What is your water flow to your reactor? I have the same one with a needle valve and no issues with flow. I have a line coming from my reefflow pump, my thinking is more pressure going to reactor the better..just my thoughts.
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So I had this issue as well and it would drive me nuts because my alk would dip every other day or so because of this I have an MRC Dual Chamber CaRx in the end I just took the needle valve off and run full stream and upped my PH setpoint for the reactor to keep my alk in line and I have never had another issue since. I have heard of a few people running a full stream into another canister filled with filter floss and then using a needle valve off of that so that the needle valve does not get clogged might be something to look into.Morning guys and gals. So I am trying this method, but I am still running into issues. I just can't seem to keep the flow consistent. I do have a needle valve, and I got to a small consistent stream, little faster then individual drops. Within 48 hours, I am back to drop by drop. Touch it gently - back to a stream. I really don't want to have to adjust it every other day. Any help is greatly appreciated.
What is your water flow to your reactor? I have the same one with a needle valve and no issues with flow. I have a line coming from my reefflow pump, my thinking is more pressure going to reactor the better..just my thoughts.
So I had this issue as well and it would drive me nuts because my alk would dip every other day or so because of this I have an MRC Dual Chamber CaRx in the end I just took the needle valve off and run full stream and upped my PH setpoint for the reactor to keep my alk in line and I have never had another issue since. I have heard of a few people running a full stream into another canister filled with filter floss and then using a needle valve off of that so that the needle valve does not get clogged might be something to look into.
If you are using a PH controller I would do my first suggestion if you dont want to add a filter before your needle valve. I would just take the needle valve off and run a full stream if your feed pump is adjustable I would turn it down a bit and adjust your PH setpoint higher and keep an eye on your alk. Its what I do with no issues, what you will find is your tank PH will be lower without degassing the effluent but I average a tank PH of 7.7 without issue as I know many who do as well so I wouldnt be too concerned with the PH drop unless its running quite a bit lower than the 7.7Any other ideas guys? came home tonight and it's drip, drip, drip.
If you are using a PH controller I would do my first suggestion if you dont want to add a filter before your needle valve. I would just take the needle valve off and run a full stream if your feed pump is adjustable I would turn it down a bit and adjust your PH setpoint higher and keep an eye on your alk. Its what I do with no issues, what you will find is your tank PH will be lower without degassing the effluent but I average a tank PH of 7.7 without issue as I know many who do as well so I wouldnt be too concerned with the PH drop unless its running quite a bit lower than the 7.7
I agree with @Reefpharmer you need to slow down your feed pump then.I tried that, but I keep on increasing the CO2 supply and it still can't keep up with the flow of water.
So there could be a few different reasons for this I believe for starters I have noticed that in my tank I may measure my DKH to be 8.2 one day and the next day it may be 8.1 and the next day 8.3 and so on I attribute this to the fact that my measurement device (Hanna) has a accuracy limitation or I am not doing the precise exact same thing every time. I suggest not adjusting it day to day but monitor your DKH over the course of week if it drops a little every day over the course of a week than bump it up a small amount and see if over a weeks time it doesn't stabilize it.i am having a lot of problem in getting a stable setting . when i set 7.10 , the next day i measured the dkh is increased compared to previous day , so i decrease and the next day it decrease.
It is driving me nuts. output is constant
i am having a lot of problem in getting a stable setting . when i set 7.10 , the next day i measured the dkh is increased compared to previous day , so i decrease and the next day it decrease.
It is driving me nuts. output is constant[/QUOTE
1. I can't answer as I don't use an apexHey guys, hoping someone can help me wrap my head around a few things.
My goal at this point is to follow that videos process to a T. That being said:
Currently my effluent is a slow, constant stream, as little as it can be before seeing actual droplets.
I've programmed my Apex to turn on the Aquarium Plants carbon doser as follows:
1. Fallback off
2. Set off
3. If PhCaRx > 7.50 then on
4. If PhCaRx < 7.40 then off
Questions:
1. Before I turned it on, is there anything wrong with my programming?
2. Using this process, what level should I start off the black pressure knob at? This decides the "size of the bubble" and adjusts between 0 to 15 lbs.
3. Video says the seconds per bubble knob should be adjusted so that my PhCarx graph is like a sine wave eventually. So ill just start it at 5/10 unless someone tells me otherwise.
4. Am I missing any reason why this method would be faulty? Some critics said that at higher pH levels that the media may not liquify into alkalinity and calcium in the correct ratio, as it would at the manufacturer's recommended "melting point
Meaning.. its too high that my Reborn media won't liquify?I can't answer in the programming either, but that pH range may be excessively high for many (most) scenarios.