Sorry i don not have time to read all of these post because i have aclass in 10 mins. But i am an employee at atlantis aquariums in jax and i have first have knowledge from a collector that stayed in guam and many other pacific islands. I know there are many sides to this but most live rock...
That looks very sweet!!!!! Did you end up using the air bubbles to create circulation? Also i have had great sucess with using pins as long as thier base does not have any rubble on it.
I keep a fridmani in my 20 long with a yellow watchman goby and they have no problem. On the other hand i once introduced a christmas wrasse and the fridmani nearly killed it in one day.
That is a good idea but airline tubing will insulate too well and may not tranfer heat to the tank. Copper hose would be a better idea but not as attractive.