jhuntington12
Community Member
about 6 months about I got a Reef Octo 200 CaRx and seemed to have it working just fine. Had the pH set right where I wanted it with the neptune apex controlling the regulator keeping it withing a .05 range.
One day, I noticed the pH rising, and thought i might be out of Co2 however the regulator is still pushing bubbles out so I just increased the bubble counter to keep up. Unfortunately the pH keeps rising to the point where I cannot introduce enough bubbles to keep it low.
Additionally, there it just seems to product excess air (Co2) in the chamber to the point where there is so much that the water level in the chamber itself has dropped significantly below the effluent line. I'm guessing in order to keep up I have to increase the effluent out rate to purge some of that air.
Is this somewhat common if there is too much Co2 injection vs. how much effluent rate output?
I guess I can go get the tank refilled with Co2 as maybe thats the reason why but I cannot drop the pH any lower than 7.0 at this point with the regulator maxed out...
One day, I noticed the pH rising, and thought i might be out of Co2 however the regulator is still pushing bubbles out so I just increased the bubble counter to keep up. Unfortunately the pH keeps rising to the point where I cannot introduce enough bubbles to keep it low.
Additionally, there it just seems to product excess air (Co2) in the chamber to the point where there is so much that the water level in the chamber itself has dropped significantly below the effluent line. I'm guessing in order to keep up I have to increase the effluent out rate to purge some of that air.
Is this somewhat common if there is too much Co2 injection vs. how much effluent rate output?
I guess I can go get the tank refilled with Co2 as maybe thats the reason why but I cannot drop the pH any lower than 7.0 at this point with the regulator maxed out...
