Are reservoirs supposed to stink kinda funky after a day or two?

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And a cool looking box it is. But if they're going to an nft-ish system it's unnecessary complicated and a simple DWC box would have sufficed (and then the roots would be in constantly oxygenated water).

Anyway, how is it going with the T5? And let us know if that product is any good.
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So far the T5 has been a bliss. It doesn't affect the room temp at all. The growth has been a little stomped due to all that they have been through.

Two of my plants are starting to show some discolouration. They have like a purple patch on the leaves as shown in the picture. It looks more brown on the pic, but it't really purple. My pH yesterday and today ranged/-es from 5.6--5.8. Solution is 1.1 EC including my 0.4EC tap water. Temps are now kept below 21C.

So far the craziest strain is Northern Lights. It's just so stong: it totally wants to live. Way more resilient than the other two, see pic below.
 

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They will be going in the tent for budding.
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Very nice setup dude. You realize you will have to close the open end of the trays too right?

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So far the craziest strain is Northern Lights. It's just so strong: it totally wants to live. Way more resilient than the other two
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Some plants are much better at thriving in the hydroponics setup than others, it's one of my main selection criteria.

If it's not going to work out with the aero box, next time fill'r up till just below the net cups, add some air stones and forgetting about aero.
 
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Very nice setup dude. You realize you will have to close the open end of the trays too right?
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Thanks. Yeah I know, thanks for highlighting it though. I have the end caps, just have to cut the holes into them a little bit bigger. Just got lazy and too stressed lol. But I have 'em. Also, the ducting will be fully connected to the carbon filter. I had it disconnected when I was drawing all the hot air out caused by the 600w HID I was using.

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If it's not going to work out with the aero box, next time fill'r up till just below the net cups, add some air stones and forgetting about aero.
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Interesting idea. I think it works out so far. The roots have done a lot of progress down below. A lot of new, white roots have appeared. Tbh, it kinda is and Aero/DWC hybrid. When the roots will get too long, before their vacancy is ready in budding unit, they might have to be submerged in the water, or unless I cut them.

If I decide to use 100% DWC is all I gotta do is to tun off the pump and get air stones? Is the rest the same?
 
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Just put in exactly that even before this post lol :D. Thanks for that. However, in futire I'm gonna get "Keep it Clean"
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You can use hydrogen peroxide instead, if you prefer. No smell and it adds oxygen as it degrades. Costs a good bit more, tho.
 
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Red1966 said:
You can use hydrogen peroxide instead, if you prefer. No smell and it adds oxygen as it degrades. Costs a good bit more, tho.
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I should be able to get that in a chemist, shouldn't I? I have already ordered a product though. Thanks for that, I'll keep that in mind.
 
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I should be able to get that in a chemist, shouldn't I? I have already ordered a product though. Thanks for that, I'll keep that in mind.
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"I should be able to get that in a chemist," Are you British? The stuff they have at pharmacies is dilute (3%?). Hydroponic stores sell a more concentrated version, I think 37%. Let us know how the "Keep It Clean" works. Check the label. It would be funny if it was just hydrogen peroxide in a fancy bottle.
 
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Red1966 said:
"I should be able to get that in a chemist," Are you British? The stuff they have at pharmacies is dilute (3%?). Hydroponic stores sell a more concentrated version, I think 37%. Let us know how the "Keep It Clean" works. Check the label. It would be funny if it was just hydrogen peroxide in a fancy bottle.
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Ireland. I will indeed :). Hopefully the active agent/s will be displayed.
 
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RIGHT UPDATE:

I have received the 'Keep It Clean' and so far it works SUPERB!! It's to soon to speak of course. Let me break it down:
Before my res would go rank and cloudy within 2-3 days. After I started using bleach; it helped but the it came after 4 days. Now I have changed my res on Wednesday and added 5 ml of Keep It Clean, and the res is immaculate and crystal clear, no stink; it has been 6 days. It doesn't show the ingredients, someone asked me, but it's odourless.


The Plants: I think I have a nute burn. It started exhibit the burn about 5 days after using bleach; I don't think there is a connection there. My EC is 1.6, was 1.1, the bottle recommends 2.0.

I have taken pics of the root zone. And also my Scrogs I installed today. I will be adding a second layer. Let me know ehat you think guys..
 

