Screwed up big time!

[vaporlockv2]

I accepted a gift of green star polyps and xenias. I thought that I could fit them in my tank but no matter how i arrange it, it just won't work. I now have the rock sitting in a tub with a heater and two powerheads. I have two lights on it right now. One is a 25w 6500k bulb and the other is an 18w 5000k bulb. I have a tank that I can fit into, but has only cycled for about 4 days, will the corals survive for a few days until my tank is done cycling? It is in 3 gallons of water.

[bill_c]

They should be fine. Those are about two of the most bullet proof corals you can get. Must make sure the water doesn't get too hot. 3 gallons isn't a lot of water and it wouldn't take much to overheat it.

Why can't you just set the rock on the sandbed of your tank until your other tank is cycled?

[vaporlockv2]

All I have is a 24 gallon biocube, and it is crowded with live rock as it is. I was going to put it in the middle but it almost touches the glass on the front and the plastic in the back. This rock is about the size of a soccer ball

[philneuss]

Can you put it on edge or at an angle? It doesn't have to be flat, I was just telling you what the orientation of it was in my tank so as not to put it in upside down.

[GrandpaFeathers]

try breaking it, and selling a piece, or maybe putting it in two locations

[vaporlockv2]

I'll try to figure out somethin, I probably could remove some of the live rock in my tank that doesn't have corals on it, and keep those in the tub until the other tank cycles.

[jlemoine2]

try breaking it, and selling a piece, or maybe putting it in two locations

I like Jordan's idea. Break up that big 'ol rock.