A bit of an update and some observations.
I think sometimes we can see even good changes to our tanks in real time - or almost so. I wasn't happy with the color rendition provided by just the A350. I had 4 Stunner Strips laying around from the last lighting configuration I was running, so I decided to add them into the mix. Wasn't sure how to do this at first and didn't want to make something extensive such as a hood to mount them to if I wasn't going to use them in a permanent installation. Well I had some plastic raceway laying around and thought it might work and it actually turned out pretty well for the time being. Not sure what I'll do down the road, but for now I want to just see how the corals respond.
One thing I noticed after about an hour of running these with the A350 was the clam and the Green Eye Zoas started to expel zooxanthellae with the Zoas taking on a more pronounced green fluorescence. You can see the Zoas doing so in the pic below. The clam looks brighter and happier with this change as well. The Stunner Strips are (2) 8k + 453nm blue and (2) 403nm ultraviolet.
Some pics of the make-shift light fixture:
Zoa in the process of adjusting to the lighting changes. They're less purple/brown and more purple/green now.
Other changes/additions;
I added an Auqa Gadget MiniMax Reactor to run BRS Rox and PO4x4 actively in the sump. Being the system is 46g net, I don't need a large capacity reactor for either product, so I'll see how this does. Seems to be doing the job and it's a really easy reactor to maintain, clean, fill, etc. I also put the 2 part online and dosing aminos with the BM doser.
Two other observations so far. Running this system without a filter sock, I can see the water is a bit more turbid. However, what it also does is allow for detritus to collect in the sump where I easily suck it out of the system with a small wet-vac as part of the bi-weekly water changes. I think it sitting in the corner of the sump where the flow makes it collect, is better than it sitting in a filter sock with water pounding it further into solution. Well I guess time will tell.
Here's the results I'm getting from the ATS. This is just the third cleaning.
Just some pics of where the tank is at to date. Thanks for looking.
Temp=79.5 Salinity=34 Alk=7dkh ph=8.3 Ca=450 Mg=1520 NO3=1 PO4=.04