RBTA.... help (too little too late unfortunately)

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So here's my latest update on my sad first try and my seemingly happy second try at the coveted RBTA. About a month after the first unsuccessful attemp I got convinced by my LFS to try again. So I did. The first day it shrivelled up again and I started to FREAK OUT! Days 2 and 3 all seemed well and good. Day four and 5 and 6... Shrivelled... again!!! So everything seemed to be happening the exact same. RBTA seemed happy at night, and not happy during the day. I did a dual pH test and discovered that there was a swing of about .5 (8.4 being the high, and 7.9 being the low) Talked to LFS about said problems and had a few reccomendations from them. 1. (My idea) throw some caulerpa (sp?) and some light in my sump for overnight photosynthesis. This completely rectified my pH swing... now steady at about 8.3 2. get as much of the crappy cheap salt (Instant Ocean) out as possible and switch to something higher quality (Formula) So I did a 20-25% water change with Formaul salt. 3. pH buffer to 8.3 (not sure that this was necasary, but no harm done, that's for sure. So the short sum up to this long story is that it seems that my pH fluctuations were causing extreme unhappiness in this anemone, and even worse in the last one. So my reccomendation to EVERYONE is if you can, have some night time photosynthesis, and don't cheap out on your salt!!! Everything else in my tank seems to have not been affected by these problems, but the RBTA's sure are sensitive to such situations. Anyways... I sure am happy that my new little buddy is doing as well as it seems to be now!!!!