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The website says that jellyfish can be added within an hour of the globe being set up, but what about the cycling process?

Sounds like something's off with the impeller (sp?). I'd take a close look to make sure nothing's cracked.

The HOB filter bag should work fine, but you need to be able to tie it off at the top so no charcoal gets out.

Filtration definitely helps. I'd keep that going for sure.

The red stuff may be the beginnings of coralline algae, especially if they are tough to get off the glass... But without seeing a picture it's hard to tell. I'm pretty sure that you can buy scrapers that can do the trick of removing them, if they bother you.

This one might give more detail; when I try and make the other picture bigger, I lose resolution. There's fringe on the front pair of legs, by the by.

Yup, a water change is a good idea. Have you moved the fish into quarantine?

I'm attaching a picture of a trio of crabs that arrived with my live rock, and am hoping to get some info to identify them. The largest is about 1.5 inches and very compressed dorso-ventrally; very good for sliding into cracks in the rock, as I found out. They each have one pair of long...

The pistols I've seen are pretty friendly and don't bother anyone. I doubt you'll have any trouble from yours. :)

Pods are pretty good at hiding. I only see ones in my display tank after all the lights are out, and even then they keep a low profile.

Do you think it might be shedding? They do that from time to time.

Almost looks like a little bristleworm. I leave mine alone, since they haven't eaten anything important and they are detritovores (I think).

How are you doing the acclimation? I've drip acclimated for about 2 hrs without seeing an appreciable temp change between waters. I'd make sure your water parameters are good, as well as adding a small heater to the acclimation bucket (just in case).

Probably starvation.

...The ideal conditions for what exactly? Some parameters depend on what you want to keep, is why I ask.

Originally Posted by brad pitt oh wow thats a lot! yeah one time i went on a 3 day vacation and when i came back my water was almost half, about 10 ml less my filter would have stopped working. i got lucky there. You might want to consider an auto top-off to prevent that from happening next time.

I don't know what size tank you have, but I have a 10gal and when the surface scums up, I use a paper towel for manual skimming. It works pretty well for me.

I have a Hydor. I like it, and would buy another one, but I also agree that a wave maker is probably a better deal.

If it's coraline algae, I leave it on the back but scrape the front and sides (well I will in a minute), but the rest of the algae I scrape off no matter where it is.

I dunno if you've mentioned this in a different thread, but how old is your tank? And I echo the previous question of acclimation methods.