Need some advice for my tank.

[Nosracked]

I have a 45gal tank with a few fish and corals. I just added a green BTA and after added him, he decided to move under the rock work. He has been there for a few days and I don’t know how to help. My other corals don’t seem to be doing too well either. I have a toadstool leather that lost its color and just doesn’t look good overall. I also have GSP that doesn’t seem to grow and isn’t very full. I don’t use RO water because it’s hard for me to acquire unfortunately. I don’t know how bright to have the lights and same with flow. I tested the water and certain things are definitely off. I’ll submit pictures and the test results I did.


Mag-1180
Ammonia-0
Calc- my tester only goes to 500 and it’s over that
Nitrate-3
PH-8.35
Alk-15dkh
Salt-35.7
Temp-78

 

[Nosracked]

And phosphates are .25

 

[James M]

Those light are not strong enough to keep an anemone in that size of a tank. It also still needs to acclimate and will move around to where it is most comfortable

 

[Nosracked]

Those light are not strong enough to keep an anemone in that size of a tank. It also still needs to acclimate and will move around to where it is most comfortable

I can turn them up but I maybe thought the toadstool and GEP wouldn’t like that. I could always move those two

 

[Dbichler]

My guess would be that your alk is way higher than the anemone is used to. Anemones really hate swings in alk in my experience and 15 is really high if even possible to be that high.