I didn't keep a close enough tally either but I beleive the total tally for everything was somewhere between $300 and $400. The reactor itself was probably about $150 of that. The most expensive part was the 6" tubing, although to have gone with extruded acrylic instead of case would have been cheaper. We got a section slightly over 4' long and it was ... um ... $150-160 so for each of us $80 of that $150 was the just the tubing.
Very rough estimates of course.
You can probably do it for less if you go smaller. My reactor is oversized for my needs of today but I hope that this is something that can grow with me as time goes on and one day I get a much bigger tank. So if cost is concern right now, don't build a reactor with a 26" tall chamber (many are only 12" tall are for some tanks this is totally sufficient).
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