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Old 06-30-2005, 01:32 AM
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I set my 90 up in December, and put RBTA #1 in it about 4 months after. I lost #1 for seemingly no reason (but found out the reason later). I put #2 in about a month and a half later and had the same problems for the first little while but did more water testing... specifically dual pH test (ie. AM and PM) and found a large swing in my pH between tests. This was causing a VERY unhappy anemone (well, 2 actually) # 2 survived, but only after I buffered my pH up to 8.3, and threw some caulerpa and a light in my sump at night to reduce the swing in pH. Once this was under control, and ever since it has been doing fine. I must say, it is the most stressful animal I have out of the 40+ corals, fish, and inverts... by far the most stressful.... but still one of my favorite additions. Long story short, test your pH before buying... AM and PM, and get the swing that may be there under control before adding an anemone.
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