Ok, I can't keep my co2 pumping into my reactor. There's nothing blocking the air line, so I'm trying to figure out what the issue is.
My reactor is being fed by the return pump of my tank. I have the flow turned down at the intake of the reactor to the drip rate I've been using for the past year.
When the bubbles start flowing when the solenoid turns on, they gradually slow down until nothing is coming out anymore.
Thus the pH of the effluent won't stay in the proper range.
The co2 tank was just refilled, and the pressure is at 35psi. It's a 6 month old regulator.
I'm guessing the pressure inside the reactor is causing the co2 to not be able to be bubbled in, but I don't know how to fix this issue.
Any ideas would be helpful.
I do not have a check valve on the co2 line.