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johnmaloney @ Reef Cleaners
Wed, 6th Mar 2013, 11:26 AM
Ugly Tank Contest 5 - Turf Algae Wars


The Contest:
Do people tell you your tank is ugly? In my experience people aren't that rude without cause. They may be right. If so, good news! It is time yet again to show us a south facing window is not the best lighting choice. The 5th 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 March 16th.


We will be selecting the worst 7 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; the results have "improved" in the years we have had this policy so we will continue it until we come up with a better one. 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. You don't need to have turf algae, that is just a goofy name I came up with. Any algae filled tank will do.





Winner gets a free custom clean up crew shipped to clean the tank, or a refund for any custom crew that was purchased during the tank contest time.


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.


To Enter:


Simply post a picture here. We will combine with other pictures from around the net into our contest thread located on this page:




Major Updates will be posted on this page, so if you are a contestant you will want to subscribe to it. Best of luck to you all, I hope each of your tanks is just terrible. :)

jrossjr79
Wed, 20th Mar 2013, 10:43 PM
Whoa a contest I can win, lol.
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koa25
Wed, 20th Mar 2013, 10:50 PM
JEREMY!!! Post a pic of yout 55 ha ha.

Scutterborn
Wed, 20th Mar 2013, 10:51 PM
How did I miss this! Really cool idea, John!


-Ben-

reefreak
Wed, 20th Mar 2013, 10:54 PM
Lol mike i think i have one 19683

Scutterborn
Thu, 21st Mar 2013, 07:57 AM
Lol mike i think i have one 19683

Dude, MAGFLOAT!!!!! Nuff said.

:)

-Ben-

Big_Pun
Thu, 21st Mar 2013, 08:10 AM
Dude, MAGFLOAT!!!!! Nuff said.

:)

-Ben-
there is a mag float in the pic :rofl:

Scutterborn
Thu, 21st Mar 2013, 08:11 AM
there is a mag float in the pic :rofl:

Yeah, I was just reminding him! Lol!!


-Ben-

Big_Pun
Thu, 21st Mar 2013, 08:28 AM
maybe someone should of taught him how to effectively use it ......

koa25
Thu, 21st Mar 2013, 09:05 AM
I think Jeremy's tank fits the criteria to a T ha ha. John must have been thinking about his tank when describing the ugl tank lol.


Hair algae covering your mag float? No wonder you can't find it! Please post pics!

jrossjr79
Thu, 21st Mar 2013, 09:08 AM
Just to bad that this contest is closed to new entries, John emailed me saying that :(

koa25
Thu, 21st Mar 2013, 09:20 AM
Ah, it does say 16 march. Maybe we should have read the whole thing ha ha.

jrossjr79
Thu, 21st Mar 2013, 09:26 AM
haha, I didnt even see that to be honest, I did see when it was posted, but figured I had a shot, since no one else from here had posted :\.

reefreak
Thu, 21st Mar 2013, 09:47 AM
Lol, I had to use a razor to get that crud off won't ever let that grow again lmbo!

350gt
Thu, 21st Mar 2013, 10:08 AM
Lol mike i think i have one 19683


thats not ugly.....



Thats lazy...

1seahorse
Thu, 21st Mar 2013, 10:15 AM
Do LFS , FTS count? Lol, Because I can think of a few sadly. Although...I would never post though.

350gt
Thu, 21st Mar 2013, 10:15 AM
lol

Big_Pun
Thu, 21st Mar 2013, 10:16 AM
Do LFS , FTS count? Lol, Because I can think of a few sadly. Although...I would never post though.

im tellin Louis lol j/k

johnmaloney @ Reef Cleaners
Thu, 21st Mar 2013, 10:16 AM
sorry wish I could keep it open for another, but current finalists may protest. If we dont get all the votes in though, (3 holdouts left), I will ask the others if we can substitute a different finalist and if they unanimously agree...otherwise we are hoping to name the winner by Saturday.

Good news is there is always next year, and you have a great start. Grab a couple liters of phyto and go to town. :)

Scutterborn
Thu, 21st Mar 2013, 10:18 AM
Lmbo!!!


-Ben-

1seahorse
Thu, 21st Mar 2013, 03:08 PM
no way! Not Louis tanks!

Big_Pun
Thu, 21st Mar 2013, 03:15 PM
no way! Not Louis tanks!

i told him any way just to brighten his day...... good thing im not working or i would be on tank clean up........oh by the way im kidding lol

1seahorse
Thu, 21st Mar 2013, 08:19 PM
LOL LOL . I'd volunteer to do the maintenance on that huge reef tank! Maybe just once though. Lol