Good to know it doesn't fluctuate! I just added the IM Refugium to that chamber to grow pods for my pink streaked wrasse and tank. I'm glad the water isn't draining from them with every water change! I would have used that chamber if I wasn't already using it.
I have my AWC set to daily... I have caught it twice not breaking the siphon when finished pulling out water from the tank, I'm not sure why the siphon break isnt kicking in... I have the drain pump in the same department as the heater (second from left). Will keep an eye on it tonight when it does its auto water change and see why siphon isnt breaking.
That's a little scary. Do you have the arrows on the siphon breaks facing in the right direction, which is the direction of the water flow?
Indeed... Triple checked when I installed it... I've had to pull the tubing off in order for it to stop both times.
Sometimes the tiny oriface gets clogged. Would be more of an issue on an AWC pushing salt water so I would check that.
Ive only run it 3 times... First time was a manual test and worked perfect, second time I heard my return pump struggling bc no water. Unplugged all pumps from controller... Water kept flowing. Pulled tube off siphon break, it stopped. Third time I watched it do the same so was able to catch.
Maybe the break is clogged as Saltyreef suggested? However, why would it clog after only three uses? It doesn't make sense. I guess unplugging the controller won't do anything to stop the flow once it's going without a working breaker. I wonder if this is a common problem. I do know they discontinued the model I have and now have another one. I had mine sitting around over a year before I finally set it up.
Need to stick a needle in the orifice and see if clogged.
Yes, check it out and please let us know. And I know, redundancy, but check again that the arrows are going in the direction of the flow.Need to stick a needle in the orifice and see if clogged.
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Yep! Arrow on opposite side is pointing up. Flow out of tank.
How frustrating.
Wow! Yay! Now it just needs to do that every time! Lol.
Haha I know right! Kind of wish it didn’t work perfectly so I can find a real fix.
Did you try clearing a possible clog first?