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Daithy said:
RIGHT UPDATE:

I have received the 'Keep It Clean' and so far it works SUPERB!! It's to soon to speak of course. Let me break it down:
Before my res would go rank and cloudy within 2-3 days. After I started using bleach; it helped but the it came after 4 days. Now I have changed my res on Wednesday and added 5 ml of Keep It Clean, and the res is immaculate and crystal clear, no stink; it has been 6 days. It doesn't show the ingredients, someone asked me, but it's odourless.


The Plants: I think I have a nute burn. It started exhibit the burn about 5 days after using bleach; I don't think there is a connection there. My EC is 1.6, was 1.1, the bottle recommends 2.0.

I have taken pics of the root zone. And also my Scrogs I installed today. I will be adding a second layer. Let me know ehat you think guys..
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I'm glad you found a solution for your stinky reservoir. The mesh size on your screen may be too small. You want the holes big enough you can work the plant though them. I used garden fencing with 2" x 3" holes. 2" x 2" would be better if I could find it. Some use that trellis netting they sell, but I think the holes are too big
 
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I'm glad you found a solution for your stinky reservoir. The mesh size on your screen may be too small. You want the holes big enough you can work the plant though them. I used garden fencing with 2" x 3" holes. 2" x 2" would be better if I could find it. Some use that trellis netting they sell, but I think the holes are too big
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Oh shoot! I hope you are wrong :). It's quite hard to find the size for SCROG on the net as it varies from user to user. But I read that 1" are supposed to be great—some people even using smaller. The ethos behind it is that the smaller, the less for for the grower; meaning, less frequent frequency (funny figure of speech) of pulling the tops under.

However, I have not used SCROG before, so I have 0 personal exp. But as I said, I hope you're wrong :D
 
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The garden fencing has worked well for me, plus it's easy to work with, sorta cheap. and stiff enough to retain any shape you bend it to. I put an arc into it to match my light. My concern is that the holes are so small you may damage the plant pulling stuff through the mesh.
 
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The garden fencing has worked well for me, plus it's easy to work with, sorta cheap. and stiff enough to retain any shape you bend it to. I put an arc into it to match my light. My concern is that the holes are so small you may damage the plant pulling stuff through the mesh.
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I guess you're right. I am gonna cut the holes bigger (pain in the hole!) since it is plastic and can be very easily cut. I am just so stressed lately, everything is arseways and no funds, totally maxed out, need to harvest soon!! :D . What spacing (size of holes) would you recommend?
 
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UPDATE!!!!

I guess I spoke to soon!!

2 days ago I moved my babies into Flowering units. The flowering units look something like this (see pics below). It's StinkBud design. As you can see they have cut out slits in the boxes. I mixed my Dutch Pro Bloom and also added in Keep It Clean. The fucking next day I am noticing the water is getting cloudy, and today it stinks a bit too. The pH is raising BUT it's controllable at the moment by adding a bit of pH down once a day.

I am actually running 2 of these units simultaneously with 100L water each. So you can imagine the amount of nutes it takes—1/2 bottle basically—so you'd expect to get 2 week run out of it! Not to be changing it in 2 days, both!, and I won't.

I even called Dutch Pro and they were quite surprised as it almost never happens. So why the f.. does it happen to me, within almost 2 days? I admit my water temps are 23C, but c'mon it ain't the worst! I know that 18C would be great, but c'mon 23 ain't supercrazy!

Now, I am done with my rant, let's talk cause and temporary solution:

There are slits cut out, so light-leak. But how come StinkBud does't have problems with light, since he is and has been using the exact same system?!? So I might exclude light-leak out of it; I am sure he would have mentioned it!

Because the water drips back into the Res, I doubt there is a need for an airstone. Water drips in for 1 minute every 4 mins. That should be enough, I guess.

I am not gonna change the res because the water isn't slimy at all! Before had I bought Keep It Clean, it would get slimy, but keep it clean really sorts that out so far. With that being said, my roots won't be slimed and smothered.

Also my roots do not depend in Oxygen solely from the water since they are dwelling in rails, not in the res; so I am not the bothered about Oxygen release in lower temps.
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Also worth to mention, the stinky cloudiness is only present with the nutes. I started up my Cloner the same day as flowering units and the water is clear and fine!

Also my flowering units: 3 weeks ago I was testing them all for leaks, so I filled them up with just water and then got lazy and left the water there for 3 WEEKS, NO CLOUDINESS NOR STINK whatsoever. So I am adding this into the equation that light-leak is most likely not the culprit.


So what should I do guys?
 

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