Phosphate Hannah kit says 0 for both nitrates and phosphates. Colors on my acros are dull, it's hard to say which way to go right now for myself. Feed more or start lowering nutrients that I don't see on test kits.
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You may need to dose consistently to keep nutrients in check. Do you skim heavy? What kind of skimmer?
GFO or vodka dosing to keep nutrients in check is done by many reefers.
You just get new lights? Looks like diatoms on the sand bed. Looks like maybe Red Gracilia Algae on the rock.
And looks like your SPS is in the shade??
So your SPS bleached out from to much lighting, and you got the diatom bloom just after you got the lights I would assume.?No I've had the lights for about 6 months now, and I'm not quite sure I know what red glacilia algae is?
I moved the acro to a more shaded area because it was losing a ton of color.
What is your alk at?
Start with this for vodka dosing guideline.
Vodka Dosing by 'Genetics' and 'Stony_Corals' - Reefkeeping.com
Algae scrubbers are very good too. As Keithcorals pointed out asking about your alk it could have been an alk swing that caused the brown out of corals.