Help with ZEOvit reactor please

[Tom R]

I found the same problem. Less than half of the ZEOvit was below the high water mark of my sump. I looked at increasing the depth of the water in the sump but became concerned about the possibility of flood during a power outage. I know that this would be for a short period of time as after your first or second cycle of ZEOvit change out the pump in the reactor will run all the time 24/7. I decided to leave the pump on 24/7 and adjust the flow to half for the break in period. My reactor had a flow valve so it was just an adjustment to reduce the water volume to half. You have to do something as the bacteria will die if the water flow is shut off and the ZEOvit is left to dry out.

Tom R

[Delphinus]

What about just putting the reactor in a salt bucket sitting in the sump? And just let the water overflow the bucket into the sump when the reactor is running?

A bit ghetto maybe, but I didn't realize that you're supposed to only have the 50 on/off thing at first (sorry - I'm a zeo neophyte - I want to go zeo but I'm not on it as yet). So after the break-in period you can just have the pump on all the time and not have the bucket.

You might have to throw some LR at the bottom of the bucket to weigh it down. And you can drill a hole in the bucket if the water level is too high and let the water spill out that way.