Douglas.Curtis
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That swamp cooler, evaporation going on is greatahhh okay i get what youre saying now makes sense but its funny you say that, in the winter when my res temps were like 60-65 it took like a month and a half for my plant to reach a foot but i also hear the higher temp can result in low dissolved oxygen and obviously pythium but right now my temps are like 74-80 (depending on temps outside) and theyre growing more than ever
Dealt with this and it's disgustingly nasty.you both seem knowledgeable so this question is for both of you...I have what im 99% sure is cyanobacteria that comes back after a week or 2 of res/tray cleaning/sterilizing... no matter what temp or how perfect everthing else is, it always comes back... i was using 29% h2o2 @5ml/gal every 3 days but even then itd still be back after 2 weeks. right now i been trying pondzyme with hydroguard for a week and im starting to see a thin film of it.. my question is do you guys reccomend anything for this? have either have you had this problem? its a clearish snotty/gelatin like substance that floats around or sticks to the walls. ive looked into the heisenberg tea and i might order the materials tonight but is there anything else you guys would reccomend? i have a 2x4 flood tray with a 23 gal res, plants in hydroton
The tap water at one location was an infected well. Simply rinsing something in the local water and using it in the res would produce snot in 3 days.
R/O machine, all the way. Whatever methods you use to get rid of it, use r/o water for it or boiled tap water. Easiest way is to start with all new equipment. Cheapest way is to use biologics or antibiotics to get rid of it on EVERY surface in the garden which will touch nutrient solution.
Clean bottles, buckets, hoses, pumps, airlines, stones, the more difficult to clean, the more closely you should look at simply replacing it. It took me a while to understand what was going on and even longer to fix it and learn to work around it. I don't envy your position.