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![]() Personally, I built my own reactor, so cost was low. Once it's setup, I refill it maybe twice a year. Pretty easy IMO. Oh, and it looks all cool and hi-tech, which is always a good reason to have anything
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![]() Balling method is I think a newer idea. Reactors are low maintenance once dialed in, so that's a big plus. Plus, as Brad said, you can DIY easily to knock down the startup cost a bit. With Balling, you have to have multiple dosing pumps (peristaltic) and those aren't that cheap. Plus, I can't wrap my head around the really insane Balling tanks where they draw saltwater out because all the addition of this ion and that ion and hootnaut and whatnot ("hootnaut" - I just made that word up right now
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![]() hootnaut???
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![]() lol. It's like hootenanny + whatnot?
I guess I've just been considering incorporating a better method of maintaining stable Ca/Alk, and was looking into this balling method w/ dosing pumps(s). It seems like the possibility for ultimate control and stability is pretty great! Having said that...yeah...having all the high tech reactors and cylinders does look hardcore. But more hardcore than a few peristaltic pumps? ![]() |
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And as Tony said, balling didn't exist when I built my reactor, and since I have it, and it works, might as well keep using it.
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![]() reactors are for us poor folk who can't afford the fancy pumps.
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![]() I guess I should have begun with the fact that I'm manually dosing now--I have no reactors or anything. That is truly the poor man's method
![]() I'm just curious is all....especially if I'm going to spend a good chunk of change in the future on Ca/Alk maintenance. |