Recover from physan 20, help

Daocsm

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So after having brown slim in my DWC, I tried many things to get rid of it. Nothing worked, finally I tried the physan 20. It did the trick, however now my plants pretty much stopped growing, started to look sick and the roots pretty much stopped growing and turned a thin brown, one actually died, the other 3 are slowly recovering. Any advice on speeding up the recovery and getting my plants back on track. I stopped all use of biological chemicals, such as hydrogaurd and enzymes, also stopped using h202 which only made the brown slim worse, in fear that it will come back. There is another light I had to move to the side.
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Terry385

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So after having brown slim in my DWC, I tried many things to get rid of it. Nothing worked, finally I tried the physan 20. It did the trick, however now my plants pretty much stopped growing, started to look sick and the roots pretty much stopped growing and turned a thin brown, one actually died, the other 3 are slowly recovering. Any advice on speeding up the recovery and getting my plants back on track. I stopped all use of biological chemicals, such as hydrogaurd and enzymes, also stopped using h202 which only made the brown slim worse, in fear that it will come back. There is another light I had to move to the side.
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got big air pump going... blue air lines better to keep light out

physan 20 well do nothing but stop growth
 

blackforest

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I can't speak for physan 20, but I had root growth issues in my undercurrent system. I was using zone which worked for awhile, but I switched back to hydroguard and roots excel and the recovery is going very well. I do run a chiller though at 65 degrees, so I'm sure that's helping out. I could also be getting ahead of myself, but it did work in my last grow (hydroguard). I'm using 2.5ml/gal. I would think for higher temps a tea might be more appropriate vs sterilization, but I'm no expert.
Here's an image of roots coming back using hydroguard and roots excel, what are your water temps?
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Daocsm

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It sits around 72 as I don't have chillers, to expensive. Tried doing the frozen water bottle thing, but that had its own issues. So I just run ac in the winter haha to keep the room at 70sh degrees constantly.
 

ttystikk

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It sits around 72 as I don't have chillers, to expensive. Tried doing the frozen water bottle thing, but that had its own issues. So I just run ac in the winter haha to keep the room at 70sh degrees constantly.
The hard truth with RDWC is that until you get your water temps under control, nothing else will help. Once your water temps are in the sixties where they belong, nothing else will be necessary.
 

Daocsm

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Well I've heard everyone say, 68-72 is the ideal temp, so that's why I never really thought much of it. Not sure what to do to lower the water temp on a cheap cheap budget.
 

ttystikk

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Well I've heard everyone say, 68-72 is the ideal temp, so that's why I never really thought much of it. Not sure what to do to lower the water temp on a cheap cheap budget.
Mid sixties is better. Why? Because lower water temperatures support higher dissolved oxygen levels and that's what you're trying to do.

Run your water pump intermittently. I got rid of my airpump and airstones. Blow air across the surface of your water reservoir and the effect of evaporation will help cool the water.
 
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Daocsm

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So don't use air stones and pumps? How is the roots going to get the oxygen? I'm confused by what you mean by now air across your surface of your waste resivor? I'm just doing a dwc, not the one that has water flowing from one bucket to the next using I separate bucket for reservoir
 

Terry385

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you use five gal. buckets with a good size air pump and 4 inch stones more air the better change res. every 7 days top off as needed in between get the tea and don't worry about temps
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i use their nutes ph right on the money every time mixed i just follow feed chart plants are loving it
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Major Blazer

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You keep them in a bathtub, which should be a giant reservoir right now. You can leave water in the tub and circulate frozen water bottles and easily keep water in the 60's!
 

Major Blazer

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Plus idk abt the slime - that looks like late stage pythium. I just had a run in with pythium and I can tell you for sure that the combination of Wilt Guard and Regen-a-Root was completely restoring my plant. To be perfectly clear, I am also using Blue Planet Root Magic but I had been using that throughout.
 

Daocsm

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Your problem might be Hibernia although it could be a bad case of Albion as well ;)
Ha! Nope midguard all the way! In all my years since daoc, no one has commented on my user name. And I use it pretty much everywhere lmao. So mega points to you for being the first in 10+ years! Spiritmaster was my main, I.e the sm at the end.
 

Daocsm

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Just cleaned and changed the water/nuts, added some cannazyme to help with root growth. Filled the bathtub up, so I'll check my thermometer in the morning and see what it goes down to. Gal jugs water in the freezer!
 

Vumar

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I've got a r6L4 eldy that I duo with a bard and a solo zerker that's r5-r6 area. I rock shit solo/duo but sadly no one plays anymore.
 
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