shallowreef
Well-known member
I have been talking a lot about getting a Calcium reactor (as a lot of you may already know). I have been searching around and pricing all the LFS around where i live. The prices ranged from $300-900
I found one though, and its the cheapest i've seen so far. It's by Precision Marine and comes "Ready-to-Run" for $300.00!! Now here is where things turn crappy. Its at my favoriate LFS and the guy there has told me before that they aren't worth the money and that they don't use them on their systems. For a long time now, i've been agreeing with him.He also said that dripping does the same thing without all the extra money!?!? But the thing is, I've seen them on tanks at other places and they look like their doing a hell of alot better than his. See he runs homemade Kalkreactors on his system. Honestly i'm not blown away buy his corals. FYI his main display is a 210 tall with 3x400W 10k and dual Vho actinics. The second cheapest one i saw was online at Fosters and Smith. It was $400.00 with a automated ph monitor that adds extra Co2 when needed and what not, but no calcium reactor. But i know of another store that sells homemade reractors for $90.00 and want $500.00 for the whole set up! What should i do, who should i go with, does anybody know of anywhere cheaper? I want to buy a entire setup if possible.
I know a lot of you do a lot of DIY but i'm not that good too were i would trust my own work. I would be willing to pay someone to build me one for me(regulator ,reactor, in other words everything but the C02 tank!) if i became really desperate. I don't mean to sound like a baby its just that after being here for only a month i have learned so much, and one of the things that i learned is Co2 is the way to go! This is the final piece to my equipment. I have everything i need except that.
PLEASE GUYS HELP ME OUT!!!
I found one though, and its the cheapest i've seen so far. It's by Precision Marine and comes "Ready-to-Run" for $300.00!! Now here is where things turn crappy. Its at my favoriate LFS and the guy there has told me before that they aren't worth the money and that they don't use them on their systems. For a long time now, i've been agreeing with him.He also said that dripping does the same thing without all the extra money!?!? But the thing is, I've seen them on tanks at other places and they look like their doing a hell of alot better than his. See he runs homemade Kalkreactors on his system. Honestly i'm not blown away buy his corals. FYI his main display is a 210 tall with 3x400W 10k and dual Vho actinics. The second cheapest one i saw was online at Fosters and Smith. It was $400.00 with a automated ph monitor that adds extra Co2 when needed and what not, but no calcium reactor. But i know of another store that sells homemade reractors for $90.00 and want $500.00 for the whole set up! What should i do, who should i go with, does anybody know of anywhere cheaper? I want to buy a entire setup if possible.
I know a lot of you do a lot of DIY but i'm not that good too were i would trust my own work. I would be willing to pay someone to build me one for me(regulator ,reactor, in other words everything but the C02 tank!) if i became really desperate. I don't mean to sound like a baby its just that after being here for only a month i have learned so much, and one of the things that i learned is Co2 is the way to go! This is the final piece to my equipment. I have everything i need except that.
PLEASE GUYS HELP ME OUT!!!