Which Parms to check for Soft Corals

[Threshold]

I just got past cycling my first tank and have some soft coral frags now. Which water parameters should i pay attention to? (Or maybe it is easier to say which I don't need to worry about?)

I'm thinking I can ignore calcium for now because I don't have any stony corals. Not sure about alkalinity.

The corals I picked up from reefs2go are:


5 Polyps of Lunars Palys
Green Star Polyps
10 Pink Zoanthids Polyps
1 Cotton Candy Mushroom
10 Polyps of Pea Pie Palys
10 Polyps of Bright Green Palys

 

[Sk8r]

alkalinity (7.9-8.3), salinity (1.024), temp (78-80), and nitrate (under 2)

 

[Threshold]

Sk8r, thanks for the reply. I looked at my livestock goals and the liveaquaria ranges for them and took the average -- figuring everyone is in their comfort zone and if anything goes out of whack, it would still be in the comfort zone when I notice...

Most of these targets jive with what you said -- except my average temp was lower (75.5) and my average alkalinity was higher (10 dKH).

Are my numbers close enough? Or should I adjust my system towards what you recommend? If you suggest going towards your numbers, may I ask what the benefit would be?

 

[Tarawa]

Not sure about temp (run mine at 26.3), but if the corals are open and happy looking its probably fine, I also run my alk higher in the 10 range and they appear to be thriving.