worried about air

Ramona's

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so i have a 3 gallon DWC setup inside a 14gallon bucket (i'm going to switch when i start flower). i had a couple questions, or maybe just one

how much of the root mass needs to be contacted by the air bubbles? I'm worried that if my roots get out of control, my 4" air-stone's wont be able to provide enough o2 for the roots. i am thinking about buying alot of smaller airstones and spread them around to the point where the water looks like its a roaring boil. right now its a little kid farting in the pool. i'm thnking i should have at least one air-stone per plant. right now the roots are small enough that a single air stone is providing more than enough with the pump i'm running.

any help with that would be swell since i plan on flowering in about 1-2 weeks. i am currently into week 4 of some seriously fast vegging and i want to grow some smaller plants
 

pencap

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so i have a 3 gallon DWC setup inside a 14gallon bucket (i'm going to switch when i start flower). i had a couple questions, or maybe just one

how much of the root mass needs to be contacted by the air bubbles? I'm worried that if my roots get out of control, my 4" air-stone's wont be able to provide enough o2 for the roots. i am thinking about buying alot of smaller airstones and spread them around to the point where the water looks like its a roaring boil. right now its a little kid farting in the pool. i'm thnking i should have at least one air-stone per plant. right now the roots are small enough that a single air stone is providing more than enough with the pump i'm running.

any help with that would be swell since i plan on flowering in about 1-2 weeks. i am currently into week 4 of some seriously fast vegging and i want to grow some smaller plants

I'm assuming that is a typo...3 gallon dwc inside a 14 gal....did you mean 3 plants in a 14 gallon tub?


if so, I would "T" off your 4 inch and add another...you want somewhere between a rolling boil and a kiddy fart...lol! Enough bubble to lightly mist the bottoms of your netpots...you dont want the action of the water to rip off roots...
 

rezo

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my dwcs are in 5 gal buckets i use a 48" flexible air diffuser and 120 gal pump per bucket so in a 14 gal bucket i would use at least two or three of the 48" diffusers they work the best and have millions of bubbles
 
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