badly need some help (ANYBODY)

trunks

New Member

Mar 23, 2009

• #1

no mater what i do i can not stop alge from forming in my revs. i keep washing it out and refillimg it i add h202 3% thats all i can get my hands on but every few days 2 -3 alge starts forming all in it there is no light getting in my revs. only when i check ph or add nutes is light gettin in! im getting ready to start back to soil but i dont want to can someone please help me out with this problem?

 

KP2

Well-Known Member

Mar 23, 2009

• #2

light is getting somewhere. if not your res, through your system. algea doesn't need a lot of light to grow, and thrives in shade...

any chance for pix?

 

trunks

New Member

Mar 23, 2009

• #3

i dont have an usb cable to connect any pics but iv took em out now and put in soil till i can resovle my problem! white bubbles form around my resv. and my net pots are kind of slimy slick createing my roots to look a little brown!

 

StickyGlass

Active Member

Mar 23, 2009

• #4

If your res or hosing is c-thru this will occur.....

 

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blueybong

Well-Known Member

Mar 23, 2009

• #5

How hot is it inside the rez? Or what's the Rez H20 temp?

 

trunks

New Member

Mar 23, 2009

• #6

well the air it self is about 80 so i would guess my resv. would stay around 70-75! surely it woundnt got hotter then the air it self would it?

 

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blueybong

Well-Known Member

Mar 23, 2009

• #7

trunks said:

well the air it self is about 80 so i would guess my resv. would stay around 70-75! surely it woundnt got hotter then the air it self would it?

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Warm water & warm air temps are what's needed for algae to grow. Try throwing in some frozen bottles of water into the rez, which may help.

 

DaBeatGoezOn

Well-Known Member

Mar 23, 2009

• #8

dude ur res should be at 65-68f temp , u should ducktape all cracks and openings to prevent light coming in , hopefully itll keep the bastards from growing!


Cheers

 

trunks

New Member

Mar 23, 2009

• #9

thanks for yalls info i will try it again applying the info that yall have givein me! thanks

 

trunks

New Member

Mar 23, 2009

• #10

can the light shine through my clay pebbles and shine in my resv. like that?

 

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whiteboi420

Active Member

Mar 23, 2009

• #11

you prolly dont have to worry much about light coming through the net pots but like BLUEY said. you need to hurry and freeze a few water bottles and throw one in the res. keep swappin the bottles out to maintian a cooler res temp. Ii had the same problem when i first started. ever since i started adding the bottles, ive never had a problem since!!!