The local Big W (think Walmart) has a tiny brewing section which I like to browse from time to time for a laugh. To give you an idea, they have packets of 'Hops' which come in a circular freeze-dried cake and don't even mention what variety of hop it is. It's just Hops. Yeah.
As I'm reading...
Pitched the yeast at way too hot a temperature on my first ever batch. After panic subsided I cooled it all down, and the yeast survived. Had a nice krausen two days later.
Confused Galaxy and Cascade hops, adding the wrong amount of each to the boil. Turned out just fine.
Had a guy at work find out I was a homebrewer and he legitimately believed that you need to brew it in a bathtub.
I can just imagine what the mental image of that was like...
Yeah you'll be fine to leave it be. I started with the same kit you have, and I'm currently using it to ferment a honey ale. Once the krausen subsides, all the dried up gunk is higher than the top of the liquid anyway.
Most fermenters don't have a krausen collar at all. It's really just for...