Some white foam in rez and on roots ??

[Meast21]

WHat is the white foam in my rez and on my roots... Roots are nice and white.

 

[Meast21]

Plant is about 17 days from seed and looks fine... 2 gallon rez and I just did rez change yesterday... rez temp is 64

 

[Frosty125]

I have the same thing in my buckets im pretty sure its harmless. More info would b nice tho. What nutes, r u using bennies, what kind of water do u got?

 

[Meast21]

water is like 145ppm out of the tap.... General hydroponic nutes... Ph has been from 5.5-5.9 mostly.. pph with nutes is now 300... Didn't have the foam til I did a rez change last night.

 

[Meast21]

Also foam is NOT slimey.

 

[Meast21]

Bump again cmon experts, whats the foam ??

 

[dochickory]

Bump again cmon experts, whats the foam ??

I do aero but since you asked, looks like soap bubbles what did you clean your Rez with at the change?

 

[machead]

Happened to me once. With canna zym. U got a lot bubbles in there?

I changed to flooming an it stopped.

Bubbles are fine foam isn't as builds up an will cause you problems.

 

[burgertime2010]

Sometimes, bacteria and carbohydrates will foam up because of fermentation.

 

[Meast21]

Should I be worried ??

 

[Meast21]

I do aero but since you asked, looks like soap bubbles what did you clean your Rez with at the change?

Didn't even clean rez... Just put new mix in.

 

[Meast21]

Happened to me once. With canna zym. U got a lot bubbles in there?

I changed to flooming an it stopped.

Bubbles are fine foam isn't as builds up an will cause you problems.

WHat 's I changed to flooming MEAN ??

 

[burgertime2010]

I don't think you need to worry, that could be problematic if res temps were warmer. The res might be getting slimy if you are just replacing the nutes and not cleaning it well.

 

[machead]

put a circulation pump in there instead an it stopped it, as the foaming in my rez would gather on the sides then turn to slim an i had to keep wiping it clean every day which drove me mad.

have you put a massive pump an air stone in there try slowing the pump down if u can your prob making to many bubbles as i think that caused it in my case.

 

[burgertime2010]

I use 2 airstones and that is all. However, I decided to run a sterile reservoir this time around and so far no complaints. All the organic matter and algae build-up that I had last time was slimy and the gnats loved it....it was my 1st ebb and flow. I am a user of beneficials and organic additives during veg to establish a solid root system. Without microbial life I get less slime, funk, and ph swings.