Hey Everyone, Happy Friday!
I looked back at this forum not long ago and realized that it’s been months since we had our last contest...Wow!
That just won't do... And since we’re always trying to create a fun environment for everyone on our forum, it’s time for another one!
Let’s see...maybe we can make this one a little more fun. We’re always having naming contests, seeing who has the best this or that...Maybe it’s time to shake it up a bit.
We often see gorgeous corals and get all goofy about them, right?
So...let’s do the opposite this time! 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.
Ok, you may think it's nice, but...IT'S UGLY!
Some qualifications, of course:
We’re not talking about who can take the worst photo...I’d win that hands down!
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 over $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. 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 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 some things of beauty?
I mean, if you win this contest, you DESERVE it! We’ll give the lucky winner a couple of my very favorite frags: The insanely neon UC Green Acropora chesterfieldensis, and the the uber cool “UC Raging Waters” Chalice!
So bright you'll need shades! The UC Acropora chesterfieldensis
"Raging Waters" has raging color!
Seriously hot corals to make up for your seriously ugly one!
**Okay, some final tips/requests...Again, I’m the worst photographer in the world, so I get it...I can’t get a pic in focus if my life depended on it. However, since we’re trying to judge your ugly coral on its own merit, please do your best to get accurate focus and color. (LOL, I can just see a reefer doing a “reverse saturation” Photoshop edit to bring down the color...Arrghh REEFERS!)
Remember, we want more than just a pic and a one line description. We need a bit of background. You just can’t get by on your ugly looks alone, LOL!
Also, we want to end this contest on SUNDAY NIGHT by midnight PDT, so please make sure that all of your entries are in by then. We will announce the winner and be shipping the winner his/her prizes on MONDAY!
SO there you have it...bring on the ugliness!
Have fun! We know that we will judging this one!
Remember, it’s not “brown”, it’s “golden” (at least, that’s what we say...)!
Thanks for playing!
Scott Fellman, Joseph Caparatta
And the UC Crew
I looked back at this forum not long ago and realized that it’s been months since we had our last contest...Wow!
That just won't do... And since we’re always trying to create a fun environment for everyone on our forum, it’s time for another one!
Let’s see...maybe we can make this one a little more fun. We’re always having naming contests, seeing who has the best this or that...Maybe it’s time to shake it up a bit.
We often see gorgeous corals and get all goofy about them, right?
So...let’s do the opposite this time! 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.
Ok, you may think it's nice, but...IT'S UGLY!
Some qualifications, of course:
We’re not talking about who can take the worst photo...I’d win that hands down!
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 over $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. 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 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 some things of beauty?
I mean, if you win this contest, you DESERVE it! We’ll give the lucky winner a couple of my very favorite frags: The insanely neon UC Green Acropora chesterfieldensis, and the the uber cool “UC Raging Waters” Chalice!
So bright you'll need shades! The UC Acropora chesterfieldensis
"Raging Waters" has raging color!
Seriously hot corals to make up for your seriously ugly one!
**Okay, some final tips/requests...Again, I’m the worst photographer in the world, so I get it...I can’t get a pic in focus if my life depended on it. However, since we’re trying to judge your ugly coral on its own merit, please do your best to get accurate focus and color. (LOL, I can just see a reefer doing a “reverse saturation” Photoshop edit to bring down the color...Arrghh REEFERS!)
Remember, we want more than just a pic and a one line description. We need a bit of background. You just can’t get by on your ugly looks alone, LOL!
Also, we want to end this contest on SUNDAY NIGHT by midnight PDT, so please make sure that all of your entries are in by then. We will announce the winner and be shipping the winner his/her prizes on MONDAY!
SO there you have it...bring on the ugliness!
Have fun! We know that we will judging this one!
Remember, it’s not “brown”, it’s “golden” (at least, that’s what we say...)!
Thanks for playing!
Scott Fellman, Joseph Caparatta
And the UC Crew
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