Care info for RBTA

[cvonseggern]

Now that I've got my 250W MH covering one end of the tank (2nd pendant going in sometime this spring) I'm looking at adding an RBTA...hoping that the GSM currently in quarantine will host it.

But - I know that keeping anemones healthy goes way beyond lighting. I'm still researching solutions for a slightly low pH and don't know what my Ca/alk levels are, as I haven't gotten a Ca kit yet and I don't see a reason to monitor alk without having Ca levels to compare against. Nitrates tend to hover around 15 in this tank too...I want to get that down before adding anything truly delicate, obviously. The goal is to stabilize all parameters in the desirable range before trying to keep an anemone.

But what else should I be considering? I have three peppermints in the tank, and I know they probably need to go. Anything else y'all would recommend? Any articles anyone can link to?

Thanks,

Chris

[GaryP]

You'll get your pH up if you monitor and get your alkalinity up. Alkalinity (buffering) is the mechanism that regulates pH.

Let me know if you need some help.

Gary

[Ram_Puppy]

from what I have read, peppermints shouldn't be interested in munching on your anemone, however, I take that with a grain of salt, however, from what I have been reading in some books I got for christmas, analysis of the 'stomach' contents of RBTA's contains shrimp and other small inverts, so if your peppermints do go after it, they may end up being the meal. The other thing to consider is that if your Goldstripe takes to it, and those peppermints get close to the anemone, she's going to go postal on them.

here is an interesting little page.. http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0404/rbta.html