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powerplant74

powerplant74

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med4u said:
yea,afro i run a small stone in each buck,it works a treat,a bit like a dwc/eandb i havnt met a lady yet, that doesn't like a bubble bath(cheap insurance if a pump goes out)
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Med4u are u bubbling 24/7 or only in the fill cycle?

Loves the crutons in ebb n flo or gro,the plants love them! On the other hand I hate washing rocs Shits a real pain in the ass
 
shnkrmn

shnkrmn

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With the croutons, do you get enough support to keep your plants upright when they get large? Or do you have to stake them? Or have we found that out yet? ;D
 
hellraizer30

hellraizer30

Rebel From The North
I have a friend that does passive hydro and uses crutons and his get 4ft. tall and only stakes the branches, I just
allways blew the thought off about using in the ebb style system, but after having to wash rock! im not now.
 
Ferredoxin

Ferredoxin

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hellraizer30 said:
View attachment 1557490View attachment 1557488View attachment 1557486View attachment 1557484here some mods to get rid of the 1/2 hose and convert to 5/8 hose backed
with 3/4 pvc flood time is way faster and the drain cycle is alot better. to connect the 3/4 to the 5/8 a presure fitting was use, there made by rain drip. and the pvc
and peaces were got at lowes.
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That shit is legit. Super clean. I think I might do something like this. Is yours the setup with inline filters on the drain/fill hoses also? More pics!!!

About those crutons....they make me nervous with the amount of water they hold. I can see how they might work in the Flo n Gro above, because those interior pots are netted and drain much better. With the Ebb n Gro, we only have holes at the bottom, and the nice little flaw with this system about not fully draining could possibly retain too much moisture in the crutons.

Does that Flo and Gro have the same problem with poor draining buckets?
 
hellraizer30

hellraizer30

Rebel From The North
Ferredoxin said:
That shit is legit. Super clean. I think I might do something like this. Is yours the setup with inline filters on the drain/fill hoses also? More pics!!!

About those crutons....they make me nervous with the amount of water they hold. I can see how they might work in the Flo n Gro above, because those interior pots are netted and drain much better. With the Ebb n Gro, we only have holes at the bottom, and the nice little flaw with this system about not fully draining could possibly retain too much moisture in the crutons.

Does that Flo and Gro have the same problem with poor draining buckets?
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yes mine is the one with inline filters and as for the bucket having holes on the bottom I drilled x2 rows of holes in the sides of the bucket.
helps alot with drain and flooding.
 
stillgamble

stillgamble

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Does that Flo and Gro have the same problem with poor draining buckets?[/QUOTE]

yea they have about an ich or so of water at the bottom. i just added water saucers under the bucket to help with the draining and now there is prob a 1/4 inch or so. in this system they have liner bags that fit into the bucket and u can run coco or clay without having to worry about ur pumps getting cloged
 
i81two

i81two

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the great thing about the grow cubes is you can mix other medium with it.

If u dont like the water retention add some hydroton or simaliar.
 
Ferredoxin

Ferredoxin

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i81two said:
the great thing about the grow cubes is you can mix other medium with it.

If u dont like the water retention add some hydroton or simaliar.
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Good point.

I think I am going to drill some holes in my interior buckets this weekend. I love this thread.

Hellraizer, how much are you pulling per light?
 
stillgamble

stillgamble

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ive noticed my temp in the rez has gone up so i was thinkin of running my air stones an hour before the flood and a hour after the flood to try to keep my water temp down. and maybe have it run an hour during lights out to keep the nutes mixed. is this a dumb idea?
 
hellraizer30

hellraizer30

Rebel From The North
mine went from 68 to 70 and Im thinking a res chiller is in order :( not to happy about it!! but ive tryed the air and no luck.
 
stillgamble

stillgamble

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hellraizer30 said:
mine went from 68 to 70 and Im thinking a res chiller is in order :( not to happy about it!! but ive tryed the air and no luck.
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mine is closer to 80 so i deff need a chiller. ive been adding frozen water bottles but that brings it down to 74ish and now im fighting clear snot on my roots with little luck so far. any suggestions? im running 29% h2o2 at 3 ml per gallon but havent noticed any diff to the roots and i think a lot of it is my rez temps r way to high
 
i81two

i81two

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I run a 1/2 hp chiller that is a closed loop with 25' of 1/2" copper coil in 2 100 gallon rez's. Keeps my temps at 67.

My 40 and 70 gallon rez's i use 1/10 hp for each. Temps at 67.
 
hellraizer30

hellraizer30

Rebel From The North
stillgamble said:
mine is closer to 80 so i deff need a chiller. ive been adding frozen water bottles but that brings it down to 74ish and now im fighting clear snot on my roots with little luck so far. any suggestions? im running 29% h2o2 at 3 ml per gallon but havent noticed any diff to the roots and i think a lot of it is my rez temps r way to high
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well 3ML is low up it to 7 to 10ML and watch if the slime starts turing brown due to the 80F water you might need to start using bleach.
 
hellraizer30

hellraizer30

Rebel From The North
med4u said:
hey hell,jus curious,what temp you shootin for? is she climbing on ya?and do you use a 55gal drum?
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going into summer here and its 70 right now but I fear its going to get worse during the day I saw 72. Like 68F and my area doesnt
get any hotter than 85 at the high in the summer so a chiller might work well.
 
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