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Hi all I want to increase my PH using Kalk & ATO pump
I currently run it this way just as ATO
so I have set the following setup
G4 = water 1 or PH increase
G5 = G4 and delay 200s "that means it will not pump for longer then 200s"
what I am trying to do is increase PH to min 8.15 with the ATO which is set to run max 3 min - I want to do the same with PH to run max 5 min every 6 hours if needed.
how do I do it?
I'm not sure how to do it, but I honestly would not be chasing a certian ph. Let your tank keep itself balanced. You'll get more consistant ph if your alk is steady. Work on keeping your alk stready, then your ph will follow.
Why not create a gate that combines water1 and Ph1 Increase?
This way your top off with Kalk will only occur when your water level is low, and your Ph is low. Should prevent a lot of overfilling problems.
If you have a freshwater resevoir then you could have it set up as water1 + Ph1 Decrease. With the 2 Gates and two ATO pumps set up this way your ATO will either top off with higher or lower Ph as needed.
The reason I wanted to do this was to try & mix my Kalk in my reactor more & try keep the PH stable.
so what I do now is run the ATO with a min time to run when activated so it mixes the Kalk better. works really well