cellowithgills Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 My skimmer just over activated and overfilled, I have no idea why. I added some ro water to my ato bucket because it was empty and the water level was down about an inch in my pump chamber. Then I replaced the filter sock 10 minutes before, nothing else. (No, I don't clean the socks with soap, just high pressured water.) Then I checked out the pH on my RKL on a whim and it showed 7.06!!! I did an API test and it showed to normal range for my tank (right around 8.0). So I tried to recalibrate my probe, pH 7 solution showed the normal "raw data" (about 1690), then I put it in the pH 10 solution and the raw data numbers went up. It normally goes down into the low hundreds. I seriously have no idea what's going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smann Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 I have to presoak my filter socks in saltwater or my skimmer goes crazy but if you havent had that happen before not sure, Ph probe may be bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellowithgills Posted September 19, 2011 Author Share Posted September 19, 2011 Do probes just go bad after a month? DOes anybody know if the probes are covered under the warranty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h2odvl Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 it happens to me almost every time i put in a new filter sock. give it a day and you should be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohaynow Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 usually if equipment is bad it will start showing signs rather quickly, if not immediately. If you make 100,000 of something you're doing pretty good if 90,000 of them are perfect from the get go. I would contact the manufacturer about a replacement. That is if h2odvl's experience is different from yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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