Added my 1st fish, a few questions.

[DEL 707]

I've just added the 1st livestock to my 56l tank.

 

I have a question about my lighting now. I've had it off during the cycle and going to keep it off today, to let him settle in.
This AI Blade has a lot of controls, what intensity should I set it to?
Then there's "royal blue", "blue" and "cool white". Are these simply aesthetic options, or do they play a major part in coral growth and health?
How many hours a day should I run the light to begin with?

On the subject of flow, I've had my AI Nero 3 set to 1050 GPH constant. Would it be a good idea to change it to a pulse selection now?
What would be a good on/off time for the pulse duration.

 

 

[seabass]

4 hours ago, DEL 707 said:

This AI Blade has a lot of controls, what intensity should I set it to?
Then there's "royal blue", "blue" and "cool white". Are these simply aesthetic options, or do they play a major part in coral growth and health?
How many hours a day should I run the light to begin with?

That's about 70 times turnover for flow, which is OK, but I might cut that down a bit.  You could use pulse if you are seeing dead spots or to generate more random flow patterns.

 

What do you have, the 21" Blade?  I haven't really looked at those very close, but a 21" Blade is a 40W fixture.  Your tank is about 15 gallons, so I'd probably run it at 60-80% (for 8 to 10 hours) until you add corals, then I'd turn it up to 100%.  It should be sufficient for lower light demanding corals.

 

It looks like they designed it so that you can adjust the intensity, but not individual channels.  Here's the spectrum with all channels at 100% (which looks fairly standard for coral health):

Spectrum

A balance of blue and white diodes efficiently addresses the photosynthetic needs of coral. The Blade Grow delivers output in the deep blue through blue range of the spectrum (400-500 nm) which is proven to be a highly effective marine spectrum range.