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Wouldnt do it. They are filter feeders... or at least they feed from the water column. They need large systems with lots of live rock. They are very sensitive to swings in pH and and salinity. Please dont do it! Jesse

You acclimated WAY too long. Were these specimens shipped to you? Just FYI, if you ever get corals shipped to you, NEVER drip them. It is much better for the corals if you float them to match temp ant dump them right in. The amount of crap that builds up in the bag when things are shipped is...

Christmas tree worms are my wife's favorite. Nice piece. Jesse

How do you plan to plumb a piece of pipe to the tank without some sort of bulkhead? Jesse

I hope Cris doesn't take this the wrong way but ask him (kidnano) about sticking it out with the crushed coral substrate... It catches up with you. Cleaning it regularly doesn't really solve the problem as that will stir up detritus and gases which you don't want to do. I would personally...

This one? :D Jesse

Yeah, that'll fix the microbubbles. You want about 1" between the baffles and the middle baffle should be about 1" above the bottom... does that make sense? Jesse

You don't rally want to be doing water changes until your cycle wraps up. I would wait it out and are what happens. You really will be surprised to see what makes it. Jesse

Can you get a picture of what is going on? Jesse

Glad to hear you like the osmolator. You got a sweet deal on it too. It is really going to be a hassle to switch out all of the crushes coral. Plus you'll want to do it is stages so that it doesnt foul up your water too bad. Do you think you could wait until the upgrade? That sucks...

If you could fix it with a sponge in the sump, do that. How do you have your baffles arranged before the return pump? Is it like this... over, under, over? Jesse

Wow. Somehow I missed that last set of shots. Very cool! Thank you for sharing! I love the clams. Jesse

Nice picture! I just looked at it for the first time on my laptop (instead of that tiny blackberry screen) and it is awesome. Some of my favorite pictures of reefs in nature are the ones taken during low tides when almost the entire reef is exposed to the air. It is really amazing what corals...

IMO and the opinion of some others though, uncured live rock (likely what you got) can be preferable for its diversity of life. You will be amazed at what will make it! You will be seeing new things for months to come. Jesse

That does make me happy to hear and thank you! Congrats on your tank to. Please do post some pics. Maybe even submit one for the contest! Jesse

You can do it now. You are just changing out some of the tank water with fresh water. Jesse

Cool. The distilled will work too. In the 28g I would do it 1/2 gal at a time. Give it about 30 minutes between every 1/2 gal. Jesse

What are you using to test your SG? If you are using a swing arm hydrometer I would suggest getting a second opinion from someone with a refractometer. If your SG really is 1.027 then depending on the size of your tank, remove about a half gallon of water and slowly add ro/di water that has...

... And no filter media except for filter floss while the rock is curing. Jesse

I agree with Alex. Jesse