FarmerTy Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 On recent discussion of how doctored and perfect some professional tank photos are, I thought it would be fun for us reefers to seek out the ugliest pictures we can muster from our tanks. I'm talking scummy floating bacteria infested skimmate... cyano covered sandbeds, aiptasia covered rocks, sponges taken over coral, detritus covered sumps, hair algae strands waving in the water column... you get my drift! I think it also helps to see that tanks aren't always so perfect and pristine all the time as the pictures we sometimes post can allude to. I know when I was first starting out, it was intimidating to see all these gorgeous tanks and then look back at my GHA farm and wonder what I was doing wrong. Really, most of the time... it was just a function of the tank maturing. Anyways, I hope people jump on board with the idea and post up your reef tank uglies! I know I can't wait until my lights turn on this evening... because of the non-existent DI resin the last two months, my cyano and turf algae took off! It truly is a sight when the lights first come on but then burns off under the 400-watt halides within an hr or two. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makena95GT Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 What do i win? Lmao 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha D. Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I'm pretty sure this is as bad as my tank has every looked. I didn't even take pictures of the worst of it because I was too ashamed! November 21, 2013 *Cringe* 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Unfortunately for this thread, I usually delete the ugly/embarrassing/incriminating photos, but I did find this one during my 2 year long battle with water parameters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Here's a vid when I was going waay too fast! Dinoflagellates! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 Behold! The glory of a purple velveety cyano sandbed! [emoji30] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardlaw Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 i posted mine on the mentor thread....sad thing is that they are actually better than where the tank has been..Just ask TY! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mFrame Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Behold! The glory of a purple velveety cyano sandbed! [emoji30] As much as I hate it, cyano I can deal with. Green hair algae on the other hand... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Did someone ask for green hair? I'm also expecting another outbreak since my Tonga shelf broke off into several pieces and I just hydro cemented it 2 days ago and threw it in last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 24, 2015 Author Share Posted April 24, 2015 Behold! The glory of a purple velveety cyano sandbed! [emoji30] As much as I hate it, cyano I can deal with. Green hair algae on the other hand...In my old tank when I was fighting dinos at one point, I almost tried to introduce cyano to the tank to out compete it. It was the lesser of two evils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 It's like your tank has a red carpet rolled out for your fish, TY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 24, 2015 Author Share Posted April 24, 2015 It's like your tank has a red carpet rolled out for your fish, TYWell now it feels so elegant since you put it that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha D. Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Ty it just adds to your tank diversity. Think of the nutrient export it provides! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MantaFan Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 I took this so I can remember when it was really bad and appreciate the improvement Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 Haha, the mystery wrasse has a look on his face like... help me! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtoysrock Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dapettit Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 WARNING: THE FOLLOWING IMAGES ARE GRAPHIC AND MAY BE DISTURBING TO SOME USERS: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 27, 2015 Author Share Posted April 27, 2015 Make it stop Dave! I call mercy! [emoji30] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 That power head is awesome!!!!! It's like a little cotton candy machine!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viet'spride70 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 I found some old pics of my tank disaster in summer 2013. After 2 months battle,still fighting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Ooo, I can play this game. This was my initial 24g years and years ago. I hit upon the dreaded hair algae and the tank turned into this: Then after an attempt to clean it out, the tank crashed and turned into this : There was a happy ending in that I eventually recovered and repopulated the tank and it was beautiful again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 That first pic almost looked like a freshwater planted tank James! You would have garnered some much deserved kudos in a different type forum! [emoji23] 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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