brown fuzz and have recently purchased a clean up crew! from..............

totter0817 · 11-17-2008, 07:33 PM

i have problems similar to the first pic post, I think it's pretty ugly and a little worse than that, I will have to get on some pics

johnmaloney · 11-17-2008, 07:34 PM

top it!

mirandacollc · 11-17-2008, 07:38 PM

here is a pic

johnmaloney · 11-17-2008, 07:40 PM

picture is kind of small, I do see some rust looking stuff on the rocks, but can't id with such a small picture.

Brown fuzz? Hope it isn't a dinoflagellate breakout, cleaners don't eat that stuff. You would be stuck with fighting it through phosphate competition and starvation.

Come on guys, the people over at nano-reef.com have some ugly shots posted already!

11-17-2008, 06:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
johnmaloney 3reef Sponsor Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,238 Skin: Dark Karma: 12266	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 our sponsor section on this website. Here is our website, we do clean up crews, macroalgae, and rocks.

11-17-2008, 06:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jason McKenzie 3reef Moderator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC,Canada Posts: 4,885 Skin: Classic Karma: 25308	HA This is Great!!! Awesome way to promote your product and help some customers _________ started 8/7/02 370G 3x400W MH + 8X36W T5. 30G Refugium, Bubble king 300Ext, Profilux with 3x Doser, 2x Wavy Seas for return. OM 4-Way Closed loop. My Tank Thread Try a Search to see if your question has already been posted My Tank Blog

11-17-2008, 07:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
ziggy222 Fire Goby Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 36 Posts: 1,343 Skin: Mint Karma: 1213	ok i think most clean up crews will eat this fernlike algae.i can't pull it all off cause its so fine that some always stays and grows back. then i have this red seaweed stuff that nothing eats.it grows like grass. then there is this small bubble algae that i can't get to all of it.it grows in small places and behind rocks and in holes. i'm open to suggestions. _________ 55 gallon reef with 4x54 watt t5,29 gallon sump,red lobo,2 toadstools 1purple and 1neon,gsp,xenia and yellow xenia,mushrooms,lavendar frilly shrooms,cabbage coral,yellow polyps,many zoos, orange and one neon green nepthia,duncans.mandarin goby

11-17-2008, 07:30 PM	#6 (permalink)
mirandacollc MX 838 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Lebanon ME Age: 33 Posts: 1,057 Skin: Mint Karma: 6293	I have a broken camera and wish to enter. I have the whole tank covered in brown fuzz and have recently purchased a clean up crew! from.............. _________ 2 year old 220 reef tank, 40 gallon sump with fuge, PM bullet 2 skimmer, 350 lbs of LR, also 150fowlr and red sea max.

11-17-2008, 07:33 PM	#7 (permalink)
totter0817 Purple Spiny Lobster Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Michigan Age: 23 Posts: 464 Skin: Mint Karma: 1385	i have problems similar to the first pic post, I think it's pretty ugly and a little worse than that, I will have to get on some pics _________ 75 gallon:leather toadstool, yellow leather, branching hammers, favia, zoas, mushrooms, frogspawn, flower looking clover polyps, anthelia, green star polyps, pearl bubble coral, red brain thing, elegance coral and a orange sun coral looking thing. Hermits, sandsifting snails, turbo snails. Nano: 2 Nemos, a royal gramma, 1 clener shrimp, a couple hermits, 1 turbo snail, a mushroom rock and a sebae anemone.

11-17-2008, 06:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
johnmaloney 3reef Sponsor Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,238 Skin: Dark Karma: 12266	peredhill from here gave us the idea with his "Documenting Clean Up Crew" thread. It should be fun, may the worst tank win!

11-17-2008, 07:29 PM	#5 (permalink)
johnmaloney 3reef Sponsor Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,238 Skin: Dark Karma: 12266	You got: 1. Fuzzy Caulerpa 2. Some nasty red turf algae nothing eats and has been plaguing the hobby. Where does this stuff come from? 3. And some bubble algae My recommendations: Manual tear up that red turf algae as much as you can. If you lose that nice zoa frag, so be it, better than losing all those other nice frags. Emerald crabs will get the bubbles and caulerpa. Juvenile emeralds are best. Sea hares will get rid of the caulerpa quicker, but you should care for a sea hare like a pet, not like a cleaner. (target feeding, etc...) Honestly, I appreciate the submitted photos, but with just a little fixing your tank would look pretty sweet. We want UGLY. (I think the coral in the first picture actually looks better surrounded by the fuzzy caulerpa - Caulerpa verticillata, but then again I am into macros more than coral)

11-17-2008, 07:34 PM	#8 (permalink)
johnmaloney 3reef Sponsor Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,238 Skin: Dark Karma: 12266	top it!

11-17-2008, 07:38 PM	#9 (permalink)
mirandacollc MX 838 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Lebanon ME Age: 33 Posts: 1,057 Skin: Mint Karma: 6293	here is a pic Attached Thumbnails

11-17-2008, 07:40 PM	#10 (permalink)
johnmaloney 3reef Sponsor Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,238 Skin: Dark Karma: 12266	picture is kind of small, I do see some rust looking stuff on the rocks, but can't id with such a small picture. Brown fuzz? Hope it isn't a dinoflagellate breakout, cleaners don't eat that stuff. You would be stuck with fighting it through phosphate competition and starvation. Come on guys, the people over at nano-reef.com have some ugly shots posted already!

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