ATO Pump (hydrophill) pumps water sporadically rather than constant

[Edubio]

I’ve never encountered this problem as its been running smoothly for a long time, but for some odd reason, my ato pumps water sporadically rather than just constant, even when the water isn’t even close to touching the electrodes it doesn’t pump much, the water evaporates quicker than what the pump can catch up to, leading me to manually have to top it off. The pump used is a hydrophill titanium, any advice on how to fix this would be appreciated.

 

[dank reefer]

Have you checked the pumps out to see if there is anything blocking the water output, like debris or buildup.

I recently had the same issue with my ATK, and it ended up being a speck of something that was blocking the water output. I could tell something was wrong since my ATO should take about 15-30 seconds to top off my tank, but little by little it started to exceed that 30 seconds until it was taking 2-3 minutes to top off.

 

[h2so4hurts]

Mine did this and it was because the electrodes got crusty. Soak the electrodes in vinegar for an hour and wipe off. Been perfect since doing that.