Hi, everyone.
I'm upgrading my systems and one of the new improvements is the container I use for a reservoir. I grow hydro in an E&F system for my flowering room and a drip for my veg. So, to the issue.
The container I'm currently using (for flower) holds about 20lt (little less than 5gl) of nutrient solution and I'm thinking about switching to a container that holds about 70lt (18gl), but I don't really need that much water to fill the flood tables and hoses and such (complete the circle, sort of speak). I still have to run a system test in order to know exactly how much water I'll need but I can't do that now since I'm waiting for some supplies to arrive.
But my questions is, regardless of the amount of water I need circulating in the system, is it better to have a bigger res? i.e. As a rough estimate I calculate that I'll be needing about 5-8gl of water to fill the containers and hoses and the rest of the water sits in the res covering the pump. I have the option of getting a smaller container which will hold about half as much water but still should suit my needs (fill the system and still have enough in the res to cover the pump).
So far, I'm changing the water in the res and adding fresh nutes (Organic Iguana Juice, from AN) once a week, so obviously if I use 3-4 times the amount of water I'll need 3-4 times the amount of nutes. So I was thinking in adjusting the quantities to allow me to change the water every two week and still use the same or just a little more nutes.
So to summarize, is it better to have a big res with a lot of water to spare and change it every two weeks or is it the same as having a res with just the right amount of water to keep the system going and change it every week? (if not enough water, the pump won't have water to pump)
I have enough air pumping into the res, just in case someone was wondering.
Hopefully someone will be able to answer. I'm sorry if it's not clear, feel free to ask any question if it helps clarify my intentions.
Thanks, guys!
I'm upgrading my systems and one of the new improvements is the container I use for a reservoir. I grow hydro in an E&F system for my flowering room and a drip for my veg. So, to the issue.
The container I'm currently using (for flower) holds about 20lt (little less than 5gl) of nutrient solution and I'm thinking about switching to a container that holds about 70lt (18gl), but I don't really need that much water to fill the flood tables and hoses and such (complete the circle, sort of speak). I still have to run a system test in order to know exactly how much water I'll need but I can't do that now since I'm waiting for some supplies to arrive.
But my questions is, regardless of the amount of water I need circulating in the system, is it better to have a bigger res? i.e. As a rough estimate I calculate that I'll be needing about 5-8gl of water to fill the containers and hoses and the rest of the water sits in the res covering the pump. I have the option of getting a smaller container which will hold about half as much water but still should suit my needs (fill the system and still have enough in the res to cover the pump).
So far, I'm changing the water in the res and adding fresh nutes (Organic Iguana Juice, from AN) once a week, so obviously if I use 3-4 times the amount of water I'll need 3-4 times the amount of nutes. So I was thinking in adjusting the quantities to allow me to change the water every two week and still use the same or just a little more nutes.
So to summarize, is it better to have a big res with a lot of water to spare and change it every two weeks or is it the same as having a res with just the right amount of water to keep the system going and change it every week? (if not enough water, the pump won't have water to pump)
I have enough air pumping into the res, just in case someone was wondering.
Hopefully someone will be able to answer. I'm sorry if it's not clear, feel free to ask any question if it helps clarify my intentions.
Thanks, guys!