unnecessary equipment but best investment

[littlesilvermax]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Wow ... so much for that argument then. I still like my reactor better than dosing. So there!!

Hey so do I, in fact I am rather proud of my DIY biggest I have yet seen calcium reactor.

I used to think that additives were the more then a reactor, that was when I was paying $26 for 2.2 lbs of calcium or carbonate alk. (+ tax)

Cost break down over 5 years for a simpler system (sans dosing pump and normal sized reactor) assuming 10 lbs of media used per year.

-media $300
-equipment $400
-CO2 and rental fees $490

Total $1190!!!!!


Total cost of using chems:

$125


There it is almost 10% the cost!


If I lost my job I would dose manually each day, assuming I could still even afford my tank at all!