Grow tent 600w hps hydro under construction

laserbrn said:

Oh man, they look really good! That carbon filter is taking up ALL of your space brotha! You couldn't keep the temps down and keep that thing outside the tent huh?

Those plants are going to turn into ridiculous monsters after the flip to 12/12. Lookin' real good bro.

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smokingrubber said:

Looking very happy. That filter is eating all your space! Can't you reinforce the roof supports (make better ones) to get that beast in the air? Heat rises so getting that thing off the ground would really help control your temps.

I like the little ebb tray, what is involved in the cleaning-refilling process?

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anon1122 said:

It can't happen man. That bitch is 56 lbs and this thing is rickety as fuck.

The ebb tray is a hydrofarm megagarden. The tray comes out, you hook up a longer piece of hose to the submersible pump, and drain it into the bucket, hose it out really well to clean it, refill and adjust. I added a 2 outlet airpump and 2 airstones to the reservoir for aeration. It's a nice little ebb and flow, but I want an actual setup like laserbrns soon, but I have some upgrading to do. I basically have this thing filled up with only 3 plants. I am glad I didn't plant all 5.

Thanks everyone for your support, but now the pics are getting removed.

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anon1122 said:

Since bob was late to the party, here's two more from this morning...
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smokingrubber said:

But I bet it doesn't stink

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Bob Smith said:

Looking great, man

One question - why in the hell did you get a filter designed for a commerical warehouse operation??

Holy fuck is that thing massive............what's the diameter on that, like 12"?

Mine's 6" and is plenty large enough for my tent............yowsers..........

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smokingrubber said:

Is that 56lbs with the fan? You could move the fan outside the tent after the hood. Get a steel rod, put a couple holes on the end and zip-tie it to the roof frame. Then you could strap the filter to the rod and viola.

But a 56lb filter IS a bit too big for 3 plants and a 4x4 tent imo. 12lbs sounds too small, but I'm sure you can find a happy medium.

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Bob Smith said:

Just took another look, mine's 20 pounds, but the way they design them is to be super-lightweight.

Take my word for it, when it's running you can't smell a fugging thing.

EDIT: Here's some pics.........

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anon1122 said:

I took my filter and fan out and I am running it laserbrn style. I still need something for an intake. I'll hopefully be dealing with this issue wednesday. I'll keep you posted. Temps seemed to be ok with it running like that.

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laserbrn said:

And your space about doubled didn't it? You think you need an intake? I ran an intake once and it made things really inefficient and I though I remember you having a 400+cfm fan. Is your tent suckin' in like crazy? I taped off my flap vents and ran a duct outside a lower intake vent in my tent (mostly just for the light seal).

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laserbrn said:

And your space about doubled didn't it? You think you need an intake? I ran an intake once and it made things really inefficient and I though I remember you having a 400+cfm fan. Is your tent suckin' in like crazy? I taped off my flap vents and ran a duct outside a lower intake vent in my tent (mostly just for the light seal).

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laserbrn said:

They weren't huge stretchers. They did alot of growing though the first time around. I mean look at this....Pics of them on day 1 of flower, 4 weeks, and 6 weeks.

I tried to post pics that would show the height difference. They definitely at least doubled in size, quite possibly 2.5x, I didn't measure them or anything. But, they will be growing on ya.

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The Potologist said:

WOW A++ Very nice gurls. Looks like the green crack I grew bubbleponics. Enjoy brotha, those are sure some tastey budz.

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anon1122 said:

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Yeah, Im sure laserbrn is enjoying them, you should congratulate him on HIS thread...

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laserbrn said:

Woah there tiger. I've given you a lot of help in this thread and YOU don't have pictures anymore for him to give you props here. You should've actually taken it as a compliment as he was obviously reading through the entire thread to see your progress to have SEEN those pictures. Granted your right, he could've clicked on my thread and shown some love, but I don't think his comment was outta line.

Anyway, I digress, to solve the light seal problem you don't need to hook up a fan, you can just hook up the duct. I ran a 4" duct through my "intake port" and it it goes about 2' I'd say at a slight bend up to a window next to my tent. I'll try to take a pic for you to see tonight. That way I'm pulling fresh air in through the window and exhausting warm air into the room itself. It's actually working quite nicely here during the winter, still not quite good enough to keep my place warm, but it helps a bit. I use the extra warmth for my own comfort.

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