NVGrower
Well-Known Member
I met a hydro shop owner earlier today whose been growing 40 years -- all sorts of stuff he says.
I asked him about water tempature and oxygen and told him I'd been looking into buying a chiller because my water temps are getting to 75+F and I wanted to avoid root rot/pythium
He told me during the summer his resivours get up to 85* F and no root rot and why I asked, he said air injectors. Take a look.
http://www.modularhydro.com/ProductReviews/Air_Injection_Technology.html
From what I've read about tempature and oxygen dissolving only a small amount of oxygen can be dissolved into water that hot no matter how many bubbles are in the bucket.
What do you think?
Right now I just made a rig out of a cooler, tons of ice packs and put a short rack for my 140gal air pump to sit on and I close the lid with 2 small holes for air and 4 holes with lines going to the air stones in 3x 7.5 gal rectangular bins. I'll report back on tempature change with the setup.
I asked him about water tempature and oxygen and told him I'd been looking into buying a chiller because my water temps are getting to 75+F and I wanted to avoid root rot/pythium
He told me during the summer his resivours get up to 85* F and no root rot and why I asked, he said air injectors. Take a look.
http://www.modularhydro.com/ProductReviews/Air_Injection_Technology.html
From what I've read about tempature and oxygen dissolving only a small amount of oxygen can be dissolved into water that hot no matter how many bubbles are in the bucket.
What do you think?
Right now I just made a rig out of a cooler, tons of ice packs and put a short rack for my 140gal air pump to sit on and I close the lid with 2 small holes for air and 4 holes with lines going to the air stones in 3x 7.5 gal rectangular bins. I'll report back on tempature change with the setup.