Summer doldrums, my *&*^!
Time for some FUN around here...
Are you sick and tired of seeing all of the pretty coral pics around here? Getting a bit down when you see that insane Chalice or "designer Acro", then turn forlornly into your reef to see that "Poop Brown" Vermiculata or "Beige" Montipora?
Yeah, we know the feeling...That's why we resurrected a UC tradition! The "Unique Corals Turn Your Brown Corals into Gold" contest! V3.0
We bet that you've been chafing at the bit waiting for this one, carefully grooming your corals all year, lovingly transforming them from technicolor to "earth tones" in anticipation...Well, just like the Olympics, this contest comes around every few- well, whatever, it comes around when we remember to do it...But anyways- the point is- now is the time to celebrate "plain-ness!" in reef keeping!
BROWN is the new "Gold!"
We’d like to see who has the UGLIEST coral around! That’s right, let’s see that “golden” Acropora, the “Rainbow” Efflo that isn’t, the “earth-toned” Fungia, the Chalice that looks more like a paper cup, the torch that looks more like a match flame...you get the idea.
Who can forget some of the inspiring entrants from past contests:
The famous "Orange Fungia" from CLR48
c-healy's inspiring "Tricolor Acro" (minus the 3 colors, of course)
And of course, our favorite, the "Steaming Pile" Lobo from Coraloiseffect, the best example of "when life gives you a pile of -----" Err, never mind.
And of course, the two sacred past winners:
"Mr. Invincible" from Marquiseo- the ugly coral that wouldn't die..it just got...uglier- and charmed us all into the first-ever winner!
And who could forget the stunning (is that the right word...?) winner of the V2.0 contest, "Hulk's Junk", by Jackson6745- a stunning testimony to artistic interpretation and plain old ugliness...
Wouldn't you like YOUR corals to join the hallowed ranks of the winners and losers, who have boldly shown that no matter how hard we try to push them out, brown corals just keep charming their way into our hearts?
Some qualifications, of course:
We’re not talking about who can take the worst photo...I’d win that hands down...sorry! Decent photos, please!
We want to see an ugly CORAL! And we aren’t going to judge on just the pic alone..We need to hear a bit of the story behind it! Often times the stories are even more funny than the coral! Besides, it’s a prize package worth $100.00, so you’re gonna have to WORK for it a bit, LOL.
We also don’t want to see sick and dying corals. I see those more often than I'd like to, as do most of the other judges, lol. We want to see the most...mundane, the most...boring, the most dull example of a HEALTHY coral. You know the one...That coral that, for whatever reason is just thriving in your reef...but it’s just friggin’ UGLY!!!
We all have that one...Some of us have more than one! That brown “Blue Tort” that just never colored up...Or, “how can that Nepthia be so darned GREY?” The "Organic Beige" Monti digitata- The one that, despite its ugliness, you just can’t bare to take out.
Right? Yup. You finally can get some good out of having something bad!
What will you be playing for? Well, how about a $100 Unique Corals virtual gift card for the Grand Prize winner, a $50 Unique Corals virtual gift card for the Runner Up, and a $25 Unique Corals virtual gift card for Dishonorable Mention!
The contest is on NOW, and will run through Tuesday, 7/21/15. The "winners" will be announced on Wednesday! (You know that we're always late announcing the winners- that's the charm of the contest, so I don't wanna hear any whining, LOL)
So have at it...Take those lowly, forgotten corals and give them the spotlight that they don't deserve...charm your way into our hearts with the sad, yet oddly uplifting story behind every "brown" piece..
Turn your brown into GOLD!
Good luck! May the ugliest coral win!
Scott Fellman
Unique Corals
Time for some FUN around here...
Are you sick and tired of seeing all of the pretty coral pics around here? Getting a bit down when you see that insane Chalice or "designer Acro", then turn forlornly into your reef to see that "Poop Brown" Vermiculata or "Beige" Montipora?
Yeah, we know the feeling...That's why we resurrected a UC tradition! The "Unique Corals Turn Your Brown Corals into Gold" contest! V3.0
We bet that you've been chafing at the bit waiting for this one, carefully grooming your corals all year, lovingly transforming them from technicolor to "earth tones" in anticipation...Well, just like the Olympics, this contest comes around every few- well, whatever, it comes around when we remember to do it...But anyways- the point is- now is the time to celebrate "plain-ness!" in reef keeping!
BROWN is the new "Gold!"
We’d like to see who has the UGLIEST coral around! That’s right, let’s see that “golden” Acropora, the “Rainbow” Efflo that isn’t, the “earth-toned” Fungia, the Chalice that looks more like a paper cup, the torch that looks more like a match flame...you get the idea.
Who can forget some of the inspiring entrants from past contests:
The famous "Orange Fungia" from CLR48
c-healy's inspiring "Tricolor Acro" (minus the 3 colors, of course)
And of course, our favorite, the "Steaming Pile" Lobo from Coraloiseffect, the best example of "when life gives you a pile of -----" Err, never mind.
And of course, the two sacred past winners:
"Mr. Invincible" from Marquiseo- the ugly coral that wouldn't die..it just got...uglier- and charmed us all into the first-ever winner!
And who could forget the stunning (is that the right word...?) winner of the V2.0 contest, "Hulk's Junk", by Jackson6745- a stunning testimony to artistic interpretation and plain old ugliness...
Wouldn't you like YOUR corals to join the hallowed ranks of the winners and losers, who have boldly shown that no matter how hard we try to push them out, brown corals just keep charming their way into our hearts?
Some qualifications, of course:
We’re not talking about who can take the worst photo...I’d win that hands down...sorry! Decent photos, please!
We want to see an ugly CORAL! And we aren’t going to judge on just the pic alone..We need to hear a bit of the story behind it! Often times the stories are even more funny than the coral! Besides, it’s a prize package worth $100.00, so you’re gonna have to WORK for it a bit, LOL.
We also don’t want to see sick and dying corals. I see those more often than I'd like to, as do most of the other judges, lol. We want to see the most...mundane, the most...boring, the most dull example of a HEALTHY coral. You know the one...That coral that, for whatever reason is just thriving in your reef...but it’s just friggin’ UGLY!!!
We all have that one...Some of us have more than one! That brown “Blue Tort” that just never colored up...Or, “how can that Nepthia be so darned GREY?” The "Organic Beige" Monti digitata- The one that, despite its ugliness, you just can’t bare to take out.
Right? Yup. You finally can get some good out of having something bad!
What will you be playing for? Well, how about a $100 Unique Corals virtual gift card for the Grand Prize winner, a $50 Unique Corals virtual gift card for the Runner Up, and a $25 Unique Corals virtual gift card for Dishonorable Mention!
The contest is on NOW, and will run through Tuesday, 7/21/15. The "winners" will be announced on Wednesday! (You know that we're always late announcing the winners- that's the charm of the contest, so I don't wanna hear any whining, LOL)
So have at it...Take those lowly, forgotten corals and give them the spotlight that they don't deserve...charm your way into our hearts with the sad, yet oddly uplifting story behind every "brown" piece..
Turn your brown into GOLD!
Good luck! May the ugliest coral win!
Scott Fellman
Unique Corals
