Best Damn reservoir for DWC 2.0! Water temp issues resolved! See pics

About what height should my 1000W MH be for vegging ? From start to finish?
it will be exhausted with a 6'' can fan, 6'' carbon filter, and 6'' cool tube . Room will be air conditioned. Planting 5 girls.
room is 5' x6'x8' high

BH, pm'ed you.


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Thanks Boomer. I wrote you back but it said your box was full .. By the way I do have the Jorge Cervantes book. Thanks for all your help dude! More questions to come for sure!

That is a very clean set-up. What have you used for the black lids that you have placed over the cutout cooler lid? (with the insulation underneath, I presume)

I am going to use a couple to finish some plants in my flood & drain which are ahead of the rest of the crop, with just RO water for flushing. My temps don't get hot, so my water should stay good (in fact, I have to warm it to start with because it is cold out of the unit).

psnobrd said:

That is a very clean set-up. What have you used for the black lids that you have placed over the cutout cooler lid? (with the insulation underneath, I presume)

I am going to use a couple to finish some plants in my flood & drain which are ahead of the rest of the crop, with just RO water for flushing. My temps don't get hot, so my water should stay good (in fact, I have to warm it to start with because it is cold out of the unit).

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i built the same set up but I just used a jig saw to cut a hole on the lid for my 5.5 inch net pots.

I was thinking of beginning a ebb grow but this has made me see DWC in a whole new way. and looks cheaper to build up to.

wait what temp range does the water need to be and what happens if its too hot? I never really thought about water temp

Sir Psycho Sexy said:

wait what temp range does the water need to be and what happens if its too hot? I never really thought about water temp

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I live in the desert so I had to go with this set up just to make sure the reservoir temps stay close to 68 degrees.

Mine must be getting close to 80 degrees during the day. no problems yet...

Sir Psycho Sexy said:

Mine must be getting close to 80 degrees during the day. no problems yet...

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Awesome I have heard similar stories with success, I had the extra funds to spend on the set up so I didnt want to take any chances especially being a rookie and all, but hey if it works for ya then more power to you.... " dont drink and drive , stay high and fly" These coolers beat purchasing a water chiller those fuckers run up to 500 bones.

What's up Professor Boomer !? Long time no talk ! lol

BH, I use rapid rooters to place my beans in once the sprout, then into the net pots and hydroton for about 1 - 2 days until they break the surface depending on the tap root length.

SPS, the coolers will keep your temps perfect, 64F - 68F for me.

Check out my updates !!!

Flo Grow said:

What's up Professor Boomer !? Long time no talk ! lol

BH, I use rapid rooters to place my beans in once the sprout, then into the net pots and hydroton for about 1 - 2 days until they break the surface depending on the tap root length.

SPS, the coolers will keep your temps perfect, 64F - 68F for me.

Check out my updates !!!

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What up Flo! I see my rookie ass did something right with the rapid rooters! Monday my babies will be 1 week old .. White Russian please be good to me!

lmao.....no doubt BH

COME ON WHITE RUSSIANS !! lol

Hey anybody know what happened to leonsroach?, im trying to find out how he modified the tops of his team jugs

workwork said:

Hey anybody know what happened to leonsroach?, im trying to find out how he modified the tops of his team jugs

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He's probably busy a couple months ago he said he would post step by step instructions.. I really didnt modify my tops, I just took a jig saw cut a whole to fit my 5.5'' net pot and then lined the top with aluminum tape you can buy at any hardware store. By the way these coolers have kept my water temps from 68-69 degrees for over a week now.. No lies..

Yeah, I too was wondering how he did this. Instead, I just got a giant mesh bucket lid. I figure theres more places for the rootmass to go and spread out. I just hope that the rez temp will stay cool despite the lack of the original lid.

i made some changes to my cooler, i basically added a sub-pump so i wouldnt have to lift the lid anymore to drain/flush/fill etc... i also opted to use the cooler lid instead of styrofoam, and it works well... i just used a jigsaw to cut the holes, threw some panda film over everything for good measure and to keep my lid real clean...

very sexy! +rep to you!

hi great setup!! love the cooler idea! would like to know step by step build if you still know everything you used and how u modified the top plz and thanks. Been using a rubbermaid system and having problems with it already. hi water temps and light getting in are the big problems. Will be trying to grow kings kush and like the idea of seperate containers for each so if (god forbid) something happens to one it does not kill them all. Should i run each individually or connect them with a common rez?? plz help really want to get a good harvest from kings kush

Thanks in advance

Jesse James

defcomexperiment said:

i made some changes to my cooler, i basically added a sub-pump so i wouldnt have to lift the lid anymore to drain/flush/fill etc... i also opted to use the cooler lid instead of styrofoam, and it works well... i just used a jigsaw to cut the holes, threw some panda film over everything for good measure and to keep my lid real clean...


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Sweet!!!!!!! I took a jig saw to my lids too works way better from what i read people using the Styrofoam lids are still having to add frozen water bottles ..