11-11-2007, 08:08 PM
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Super Stoner
Mr. Ganja
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Inside my mind(sameplaceasyou)
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You might find this a bit better 
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These are the prices of everything i purchased, prices may vary,but i
bought everything from my local walmart store and the water pump,
hydrotron and nutes from BGhyrdo.com...
Ill go through the process step by step as i did. That way you wont make
the same mistakes i did.
Step 1: First You want to grab your make-shift pots, i got mine in the
painting section of walmart for .88$ each. they are 1 quart in size. the
diameter is 4in and the length is 5in...i got the pots first cause i took
the 6 of them and made sure they all fitted onto the lid to my reservoir.
So make sure to do this when you are buying reservoir and pots.
Step 2: Second i started off by getting a reservoir from walmart, i believe i
got an 18 gallon reservoir for 4$ from walmart. depending on how many plants you want to grow depends on the size of the reservoir. I.E.
The bigger the lid to the reservoir the more pots it can hold.
The only other things you need to make sure of is that light can not penetrate the reservoir.
The roots don't like the light, also it promotes the growth of algae and we don't want that.
step 3: Well if your shopping in walmart like i was, you get the next three
items in the fish section, your going to want an air pump, air hose, and
air stone(s)... Roots, love oxygen, so this is how we are going to give it
to them.
If you want your plants to grow faster you should buy a decent
air pump(the more bubbles the better).
I on the other hand am poor, so i bought the 7$ air pump,it has two outputs so i bought two airstones and 25ft of air hose just in case,also since your in this section you might want to pick up some of the sealant they have for fish tanks.
Its more expensive but its PH stable so its good to use.
Step 4: Other things you might need if they are not laying around your
house. These are things i used because they were laying around other things could be more useful i suppose, Zip ties, utility knife and fishing line.
Step 5: Well before we start building i think we should order the other
parts. Bghydro.com has really good deals and are reliable but you can get
this stuff from anywhere i guess. I order 10L of hydrotron, 1 318GPH water
pump, and some nutrients.
You don't need to buy a 300+ GPH unless you want to do maybe 8 or more plants. but i was not sure so i got it.
Stealthhydro.com uses a 200gph pump.
I wont give advice on the nutrients being as i only bought what was cheap. but 10L of hydrotron was more than enough.
Step 6: Time to put the reservoir together...first take a pencil, and your
(for my case 6) pots and put them where you want them on the lid upside
down and trace around them.
I found using a utility knife (razor blade) was easiest when cutting them out. after you have your six holes in your lid your going to want to put holes in your pots!
You don't even want to know how i made the holes (involved lots of melting with a wood burning kit) but a drill would be the best way .
Make sure there is a lot of holes so water drains easily but don't make the holes to big or the hydrotron will fall out,the size of a dime or a penny i would say then place the pots in the lid.
Step 7: Next lets put the air pump in, now i attached mine to the side of
the reservoir with Zip ties.
This involves drilling 4 holes in the reservoir plus holes for the tubing(so you make the choice) but you must drill a hole for the air tub but first place the air stones where you want them on the bottom of the reservoir, then put some of that silicone under them and place them so they can dry and stay put.
Drill a hole in the side of the reservoir for the tubing and attach the tubing to the airstone and the pump to see how much you need.
Then use silicone around the hole with the tubing in it shut. (now you have to wait for the silicone to dry, but thats ok we still need our water pump. and a few more items which you might have to go to your local hardware store to get.
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