Red sea reefer max reef mat going crazy

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My reef mat has been going at three times the normal rate since I updated the firmware. Anyone else have the same issue?
I keep updating when the updates are coming out, which are disturbingly regular… which I take that they know there is an issue.
 
I think the app has lost the ability to do math correctly. I'll admit i didn't do the math to calculate the correct daily average because I'm lazy and I suck at math but looking at the daily amounts used I don't see how the daily average can be as high as it is. I was averaging 12ish inches the last time I looked and after seeing this post I checked and I'm averaging over 45" per day but my highest daily average is 19.9" so even with my poor math skills I can't see how that could be a 45" daily average. I turn off auto advance and let it overflow a few times a week because I run very low N and P but I use the app to stop the advance and have not interrupted power to the unit so now I have a mystery 🤔

EDIT: I went ahead and did the math and by my calculation my daily average is actually 11.02"
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Figured it out and thought I’d drop the reason in here just in case others have an issue in future.
I increased the return pump from 60% power to 65%. This was raising the water level in the reefmat reservoir causing it to top up far too frequently.
I dropped the power back to 60% and everything is back to normal.
 

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