Reef Angel Forum

I'm thinking about maybe buying the Coral Box DC300 Skimmer. Since this uses a Jebao DC pump I thought I could control it with the RA. Right now when I turn off the return pump for feedings, the water raises in the section where my skimmer is at. This causes my skimmer to start overflowing, which causes all the skimmate to go back into the tank. Is there a way I could control the coral box skimmer so the pump slows down when the level gets too high? Not sure of a good way to sense the level inside the skimmer.

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Just thought of something. Would it be possible to use the water level tube in my sump to slow the pump of the skimmer down? Right now my normal level of my return section of my sump, when its running, is 37. When I turn off the return and the water reaches a designated height it would slow the pump of the skimmer down. Not sure about how to code this, though.

Yes for sure thats the way I'd work it rather than the level in the skimmer. But if there was a way to measure the skimmer it would rock. Tough one that.

You'd just have some set % that you drop to depending on the level in the sump.

if (ReefAngel.WaterLevel.GetLevel()>75) ReefAngel.PWM.SetActinic(50);

Great, thanks. Inside the skimmer would be ideal.

How would I code that if I have the mult level water expansion and the sump level is on one

I think inside the skimmer would mess with its functionality. Plus all the bubbles would mess with the sensor conpletely. You'd need a diff kind of sensor like optical or something which wouldnt really work properly either. Maybe a sonic one.

Would I add a one inside the parenthesis if I have the multi level water sensor and I am using channel 1 for the sump? Like this:

if (ReefAngel.WaterLevel.GetLevel(1)>75) ReefAngel.PWM.SetActinic(50);

Yes. That should work.

Ismaclst wrote:Would I add a one inside the parenthesis if I have the multi level water sensor and I am using channel 1 for the sump? Like this:

if (ReefAngel.WaterLevel.GetLevel(1)>45) ReefAngel.PWM.SetActinic(50);

So if I use the above code to run the skimmer when the water reaches a certain level, would I use the code below to run the skimmer when the water drops below 45 or the normal water level of the sump?

ReefAngel.PWM.SetActinic(100);

Something like this?

I would get rid of the else and just have the Set at 100 before the if. Then you could just add different water levels with different speeds by just adding more iffs in the correct order

Ok, thanks.