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Nice rockscape!

Beautiful photos - thanks for sharing!

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Congrats on your live rock! :)

Thanks for sharing - great photos!

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Lovely! (I quoted you so we can see it on this page also.) The green candy canes are awesome. :)

Hi Matute! I've done both freshwater and salt water, and frankly, saltwater has been easier for me, but definitely more expensive. Setting up is especially expensive and time-consuming. I'm not going to tell you whether you want to do saltwater or not; instead, I'd recommend you read the...

Hi JT; I'll take a stab at it. :) Not a happy thought. Assuming that this means it's a 24-gallon tank, I think it might be overloaded. You did get away with it for 3 years, but fish continue growing until they die. It's possible that the hawkfish and the clowns have finally reached sizes such...

I think Brenda's right that your brown stuff is cyano, and getting rid of the rest of your bioballs will help, as well as kicking the over-feeding habit. (It's so hard not to reward the fish for the cute begging behavior!)

I can see the worm trails in the photo; sometimes bristleworms leave those, sometimes other kinds of beneficial worms. Most bristleworms are beneficial, btw: good detrivores. Best not to touch them, though. :)