orangepony79
420 Member
Hey folks, I’m going try to answer all the questions you’re going to ask me, in advance, in hopes someone can help me out.
8x8 grow space
1000 watt MH/HPS
Alien RDWC 4 pot XL system
PH perfect, currently full strength
18/6 light cycle
Ph start at 5.8, then bumps to 6.1 over night.
Ppm 1260 currently.
AB B-52
Water temp 18-19°C (chiller)
Air temp: 22 lights off
26 lights on
Hydroton pebbles
Modified the system because I’m in Canada and my electric outlets are different then those supplied by alien. So I changed the circulatory pump, and matched it’s out put to the input capacity of the chiller. I want to say 600 litres per minute but would have to verify this number, but I do know they’re matched evenly.
I also swapped the oxygen pump to a 70l per minute pump, and upgraded to 2x3 hydroponic standard round air stones. 1 in each pot, and 1 in the header pot.
Both of the pumps I changed, are stronger than those supplied by alien.
I have the green lid for my header pot, and it leaks light, and so does the collapsing water tank I got with my kit. I swapped the tank for 100 litre trash can, and used the fittings supplied. I aerate this solution with a dual aqauarium pump when using the reservoir to auto top up.
I covered the green lid to my header pot with a thick moving blanket, and also made styrofoam plates covered with reflective tape to sit over the net pots.
I still have brown algae/root rot.
Has anyone else encountered leaks in their system that would cause root rot? Maybe the air line holes? Plastic buckets too thin? Any tips or advice on light proofing this system would be great, because I can’t seem to beat the root rot, so there must be a light leak.
Shouldn’t a 1000.00 dollar system be plug and play out of the box?
8x8 grow space
1000 watt MH/HPS
Alien RDWC 4 pot XL system
PH perfect, currently full strength
18/6 light cycle
Ph start at 5.8, then bumps to 6.1 over night.
Ppm 1260 currently.
AB B-52
Water temp 18-19°C (chiller)
Air temp: 22 lights off
26 lights on
Hydroton pebbles
Modified the system because I’m in Canada and my electric outlets are different then those supplied by alien. So I changed the circulatory pump, and matched it’s out put to the input capacity of the chiller. I want to say 600 litres per minute but would have to verify this number, but I do know they’re matched evenly.
I also swapped the oxygen pump to a 70l per minute pump, and upgraded to 2x3 hydroponic standard round air stones. 1 in each pot, and 1 in the header pot.
Both of the pumps I changed, are stronger than those supplied by alien.
I have the green lid for my header pot, and it leaks light, and so does the collapsing water tank I got with my kit. I swapped the tank for 100 litre trash can, and used the fittings supplied. I aerate this solution with a dual aqauarium pump when using the reservoir to auto top up.
I covered the green lid to my header pot with a thick moving blanket, and also made styrofoam plates covered with reflective tape to sit over the net pots.
I still have brown algae/root rot.
Has anyone else encountered leaks in their system that would cause root rot? Maybe the air line holes? Plastic buckets too thin? Any tips or advice on light proofing this system would be great, because I can’t seem to beat the root rot, so there must be a light leak.
Shouldn’t a 1000.00 dollar system be plug and play out of the box?