That seems pretty good size and the carbon doser is real nice. It is pricey and you might find a better deal waiting for the right moment but still better than buying new.
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That seems pretty good size and the carbon doser is real nice. It is pricey and you might find a better deal waiting for the right moment but still better than buying new.
Youve heard from fans of reactors, but look carefully into them as they have downsides as well (e.g., low pH, hard to control time of day of dosing = slightly less stable alk, etc).
Neo your tank is rocking. I’d freak out to make big changes as you have a coral growing machine.
Very long term it can be cheaper. Short term, there’s a bigger start up expense.should I say work my dosing then? I’m making a new batch every 2 weeks . It’s a lot of work.
people say reactor will save me time and money is that true?
I will respectfully disagree in regards to stability
How do you figure alk is less stable with a reactor vs dosing pump? Unless you have the dosing pump constantly dripping in an alk solution, a doser running once every 2-3 hrs or even every hour will not be as stable as a reactor constantly adding minerals in the same rate they are used up?
hard to control the time of day of dosing? on a reactor? Have you ever used a calcium reactor? you so realize a reactor is consistently "dosing" all day/night long, continuously.
Low pH, meh, personally I have never seen a big impact, but I will accept that as a possible con.
But as far as stability and consistency, a well tuned/setup reactor wins, hands down VS a doser.
Can you explain the reasoning/chemistry of why a doser will achieve more stable alk VS reactor??
Thanks!
Alkalinity is not consumed evenly 24/7. It is mostly consumed during the day. A dosing pump can spread out the dosing over most of that time. While possible to mess with timing a reactor, few do and most run them 24/7. That necessarily leads to less alk stability. It is not hourly instability, it is daily rise at night and fall during the day.
Does that matter? Don't know, but it is real.