[Melanie]

So I spent all evening cleaning my live rock, cleaning off the sand bed, emptying the bioballs, and cleaning the filters.

I didn't wear gloves and now my hands are burning. I think there were some tiny bristles and stuff on the rock because I feel like millions of splinters are in my hands.

I found two beautiful small brain corals and some gorgeous maroon macroalgae that looks like it may bounce back. There were more things I couldn't identify, but no creatures like crabs or worms that found.

I made my coworkers look at pictures of my rock. Poor folks don't know why I'm so excited about pieces of rock.