I was surprised too. Remember that water clarity is a factor in par readings as well as flow. They're about 6-7" above the water, and its a 2' tall tank. I can't complain!
In my experience niko, when I was running just ro and no Di, I was having problems with gha and cyano that I had never had prior to purchasing my own system. I have since added a Di unit from brs and all of those problems have disappeared. I find it much easier to have my own unit and not lugging buckets around. Just my 2 cents
Question was clarifying what was for sale.
1 Coralvue 400w dimmable Metal Halide Ballast with wiring included. Dimmable from 250w to 430w.
1 grab bag of halide bulbs
The other thing that hasn't been addressed is the water from Shane's being higher in nitrates than your water. That was probably a correct test on your part of his Livestock tanks water. Fish only tanks can run with higher nitrates than reef tanks. Either way don't ever put lfs or shipping water into your tank just to be safe.
I think ur worrying about it too much. Give it time , don't add anymore fish, use that start smart, and let ur system catch up with ur bio load. Coral doesn't increase your bio load, fish do.
I love goin by and chatting! Always fun, take what you need like everyone said. If you have an issue with your tank and go to all 4-5 of the local stores, they will all say slightly different things. But then look at the differences between their show tanks. No 1 way to do this hobby we have!
Yeah I don't like API. And yes Shane is definitely a less is more kinda guy. Take the good and the bad. He has a lot of years of experience. He's a lotta live Rock, no live sand kinda guy. But it's from he experiences of their shipment. Live sand is not shipped like livestock, and so it's his opinion that everything is dead by the time you get it anyway. Idk. I've never used live sand so I wouldnt know. Take ur nitrate test and test separate tubes of ur water and I'll bet you get different results. I don't use my API anymore .
I got it to work through Skype. I forgot we upgraded modems today and there was no modem in our network during the day today. Now my issue is my computers built in webcam can't handle the lights. I can see the tank but it's just super bright. I messed with the settings and it made it worse. Guess a better camera is needed.