why is my apex DOS auto-water change inconsistent?

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my auto-water change via apex DOS is setup to swap out one gallon a day. this works out to individual "doses" of 29.1 mL every few minutes.

the "add" doser works as expected, with each dose lasting a couple of minutes and transferring 29.1 mL

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but the "remove" doser has odd behavior. instead of always transferring the full 29.1 mL, it will do a portion of it and then pause. a few minutes later it will kick back on and continue until it completes the full dose. while it is paused, the small light near the doser pump turns red.

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is this normal behavior? what can i do so that all the water is added and removed simultaneously?
 
Can you post your Schedule for the DOS head in question?
 
it is set from 00:00-23:59 for the amount of 3,785.4 mL.

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