Parts for RDWC waterfall build

JealousLeaf

JealousLeaf

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Axion42 said:
I will but I haven't done that yet. Gonna fire it up in a few weeks after my current aero run is finished. I'll just drill 2 holes and drop the hoses down into the res to pull and return
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That's exactly what I was gonna do,was wondering if you do something fancy lol. I just gota hydrofarm aach25 today so should have no water temp issues.

I'm hung up on making a decision still on What size tent and buckets to use though, I can fit a 3x3 or a 4x4 tent,I'm leaning toward the 4x4 because more room to work is always good. And I'm not sure if I want to go with some 5.3 square buckets like you're rocking or those 13 gallon square ones. At the hydro shop they're 13.50 a piece, but I wonder if 2 sites and 1 rez of the 13 gallon buckets would be too much in a4x4? Those would grow real monsters right? Then again that would totally fill the tent and grow big branches I suppose.
 
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Axion42

Axion42

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JealousLeaf said:
That's exactly what I was gonna do,was wondering if you do something fancy lol. I just gota hydrofarm aach25 today so should have no water temp issues.

I'm hung up on making a decision still on What size tent and buckets to use though, I can fit a 3x3 or a 4x4 tent,I'm leaning toward the 4x4 because more room to work is always good. And I'm not sure if I want to go with some 5.3 square buckets like you're rocking or those 13 gallon square ones. At the hydro shop they're 13.50 a piece, but I wonder if 2 sites and 1 rez of the 13 gallon buckets would be too much in a4x4? Those would grow real monsters right? Then again that would totally fill the tent and grow big branches I suppose.
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Itll only grow monsters if you veg for them to. Honestly dont think you need bigger than 5.3s, lots of people use 4gal buckets.
 
JealousLeaf

JealousLeaf

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Axion42 said:
Itll only grow monsters if you veg for them to. Honestly dont think you need bigger than 5.3s, lots of people use 4gal buckets.
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Good point lol.

Smaller buckets would be cheaper and I'd have some left over as well.

You gotta make a decision at some point right? I'm gonna order the 4x4 and the smaller buckets,Fuck it.

What size pump would you recommend for just pulling water through the chiller back to the rez?
 
JealousLeaf

JealousLeaf

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Axion42 said:
No I didn't buy the threaded onions, I bought the slip.
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I remember you said that,but when I was at theHome Depot looking at the slipunions and ball valves forthe life of me I could figure out how to attach them together. The ball valve slip wouldn't fit into the union. I think I'm missing something super obvious.
 
JealousLeaf

JealousLeaf

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Axion42 said:
Lol ya..pipe inbetween.
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Omg I'm a total idiot,duh!

By now you'll have realized I'm not a mechanically minded dude lol.

I've been stareing at your first pic at the bottom of page 1 of the thread for days trying to figure out all this lol. I only have a phone and no computer so I can only blow the pic up so much.

How did you attach the outflow of the pump to the pvc?is it glued?what kind of fitting? I swear I'm almost done pestering you lol.
 
Axion42

Axion42

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Not that I know of, get the ecoplus 594 and just use your shutoff valves to turn down the flow. I'd rather over size a pump than undersize it, cuz like I said you can control too much flow with the shutoffs.
 
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