I've been growing for about 15 years. the past 3-4 years I've been using the Stink Bud Aero/NFT system. Over the years I've had or diagnosed in other gardens many common issues and I now have one I'm having trouble with
In the past 5 months I have picked up a black algae, slime buildup on my roots. I have 3 flowering rooms and it has hit all three. I've narrowed it down to coming from my nutrients by process of elemination... New units, new pumps, new containers, fresh genetics... this was expensive. I don't have light issues anywhere at all. my Res are covered with Poly/Panda film and the rest of the unit is sealed up tight.
So the slime... I have units that run more plants then others and this causes the plant size to change. The smaller plants aren't cutting it while the larger plants survive for a while (5-6weeks) then succumb. So, I've swapped out the units for larger plants for the time being on a particular set i'm doing tests on.
I'm dropping in some Maracyn Two by Madel which I bought at the pet store. Has anyone tried this before or have any input?
I've tried adding the gambit of benificials over multiple units (9 total). All the zmes, etc. nothing knocks this shit out. I even pull them and wash them daily, along with res changes and sometimes new pumps.. I've really broken this down.
Anyone have anything to say?
Edit: I did weeks of research on the algae. Seems to be an aquarium issue commonly. this is where I found this Maracyn product.
In the past 5 months I have picked up a black algae, slime buildup on my roots. I have 3 flowering rooms and it has hit all three. I've narrowed it down to coming from my nutrients by process of elemination... New units, new pumps, new containers, fresh genetics... this was expensive. I don't have light issues anywhere at all. my Res are covered with Poly/Panda film and the rest of the unit is sealed up tight.
So the slime... I have units that run more plants then others and this causes the plant size to change. The smaller plants aren't cutting it while the larger plants survive for a while (5-6weeks) then succumb. So, I've swapped out the units for larger plants for the time being on a particular set i'm doing tests on.
I'm dropping in some Maracyn Two by Madel which I bought at the pet store. Has anyone tried this before or have any input?
I've tried adding the gambit of benificials over multiple units (9 total). All the zmes, etc. nothing knocks this shit out. I even pull them and wash them daily, along with res changes and sometimes new pumps.. I've really broken this down.
Anyone have anything to say?
Edit: I did weeks of research on the algae. Seems to be an aquarium issue commonly. this is where I found this Maracyn product.