Round 3: Extrema & El Monstre DWC Cooler Scrog

Changed the old carbon out in my filter today with fresh new carbon. I have been meaning to change it but kept putting it off til another day. It was much needed and should help to eliminate the stanky green smell that overwhelms me when I walk in the front door. Feel like I accomplished something for the day, Lol!
 
BluBerry said:
Changed the old carbon out in my filter today with fresh new carbon. I have been meaning to change it but kept putting it off til another day. It was much needed and should help to eliminate the stanky green smell that overwhelms me when I walk in the front door. Feel like I accomplished something for the day, Lol!
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so Blu...is there some place you can exchange that old filter..or atleast drop it off.

i have been wondering where growers get rid of their carbon filters..aside from dumping them off in the local dumpster.
 
Thanks a bunch BB I understand to an extent every time I go down the plumbing isle in home depot I scratch my head at all the little gadgets I see having trouble picturing the 1/2 plastic piece from the rubbermaid with a nipple do it just jam in there always scared of leaks and things filled with water that I tamper with, How does the float valve tell the res that it needs to be fed is it like some smart chip or something, also do you yourself put the water into the external res keeping it at a certain height and PH and such do you mean you keep the trimeter's pen in the res the whole time it must run out of battery quite a lot or no? Finally with the whole scrog thing how do you find it possible to even lift up the net pot to check roots it just seems like you wouldn't move it at all if it were being screened and with the large exchange of water you don't clean it the whole grow?
 
dtischerd said:
so Blu...is there some place you can exchange that old filter..or atleast drop it off.

i have been wondering where growers get rid of their carbon filters..aside from dumping them off in the local dumpster.
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I made my own filter last year and use 2 cans of activated carbon from Wal-Mart in the fish section. I took my filter apart and dumped the old carbon in the trash and made a funnel from a paper plate to put the new carbon in with. Nothing fancy. I can sure tell a difference in the house now that I cleaned the carbon. I don't smell the plants until I open the cab door now instead of smelling them from my living room.
 
dapio said:
Thanks a bunch BB I understand to an extent every time I go down the plumbing isle in home depot I scratch my head at all the little gadgets I see having trouble picturing the 1/2 plastic piece from the rubbermaid with a nipple do it just jam in there always scared of leaks and things filled with water that I tamper with, How does the float valve tell the res that it needs to be fed is it like some smart chip or something, also do you yourself put the water into the external res keeping it at a certain height and PH and such do you mean you keep the trimeter's pen in the res the whole time it must run out of battery quite a lot or no? Finally with the whole scrog thing how do you find it possible to even lift up the net pot to check roots it just seems like you wouldn't move it at all if it were being screened and with the large exchange of water you don't clean it the whole grow?
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The piece that comes on these coolers is a push button drain that has threads and screws into the cooler. Unscrew that push button drain and get a 1/2 male adapter with a nipple on the end. Put plumbers tape on the threads and screw the new fitting into the cooler good and tight. I hook a hose to it or keep my finger over the hole and fill it up with water and check it for leaks before I hook it all up to the grow. The float valve is adjustable which means it pivots and you can have the float set at one height and can adjust it for many different water levels. (Don't overthink that). The way it works is that I have the float in place with my feed tube running from the ext rez to the splitter and finally in the cooler to the float valve. When the water level drops then the float lowers which allows more water to come in until the float raises to my desired height in which the water stops filling up the cooler. It's really pretty simple and has no electronic parts. Simplicity is key! As far as the Tri-meter it comes with a cord which is plugged into the walls and has constant power so I don't have any batteries to change out. I don't change my water during flowering due to the difficulty unless it just needs it replaced which isn't the case but I do try and change it from once before they really take over the screen but with the constant exchange of fresh water that is provided from the ext rez I don't have much of an issue with buildup or anything else.
 
These ladies are stacking up nicely. Mmm, I can't wait to sample this Extrema in about 4 more weeks.
Hopefully she will pack on a bit more size so I will have some nice fat budz to smoke on!
El Monstre still has about 8 weeks left til harvest so she should put on a bit more size and weight.

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I think I am gonna give myself a pat on the back today for what I think is turning out to be a great grow so far. I have managed to take an 8 week Indica and a 12 week Sativa and grow them under the same screen with much tucking and training and still maintained a fairly level even canopy with the exception of the one towering El Monstre bud in the middle of the screen which is gonna be a monstrous bud by the way. Can't wait til next grow when I'll have the Feminized Extrema and Jackberry growing together. Everyone have a Spooktacular Friday the 13th!


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Lights out pic. A few of the closer leaves look lighter in color from the camera flash.

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Learned a valuable lesson today. I have noticed my air pump making noises in the past but I just blew it off and said it would be fine. When I checked this morning I noticed something wasn't quite right with the setup. It was too quiet so I checked under the lid and saw no bubbles then I grabbed my air pump which wasn't working at all. So I took it apart and noticed it was slightly wet inside and damaged the pump. I have the pump sitting out to dry but I don't think it will help it any and I will have to buy another one soon but for now I have my two small fish aquarium air pumps hooked up temporarily. They will keep the plants alive but not give them as much DO as I would like to have. The lesson that was learned is that I will not have my air pump sitting lower than the plants again because it will cause water to back fill into the pump which will damage it. Yes this is obvious and I should have known better than to sit it lower but the pump vibrates and I had it sitting on the ground on a pillow to absorb the vibrations. I will figure out a new location for the new pump once I order a new one. Ugh! Lesson learned the hard way!
 
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Do your air lines travel up over your water line than down into your grow bucket? If so I would have thought the water wouldn't flow backwards up hill!... man!.. I have mine set up that way. Maybe I need to raise my pump?
 
Yea the pump was on the floor and the air lines went up and over and down into the rez so I would have thought it would have been fine. New pump will be up off the floor.
 
It could have been alot worse though I'm just glad I was around and not out of town cuz that would suck being gone for a week and the plants not have any air the whole time or it could have caused an electrical spark or something. Pump has been drying out for a few hours and still nothing so I think it's fried unless it decides to start working again. It is what it is, new pump coming soon!


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