Some updates. I finally figured out how to get the AI Sol to work on my tank, and went ahead and ordered it. It's going to take a little tweaking with the hanging, but I think it'll work great. I'll post pictures when it gets here! I ordered the super blue sol. Besides the obvious features of putting out tons of par and coming from a seemingly great company, what I really liked about it over some others I looked at is the programmability (is that a word?). I was dead-set on a dimmable fixture, and I love how this fixture is able to do the moon cycles and have different intensities throughout the day. I'm pretty excited about it, and I sure hope this works out!
It's been fun watching these little basket stars. I've been fascinated since I found them. So far the first one I found sits curled up around a branch of one gorg all the time. I hope he opens up to eat when the house is all dark. The other is a traveler. He ventured all the way over to the devil's hand leather for a day or so, then wandered to a little gorg frag, then up to the original gorg he came in on, and is curled up on the dragon's breath this evening. I did see both of them spread out today, hopefully eating. One thing I still find especially odd is that both only have 4 legs, then where I would expect another leg to be, there are 4 little short somethings sticking out instead. I thought at first, the one must have lost a leg, and these were new legs? But I find it strange that both are like that.
Another thing I've noticed are spaghetti worms way up near the top of the tank. One in the feeding dish, and the other on an aqua-mag. Maybe this is normal, I've just not noticed it before.
I'll post another fts soon! There are quite a few more corals, and things are really starting to settle in and open up.