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3 hours ago, badfrogg said:

What is this? I see people doing this and it works for them. In my setup the germs in the tank are increasing. I have 10s of millions now! More then the water I'm Pumping in!!! I friggin swear!!.

Without a screenshot, I can only speculate what the problem is

First question, do you have continuous flow of germy liquids entering the tank? The liquids in the tank need to be stagnate in chlorine for a minimum of 135 seconds to ensure the tank becomes sterile.  Even a small packet of germy liquid can undo the sterilization and you'll have to wait another 135 seconds.

Second question, is there carbon dioxide in the chamber with the tank?  Chlorine needs to be at the bottom of the tank for it to work and any CO2 packets can stop the sterilization process. 

Third question, are you filling the tank with water or polluted water?  If the liquid in the tank is polluted water then any interruption caused by the first two examples mentioned above then it will allow the germs to multiply.  However if you can keep the tank stagnate and fully submerged in chlorine for the full 135 seconds, then it shouldn't matter if it's H2O or PW

I had three tanks daisy chained in a room with 100% chlorine. I filled them up with polluted water. The two tanks on the end would go to zero germs but the tank in the middle would constantly increase. I had over 100m germs in it. The system was completely stagnate with no output connected. I did not have a screen of it. I deconstructed and reconstructed and then it worked. Must have been a bug? I don,t know...

36 minutes ago, badfrogg said:

I had three tanks daisy chained in a room with 100% chlorine. I filled them up with polluted water. The two tanks on the end would go to zero germs but the tank in the middle would constantly increase. I had over 100m germs in it. The system was completely stagnate with no output connected. I did not have a screen of it. I deconstructed and reconstructed and then it worked. Must have been a bug? I don,t know...

That sounds very much like a bug. 

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