Water Parameters for RBTA tank

Joe LoPresti

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I'm sure this question has been asked hundreds of times before, but I'm gonna ask anyways...
What do you all recommend for water parameters to keep my RBTA happy???
I have a 30 gallon tank that's dedicated to the RBTA and a pair of false Percula clowns. It's been running for about 3 months now. There's about 40 lbs. of live rock, a sand bed and the following corals:
1 candycane frag
1 yellow finger leather coral
7 green fuzzy mushrooms
3 blue mushrooms
1 small cluster of zoas

Current water parameters:
pH- 8.1
Alk- 8
Calcium- 430
Phos- 0
Nitrates- 2.5
Salinity- 1.024

I'm not planning on adding anything else to the tank. I want to keep it as a specimen tank, with the RBTA as the centerpiece.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!
 
Specific gravity should be 1.026 to more closely mirror natural seawater. Also you should work on getting those nitrates down to 0.

I haven't read much on what the other parameters should be, sorry I can't be much help with them.
 
you should let the aqaurium settle more. three months is not long enough to be stable for an anemone. i ould wait at least six to eight months. stability is the key to keeping healthy anemones. ph should be 8.3.
 
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