Calcium reactor issue

[iceman86]

Originally Posted by Potatohead

Pretty common. What happens is the valve gets some calcium precipitate on it and slows down the drip rate. This is why if you can use a continuous duty dosing pump as your feed pump you can make it consistent, but they're not cheap. Yours does seem to be happening really fast though usually it takes at least a few days.

Would it be better if I just raised my effluent rate to a "broken stream" so it doesnt get clogged and adjust my ph acording to the tank consumption?

[Potatohead]

If you can get it fast enough where it doesn't clog and still have the ph low enough to dissolve the media, that's probably the best option. Just make sure the tank ph doesn't fall too far or the alk rises too much.

[sphelps]

The valve could be moved to the influent for more stable results. Also a PH controller measuring reactor ph will solve ph stability issues in the reactor if flow rate varies from time to time.