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The blueface angelfish. Very similar to six bar, but differ by having alternating bands of white and blue. white bars are thicker while blue bars are thinner.

Juvenile six bar angels. Pomacanthus (euxiphipos) sextriatus. Similar to blueface and koran angels, the juv. six bar angels exhibit straighter lines as juveniles, and are white, with little to no blue lines.

majestic angelfish. Easy to differentiate from the rest. tiny juveniles are black with thin neon blue lines. absence of white stripes. slightly larger juveniles have an orange smudge at the top of it's dorsal fin.

Juvenile Koran angelfish. In bigger juveniles, squarish shaped markings are observed perpendicular to the edge of the tail. In juveniles of all sizes, white bars near the tail end are bent to form a semicircle. hence the scientific name, P. semicirculatus. also known as the semicircle angelfish. tail is completely opaque in juveniles. for tiny juveniles, tail is transparent.

Juvenile emperor angelfish. Easiest of the lot. identified by white concentric circles towards the tail. The only juvenile angelfish with circles instead of stripes.

Many know that juvenile pomacanthid angels are a pain to ID. Dying to know how to differentiate juvenile big angelfishes? here's how.

in heavy infestations the flatworms will proliferate faster than chelidonura can consume. the nudibranch are often found unhealthy in shops and when introduced into the aquarium, may not even eat all the flatworms and just float around to die. chelidonura nudibranches can be successfully bred in home aquaria provided they are healthy, and have a good number of flatworms available in the tank to feast on. do note that if you intend to use them in heavily infested reef tanks, chances are they will not eradicate all of them. to top it off, chelidonura varians isn't a very hardy invert... too sensitive and often die even with flatworms available to feast on

these flatworms pictured above are harmless and photosynthetic, and thrive in high nutrient tanks. they don't harm your coral, but severe infestations can block out light and your coral will die from insufficient light. you can dip the affected coral in coral RX to rid the worms.

could be flatworms. got picture?

actually bro ketchup, anthias are very difficult to feed. the only easy ones are bartlett and occasionally dispar. the rest of the family are not very hardy and some are very hard to feed. a picture will help to show us what anthias it is. isit red stripe anthias?

it's a little bleached.

you're unlikely to get green brittlestars in the liverock........ those are just normal brittlestars. green brittlestars are not reefsafe but they don't ferociously hunt for food. most of the time fishes are healthy and fast enough to escape unless sick or sleeping...

wah very nice. support u. 65!

nice blue ring and emperor! cute and smallish emperor

chitons are reefsafe but don't live long anyway. not enough algae film to support them in a small tank.

NICEEEEEE! so can start filling it with water liao hor!

yup. put it back. lol when i'm online i usually reply really quickly. i only go online evening to night. so that's when i'm the most active

thanks for resizing makes it much easier to see! yup! a harmless and beneficial brittlestar!

may i know what flasher wrasse? or you not sure?

nothing rare or anything, just a comparison between F. flavissimus and F. longirostris. the latter really has a MUCH longer snout! i seldom see F. longirostris being sold in LFS. and even if they do, usually not big enough to show the extreme length of the snout. shame.

please resize your photos next time! that's a chiton. nocturnal and reefsafe. preferring to feed on algae.

although still can't compare to their wild counterparts.

There's a guy on RC who kept it from a small male to a 3+ inch adult and it's really really beautiful. I think this fish has the potential even though it may be ugly. here's the transformation. although there transition from 2nd last to last photo isn't good as the change is too drastic. could have shown more pictures inbetween. this is, tank "raised" btw. it looks good to me though

yes it's real. yeah it's really nice! this is something i WON'T mind dedicating my entire sump tank for.

the fairytale pipefish again! this time a close up shot on the face. omg the leaf like growth is just insane!! it looks so fake and unreal!