Yeah, saw this last page, but couldn't tease any permutation of "ecoair5" out of google or amazon. Did you mean the "EcoPlus Air 5"? If so, the reviews talk a lot about noise. You? Would you put it in a closet next to your bedroom?
What do you use/recommend now, or are you not concerned with noise?
I wear a dust mask when trimming...it helps.
I have koi pond pump I got from Big Al's aqaurium. Its very quiet..put your hand on it to make sure its working quiet.
Mine's called the Ecoair5 Commercial but looking at the lower rt corner their website is ecoplususa.com
I get high as a kite when trimming from the fumes. Thinking of breaking out some new hydrocarbon filters for the silicon half mask I used to have to wear all day when I worked as a chemist in a hazardous waste disposal plant. That'll take care of pot fumes no problem.
see my DIY F & D system posted a couple pages back
You would have to pump pure CO2 through an airstone for hours to raise the pH a 10th of a point and the acid breaks down almost as fast as it's made. At 1500ppm that's only 0.15% of the air and considering ambient CO2 is 400ppm it's only being raised 0.11%. Nothing to worry about and the plants love it.
I am currently running 3 tentsYou would have to pump pure CO2 through an airstone for hours to raise the pH a 10th of a point and the acid breaks down almost as fast as it's made. At 1500ppm that's only 0.15% of the air and considering ambient CO2 is 400ppm it's only being raised 0.11%. Nothing to worry about and the plants love it.
I've considered flood and drain but it doesn't fit my style or grows. I'll be running 4 very different strains at different stages of flowering to keep a perpetual grow going so 2 plants each in DWC ScroG tubs running independent of each other fits my plans a lot better. One air pump to worry about and no water pumps/timers etc suit me.
F&D works great I know but just won't fit my plans.
You can buy a cheap set of hole saws at Princess Auto on sale for $20 lol. I've had a set for 10 years and they work well on plastic, just a thoughtI saw a video recently where a guy used a heated tin can nailed to the end of a stick to melt holes thru the lids to get really clean edges. Still trying to find the right sized cans to do my 3.5 and 5" net pots with.
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Depends what sizes they are tho. I've got a shitload of 3.5" net pots from a buddy that had bought them for a big DWC farm he thought he'd get rich off without knowing shit about growing and wouldn't listen to anything I told him. Hasn't read book since he dropped out of school in grade 10 but knew everything. Hasn't been a buddy in 5 years.You can buy a cheap set of hole saws at Princess Auto on sale for $20 lol. I've had a set for 10 years and they work well on plastic, just a thought
Two hours away tho so I don't get in there unless we have to go to the city for something.
Not sure what's in the set but it goes from 1.5 to 6", not the highest quality but works good for totes and pails. I stopped using 3.5's due to light leaks but I have large size hydroton as well which doesn't help. Never did cover them which would have worked as well lol.Depends what sizes they are tho. I've got a shitload of 3.5" net pots from a buddy that had bought them for a big DWC farm he thought he'd get rich off without knowing shit about growing and wouldn't listen to anything I told him. Hasn't read book since he dropped out of school in grade 10 but knew everything. Hasn't been a buddy in 5 years.
I like Princess Auto. Can find all sorts of cheap stuff to use in a grow room or to tear down a grow room for that matter.
An aquarium o3 generator yeah, with bleach it totally depends on the strength you use, there’s a thread somewhere on here where the girl talks about the exact dosage for different types of bleach, I suggest reading that, that’s what I used to work out my ml/litre, depending what bleach you use yours could be 10x or a 10th of mine
The 60ppm of dissolved stuff in your tap water will do absolutely zero harm to your plants. Others will disagree with that but when asked to prove it they wont be able to.
little more than this
about 4 more days in cloner
Your water will be fine imo. As for changing out the res water, lots don't and follow a modified Lucas formula add back, for the money it costs me, I Change out res when it needs refilling as I seem to get more stability with PH