dankyouverymuch
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I ended up just ordering a premade DWC 8-site w 3" net pots & air pump/stone off of ebay for probably cheaper than if I DIY'd it. However, there was some fine print down at the bottom that I missed.
It was set up so that they send you 2" RW cubes with*out* Hydroton rocks by default, which I got. But if you specified via email, they would send 1.5" cubes *with* Hydroton instead, but honestly I was high and overlooked it. I've been planning on using Hydroton this whole time, and now I feel like I'm missing a crucial part to my setup.
My question is since I live in a place where hydro stores are non-existent, would it be okay to use pea gravel from, say, Home Depot instead? Or should I go online and order some Hydroton? Are there major advantages to using Hydroton instead? And regardless of which I pick, should I cut the RW down to 1.5" so that I can put more medium in the net pot? The 2" RW pretty much takes up the whole pot.
It was set up so that they send you 2" RW cubes with*out* Hydroton rocks by default, which I got. But if you specified via email, they would send 1.5" cubes *with* Hydroton instead, but honestly I was high and overlooked it. I've been planning on using Hydroton this whole time, and now I feel like I'm missing a crucial part to my setup.
My question is since I live in a place where hydro stores are non-existent, would it be okay to use pea gravel from, say, Home Depot instead? Or should I go online and order some Hydroton? Are there major advantages to using Hydroton instead? And regardless of which I pick, should I cut the RW down to 1.5" so that I can put more medium in the net pot? The 2" RW pretty much takes up the whole pot.