Phunky Rez

platypusmann

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Well....I am learning some nice new things about organic additives (particularly AN Mother Earth Tea) and the care you must take with them. I have been having a problem with one table and the plants living there having problems with yellowing, etc......roots good, but signs pointed to root issue.....24 hours later, res is a funky, foamy, swirly bubble swamp.....so......I am in the process of bleaching, washing, cleaning.....HARUMPH.......best I can figure, this res has a check port, which keeps it less than 100% light proof......it is a GH kit...I like my home mades better......anyway, I have used this one good in the past, but since I have started moving towards organic nutes, the best I can figure, is the combination of light (tmps consistent 69f) and bat shit is causing this to happen. I will refill the res without the Mother Earth Tea, and see if that will eliminate the problem.......4 week veg went fine with these products/this res....but ever since 12/12, I have had ISSUES on this table.......I know the increased carbo load has given them some more food, but IU thought that the sensizym would help curb it....oh well......this is a constant learning proces........any advice appreciated
 

platypusmann

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I just finished the breaking down of everything, and honestly the plants are looking okay, other than old growth leaves going yellow, much as they do in late flowering......also, I have new root growth like you would not believe......thick white toothpicks......I am wondering, since there is a bad bacterial infection in my res.....and since I use benificial bacteria/fungi/enzymes in my root zone, plus potassium silicate, could it be that my roots are fighting the bad bacteria off by not uptaking any salts from the res, but instead plant isdraining older fan leaves for sustenance, since the water they get has a taint, maybe the roots are bursting because the beneficials are working overtime....I dunno...trying to figure this out......I want to go 100% organic, butr this is ALOT more work so far, and I am only 90% organic.....anyway....someone,,,,please...insight???
 

platypusmann

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BUMP BUMP BUMP....OK......Monday I changed out the res, washed everything with a 10% bleach solution.....allowing everything to soak for 2 hours.......then I washed them all with a 5% h2o2 solution......allowing it all to soak for 1 hour in that......then I washed it all with soap and water, then with plain water. I got the shit CLEAN. I flushed each plant site with 8 cups of plain RO water, pH 5.6. I run 4 airstones in my res, constantly. Res is light proof, at least 90% anyway. I refilled the 25 gallon res as follows:
(All products from Advanced Nutrients)
Sensizym: 375mL
Barricade: 8mL
Fulvic Acid: 85mL
Humic Acid: 85mL
Carbo Load: 85mL
Sweet Leaf: 212mL
Big Bud: 4 tsp
Bloom Booster: 1 tbsp
MET Bloom: 85mL
Micro: 100mL
Bloom: 100mL
Grow: 100mL
pH Down: 15ml
After 24 hours, the res was still holding at pH 5.7, but the water was starting to look cloudy, and no longer the rich oil color that is usually is (due to the Humic Acid). It was starting to look alot more clear.
After 36 hours, the pH dropped to 5.3 (no feedings in between) and the water was cloudier.
After 48 hours, pH was 5.1 and the res was frothy, scummy, and grey. Pics included of what it looke dlike after 48 hours.
I wish to hell I knew what was causing this. The best I can figure it is because I am using bat guano tea, and some sort of anaerobic bacteria is taking hold. WHAT DO I DO??? I am not sure how to combat this, and I would like very much to use my res.
I am currently feeding the plants by hand, setting them into a 5 gallon bucket of aerated solution for 5 mins 3 times a day, but this is very time consuming. HELP!!!! HELP!! HELP!!!!
Below are pics of what the res looked like 48 hours after filling it. The circles are the air stone bubbles breaking up the froth. The color is not at all natural!!!! HELP HELP HELP!!!!!!
 

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