5x5 Tent - 1KW Air-Cooled - Oxyponics - First Grow

[Flying Dragon]

Step one...Parts:
..........5x5 tent
..........1kw air-cooled MH/HPS ballast & reflector (6"), timer
..........6" inline fan, speed adjuster
..........6" filter
..........6" insulated duct, clamps
..........clip fans
..........CO2 tank, regulator, monitor
..........DWC (Oxyponics Pro Six)

[TaylorMade420]

nice setup, what u gonna be growing?

[Flying Dragon]

Thanks. ...I don't actually know yet.

[BS]

High mn nice set up

I see many ppl setting up the filter at the bottom just like u.. why is that?

[Flying Dragon]

Because the the tent poles aren't strong enough.

I'd like to replace them with solid steel bars. or maybe a secondary pvc frame? or a C-stand?

[Alaskan1]

Looks like we have tents from the same place and I have had no issues hanging my filter and fans from the tops

[Flying Dragon]

My tent is a Secret Jardin Dark Room, holds 60 pounds. My filter is 40 and my reflector is 35...plus the fan.

...The manufacturer suggests that filter is made for a larger room. So, I maybe overdid it there.

[Alaskan1]

I'm using a 6x24 phat filter and it works just fine for my 4x8 tent

[Flying Dragon]

A ceiling pole bent as I ratcheted the light up from the floor. The tent says it holds 60lbs, but it buckled under 35.

What I did wrong was I didn't support weight of the lamp as I pulled the rope to ratchet it up, so the tent bore the weight of the lamp AND my pulling.

But the fact remains that my tents stated capacity is 60lbs, not 80+.

I'm glad you didn't break yours, though!

[Flying Dragon]

Changed my mind. Getting the General Hydroponics PowerGrower 8-Pack because I can get it locally.

[Flying Dragon]

I just realized I'd be completely wasting the CO2 if my filter runs constantly. I need one fan for the light and a separate fan for the filter.

What I have now is air in through filter, then my one fan, then light, then exhausted out tent.
What I think I need are two fans:
#1. into tent from outside, through sealed light, then out tent.
#2. from inside tent through filter, then out tent.
Both connected to a controller, along with the CO2.

...That means one controller instead of two (one for temp, one for CO2) which is what I had planned.

[Flying Dragon]

indoor hydro
clones: sativa

5x5 tent
C.A.P. controller unit
1kw air-cooled mh/hps, fan (timed by controller)
filter on floor, fan (on controller's thermostat)
CO2 tank (on controller's monitor)
Stealth Hydroponics' Oxyponics 6 (ebb&flow/DWC)
two-bottle Advanced Nutrients (Sensi Grow, Bloom), Technaflora ph up/down
clip fans, scissors,

drying tent, fan&filter, drying net
clone tent, mini greenhouse dome, daisy cloner, T5 light, Power Clone rooting solution

so... what am I forgetting?

[Flying Dragon]

Well... it turns out I was forgetting a chiller and a portable AC. And duct clamps. Lots of duct clamps.

[Flying Dragon]

With a two-hose style portable air-conditioner inside my tent, and CO2 from a tank...

the AC intake hose comes from the carbon filter...



...must I vent the exhaust outside the tent wasting CO2, or can I vent inside the tent?

[Flying Dragon]

Okay. I have to vent outside the tent.