Calcium Reactor Vs Balling Method
 

Calcium reactor vs Balling Method

INTRODUCING THE FAUNA MARIN BALLING METHOD USED BY 80% OF EUROPEAN REEFERS
WHY? READ ON!

The Balling light method has been used in Europe now for quite some years and has been developed to create a more easy balling system, and 80% of European reefers now employ this method over the calcium reactor.

WHY??

The balling method offers a lot more than a calcium reactor for comparible cost if not in some cases cheaper - Please read on.

The Balling System.

So we all (or most of us) have a calcium reactor what does this do? Well they add DKH (carbonate hardness) to your water and of course a level of calcium and uncontrollable amounts of other trace elements, but never in the controlled degree the balling system achieves, its deployment of these crucial elements is also very difficult to balance.

So the Balling method goes a whole lot further and has been said once established a lot easier to use and maintain in terms of cost and efficiency. This method does not just add calcium at an average rate over time but also adds all the mineral trace elements your system could need in a user controlled environment. So you are adding all the mineral nutrients in a controlled manner not just dosing DKH.

This goes one step further, the minerals used in the FAUNA MARIN Balling Method are lab pure, so you only get what you require, no hitch hiker minerals found in some DIY salt mixes. This also eliminates the needs for CO2 bottles, regulators, drip feeders etc etc, all you need is a 3-4 buckets and a 3 stage dosing station, and of course the balling salts.


Here is a copied part of the manual that explains a bit more

The classic balling-method is meanwhile one of the most popular methods for providing your reef-tank with calcium. Fauna have adjusted this method to today's needs and have created the balling-light method. Balling-light works without calculating and the need for wasteful gram-precise mixing of chemicals.

You can contact Fauna marin at anytime at info@faunamarin.de for links and other related information in regards to the above information and the Fauna Marin balling sytems

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Here you will find some great photos of systems using the balling method and also some information from Claude at Fauna Marin

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=46315

HI Michael

You forget one very important thing

With Calciumreactors you can add ( depending of the Material which you use ) a lot of Po4 and H2Co3 in your system.
The Ph Level will going down and this brings Po4 back in solution.
Blling light will work as an PH Puffer and will stabilize the PH against and Calcium reactor
this will bring more stabilitiy in your tank
If you add the Trace Elements which are developed for grow and coloration
you will add the Trace element in the right ammount how the corals grow and not more or to much.
Here you can see some tanks which use the Balling light system several years

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...ulytotal13.jpg

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...er/bild5-1.jpg

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...ussschnitt.jpg

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...amtansicht.jpg

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...eder/22000.jpg

Yes of course that is another great advantage of balling method, the stability of pH. Also as you say the risk of introducing PO4 and other bad trace elements is eliminated

Great photos :) If i am right these are some of your amazing installations ;)

Fantastic systems!

how about some photo's of the balling setup/system, as this is something i need to consider with the limited space i have to use.

thanks

Hi

Well first here is the picture of the dosing pump system designed specifically for balling amongst other uses

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c4...SA_500x300.jpg

Here is a great triple container system that has been designed in the USA for the Fauna balling system. It is the container on the right hand side, sorry bit blurry

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f2...7_edited-1.jpg

Here is the unit before install

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c4...ngchambers.jpg

NOW and this is important to remember, if you have limited space then you use containers that suit your enviroment, if you want to mix up smaller quantities then just reduce the amount you mix up by that amount, I can even help you with this ;)

I will try and get some more set up pictures in the coming weeks also.