Here is the thread to it, what do you think about that Highlife, what are your opinions on this and why use both ??
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the air stone is to further oxeygenate the water before feeding. the dripping water shud i herd be oxygenated on the way down its driop course but the more oxygen the better which is why people add the bubbler. hope that helped

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go to stealthhydro.com and watch their bubbleponics system video. Some systems like Stealth Hydros bubbleponics setup are setup so the airdisks bubble oxygen and water into the water pump and the water pump will drip it to the inner roots. This is setup like this for seeds that are sprouting and roots that cant touch the water yet. Stealh Hydro doesnt show very much water in their small reservoir because they use a drip system as well. Then the owners of stealth hydro system remove the drip system because it blocks room in their reservoir and the roots are already touching oxygenated water.

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No doubt! Good luck with the grow

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Yea, I've watched that video a few times, pretty cool. I wish they gave a better view of the contraption they have in the middle delivering where all the water lines comes off of.

So, with the stealthhydro kit, you would use the air AND water pump until the roots hit the water then you would remove the water pump and use the air pump only ??

I use to be an aquarium FANATIC, I mean I had 2 280gal., 2 175gal., 1 55gal., and 1 35gal. with three of the BIG tanks and the 55 tank all being reef tanks which require several pumps in each tank going all at the same time so I still have SO fricking many water pumps laying around it ain't funny, I've even got probally about 10 of those RIO600 pumps that they sell, I just gotta figure out how they get six lines coming off that pump with that thing in the middle.

I took horticulture in high school for all 4 years, even though that WAS 22 years ago but I still got the basic of growing down, that along with my knowledge of dealing with aquariums, I think I should be able to handle a hydro system.

yeah because the 6 or 8 outlet water pump hanging there gets in the way of the roots

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I gotcha, amakes perfect sense. Do you, or have you, grown to full harvest in your bubbler ?? Or do you take them out and flower them elsewhere ??

No I havent harvested from a setup like this but one very similar if you look at my first grow- super aerogarden help- on post number 1. This time I am expecting higher yields with 8 or more plants. I wont harvest from here tho, remember i will harvest from the 5 gallon buckets ;0

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I read your super aerogarden thread before I ever came across this one. I actually have an aerogarden and I started out on this thread searching aerogarden and came across all your threads, of course your aerogarden thread will lead you to this DIY thread somewheer in there and that's how I ended up in here, I originally started in your aerogarden thread though,lol.

Why are you going to the flower stage in the 5gal buckets, more room for the roots ??? I don't have room for that kind of set-up, what do you think about this....... For my very first ever grow inside, I was gonna start them in my aerogarden, whichever ones are females, I will transplant them (most likely 2 or 3) into my big bubbler (your DIY one) and grow them in that until the harvest. Does that sound doable to you ?? I haven't quite figured the lighting yet but I was thinking of the 400W HPS light with the induct cooling for it, then of course I will have to figure out the rest of the ventilation, exhaust, fans, etc... But does my grow sound like it would work with 2-4 plants in your DIY bubbler system ??

thats exactly the grow i got. get a cooltube form htg supply. i growing 2 plants in stealth hydro 4 pot bubbler. theres enough room for 2, idk the 4 becasue the pots are so close together that the plants would be on top of each other. the roots look like they cud make it. i hope. humidity i no a factor if top plants crowd, but hear is lo, and i doing only 2 now

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