Eric Farley
Active Member
Hello,
I just started a new batch of plants in 5 gallon DWC. Last week I transplanted the 2 week old plants into my 5 gallon buckets and then promptly has issues with the water temps hitting nearly 90 degrees and my air cutting out for an unknown length of time, at least a few hours. I was not at all surprised when this caused a case of rot.
Since then I have gotten my water temps to sit consistently at 67 and I have had a steady air flow of 1030 GPH (65 Liters per minute) split between four 5 gallon buckets. I've also been using Voodoo Juice and Hydroguard in my nutrient mixture to introduce beneficial bacteria. Saturday night I washed the buckets, air lines and air stones which I expected would resolve the issue. However after 24 hours the dark brown slimy stuff is clearly getting worse on the roots and I'm not sure why since I've corrected all of the issues I know of that lead to rot and have created what I understand should be a toxic environment for the rot.
The only issue I have been fighting that wasn't resolved was PH swings, every day my PH climbs a full point and I have to drop it back down, but I don't think this would cause the rot, more likely the rot is causing the swing. I haven't used H2O2 because it's just treating the symptom not the cause and is a losing battle that I don't want to deal with as the bacteria I'm using should be fixing this...
I have some Bushdoctor Microbe Brew that I haven't been using since I got the Voodoo Juice, maybe I'll start adding that again.
I just started a new batch of plants in 5 gallon DWC. Last week I transplanted the 2 week old plants into my 5 gallon buckets and then promptly has issues with the water temps hitting nearly 90 degrees and my air cutting out for an unknown length of time, at least a few hours. I was not at all surprised when this caused a case of rot.
Since then I have gotten my water temps to sit consistently at 67 and I have had a steady air flow of 1030 GPH (65 Liters per minute) split between four 5 gallon buckets. I've also been using Voodoo Juice and Hydroguard in my nutrient mixture to introduce beneficial bacteria. Saturday night I washed the buckets, air lines and air stones which I expected would resolve the issue. However after 24 hours the dark brown slimy stuff is clearly getting worse on the roots and I'm not sure why since I've corrected all of the issues I know of that lead to rot and have created what I understand should be a toxic environment for the rot.
The only issue I have been fighting that wasn't resolved was PH swings, every day my PH climbs a full point and I have to drop it back down, but I don't think this would cause the rot, more likely the rot is causing the swing. I haven't used H2O2 because it's just treating the symptom not the cause and is a losing battle that I don't want to deal with as the bacteria I'm using should be fixing this...
I have some Bushdoctor Microbe Brew that I haven't been using since I got the Voodoo Juice, maybe I'll start adding that again.
