Bought a grow tent on Ebay! Let me know whatcha think!

PJ Diaz

PJ Diaz

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Cool, but your 400w is only gonna fill about half that space with light, so don't fill it full up with plants until you get more light.
 
quietecho

quietecho

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I have the same tent, I used a 400watt and vegged 7 plants beautifully. I now have a 1000watt budding those 7 plants. Heat is an issue make sure you have plenty of air moving. Good luck bro.
 
LeafGnosis

LeafGnosis

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I would have gone with this one.. http://www.accesshydroponic.com/reflective-interior-48x48x79-inch-hydroponic-grow-tent-box.html#.ULLUl4awUgK since it is only 7 dollars more and has access on both sides (I am currently using this one right now)... You will love your tent for sure!!! This thing has made it so much easier to work with, well every thing. Have you purchased a hood/reflector yet? You would want to go with something that will cover the whole area. I went with a 6" block buster and I am loving it!!! The reflector will pretty much hit all sides and angles of the tent. Heat will be an issue.. specially when you get into the HPS side of the house. Right now my MH is about 20+ inches from the girls and temps are staying at about 78. It is hard to keep humidity up though, I have 2 humidifiers ready for action when the girls get bigger. Have fun setting up and launching, as I have had so far!!

Edit: damn.. Please disregard the first portion of my post, as it appears to be the same one... and you got it cheaper LOL... You will love the access on both sides. You will probably want to get some black silicone adhesive and get your light running to look for tiny, and some not so tiny, pinhole leaks as there will definitely be some. I have already patched mine up and still have some to patch.
 
LeafGnosis

LeafGnosis

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laxx said:
Move the air with just fans? Would clip on fans be a good bet? Or.. outside air for cooling?
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You will want either a cool tube or an air cooled hood. I like the 6" block buster as it has a great foot print in the tent and coupled with a 6" hurricane fan, it helps keep the temps down. Once in flowering I will also incorporate a 250 cfm intake fan so when she is closed it wont let light in and cave my tent in if I am not around to adjust the fan speed controller. I have a wall mount fan, could not find clip on fans that oscillate, and will have a tower fan in there once the girls get bigger.
 
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laxx

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Alright thanks so much! Helps alot to know about the heat being a issue, definitely I'll check out the fans! There are a couple clip on oscillating fans that I was looking at on cheap hydroponics as well, but with humidity... I need to keep it down right?
 
LeafGnosis

LeafGnosis

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You will need higher humidity when the temps are higher. Ie. If you run temps around 75 - 80, then 35 to 45 percent humidity is good. If you go higher in temp 80 - 85 then you want to get about 45 to 55 percent humidity. Try and keep it around 78 degrees and 35 to 45 percent and you will be good to go!
 
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