++Hellraizers++ DO AND DONTs and in and outs of the ebb&grow/ebb&flow systems

Question on ph management...

I have recently read that you can use pure 33% sulfuric acid from auto zone to lower ph.

Well I tried it . It works it's safe and for the price of 1 u.s. Gallon of ph down is under 5$.

Only negative aide effect? I can't read the tds. My ppm meter goes CRAZY!.

Any suggestions?

Oh yeah i am putting this stuff right into my 18 gallon resivior...

thanks for putting the link HR...Glad to see you're still going to be here.

Originally Posted by fumble

thanks for putting the link HR...Glad to see you're still going to be here.

Yah fumble im not going anywhere! Taking a forced brake due to a loss of everything i had cause of stupid power going
Out! And killing my girls saved the orange cush clone thank god!

Originally Posted by Valron

Question on ph management...

I have recently read that you can use pure 33% sulfuric acid from auto zone to lower ph.

Well I tried it . It works it's safe and for the price of 1 u.s. Gallon of ph down is under 5$.

Only negative aide effect? I can't read the tds. My ppm meter goes CRAZY!.

Any suggestions?

Oh yeah i am putting this stuff right into my 18 gallon resivior...

You can use sulfuric acid although i wouldnt, looking for a salution to it messing with tds meter
Well i honestly dont have a clue, il look into it and get back to you

cap ebb and grow! Check ur floats! to check pop float off mount and shake it. If it rattles its bad and can cause and flood in the near future! like last night in my case! Call r and m supply and they will replace them!

Originally Posted by Hydro daze

cap ebb and grow! Check ur floats! to check pop float off mount and shake it. If it rattles its bad and can cause and flood in the near future! like last night in my case! Call r and m supply and they will replace them!

Good shit hydro daze its never happened to me but good to check on! Better to be pro-active!

I would like to start off focusing on root rot and slime thats common in the ebb/grow systems!
Root rot! Its seems to take charge in week 3 of bloom with the exsposive amounts of root filling
The buckets, cap has x2 versoins of buckets one is a flat bottom and the other is a raised style
With a slight angle to help draining! Does either one work not really, water still remains in the
Bucket in between floods and sits with 0 air and under the heat of your lamp. No air = stagnent
Water = in root rot! And water siting under lights in black tubing is like a heater increasing temps
In one case i did a test where my chiller was keeping a good 62 to 63f in the res! And i installed
A water proof temp gauge in the main line that feeds the buckets. My floods are spaced 4 hours
Apart and half way through to the next flood my inline water temp was 78! I couldnt believe it lol
So high temps = brown slime or pythium! This all took place with a bad ass chiller in place. Everytime
It cycled a flood it would bring back bactiria to the res and thus causing a revolving cycle of shit!
To eliminate a good amount of this high temps i replaced my black lines with 3/4 white pvc and put
Foam on the lines, the kind you snap on to help with frozen water pipes. White pvc and no direct
Light on the line got it down to 65 to 66f from 78 in doing so it almost elininated slime and made
My chiller run half as much. Back to root rot! Even though cap raised there buckets raising it a1in to
2inchs more is a win all to geting them to drain 100% and elininating rot. Keep in mind lots of air in
The res is key to replacing fresh clean water full of air to your plants roots! When you raisem up dont
Raise the controll box, i know by doing this you lower the flood level! Its ok your plant will love you
For it!

Il get some pics up of the layout soon