New Tank-Help with Fiji Live Rock

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Tank Specs:
55 gal Marineland Bio-Wheel Aquarium
100 Watt Tetra Heater
Penguin 350 Bio-Wheel Filter

Water Parameters:
PH: 8.0
Anom: 0
Nitrate: 5.0
Calcium: 420 mg/L
KH: 214.8
Phos: .5

Hi new to forums. I have 45 pounds of Fiji Live Rock, that i purchased from liveaquaria.com, and i did the out of tank curing process for about 3 weeks until my tank showed up and then moved them into the tank once set up. The tank has been set up since October, i believe, and have added five snails, which two of them have died due to unknown causes, a cleaner shrimp and my two columbian sharks, silver tipped sharks- they go by several names i hear, that were in my freshwater tank previously.
My problem is that i have had more then several white, frosted spots all over my live rock and i am clueless to the cause of it and curious as to what is happening. So any explanation for that would be greatly appreciated.
My next question is i have two LED fixtures and was wondering if that is sufficient amount of lighting for my live rock and coral/anemone, when the tank matures enough to get them in my tank.
Thank you.
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heres the two lighting pics.
 

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Could you please give us the specs on the lights? Looks to be about 96w total. If those are 1w LED's? Definitely not enough light for a 55g. Especially one with a Anemone.
 
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Size# and
Color
of LEDs
Watts
per LED
Total Watts
per Fixture
Total
Lux
Total
Lumen
@ 12"
10 gal Kit22 White/2 Blue
20 gal Kit42 White/3 Blue
29 gal Kit42 White/3 Blue
37 gal Kit42 White/3 Blue
55 gal Kit*84 White/6 Blue

[TD="align: center"]0.11[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.42[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]460[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]165[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]0.11[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4.62[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]990[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]310[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]0.11[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4.62[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]990[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]310[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]0.11[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4.62[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]990[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]310[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]0.11[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]9.02[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]990[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]620[/TD]
This is what the website has. Mine is the 55 gal one.
 
That lighting is not sufficient for an anemone or most corals. That light is suitable for a FOWLR tank.
 

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