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Not sure I agree with getting rid of my HID's in favor of T5s... T5's are supplemental lighting to me, T8's are just the cheap version of that... I'll always have the HIDs. I'm not looking to get smaller yields in favor of a lower electric bill and since I am growing with a medical card I am...

Haha. I was actually probably going to run a Hydro Innovations MiniGen since it's tiny and so is my room (8x8x7) since I hear it hardly adds any heat at all (without the liquid cooling even) and a decent sized propane tank will last for months. I really think this idea is awesome though and...

I just randomly ran into this one again, bringing it back from the dead I guess but a note I had... my water heater does not have a metal exhaust it's a modern unit with a blower attached to the top and PVC plumbing attached to that about 3" I'd guess... No metal in mine at all, not sure if it's...

haha, nope... would be nice to have that salary though. You're not the first person to ask me that, I have used Dr. in a few screen names on forums for some unknown reason I think I just randomly did it once so my unimaginative ass stuck with it.

That fixture looks great, and the price is pretty damn nice as well, I might look into something like that I usually always get everything (that I get online) from Amazon because of the crazy fast shipping but I really should get back on eBay some more. EDIT: thought that was buy it now price...

I like the lights going horizontally a lot better, less wasted light. I might just do 3 on the sides like that as the HPS will penetrate everything else with ease, I'd imagine. For the other side I am thinking of just linking 3 fixtures together with a solid 'bracket' on each side kind of how...

Yeah we will see, I have done a lot of work setting up the room past couple days, I have a couple plants in Veg and an Auto which I'll probably be looking to get into that room and start my first round. (going to throw 2-3 in every month) so I harvest monthly. I figure the T8's won't be ideal...

Here's a couple pics, I had a full response typed up here but I lost it when the image upload caused the forum to break on me... whatever too lazy to retype it all up. Basically the top of my cubes has white crusty/fuzzy look to it but I am assuming (hoping) it's just dried up nutes/salts from...

right on... I do definitely have dry air but have been running a small humidifier in the tent with an oscillating fan (which is not oscillating, I simple don't have room in my tent) I also have a Hydrofarm 6" fan continually sucking air out of it so there's movement I can see all of the plants...

Thanks man, I will check that out when the sulfur clears in about 4-5 hours, I gotta shut it off in 4 hours then after I run my extraction fan for a while I'll go down there. I did have a couple gnat like flies hanging around in my tent too (honestly never saw any of them before on my last grow)...

Oh yeah, I also had a 4 month or so downtime between this new grow and the last, when I ran into that outbreak I simply quit growing after the harvest so I doubt it had anything to live off of down there in those 4 months. I also did the Sulfer vaporization before starting the new seeds, I don't...

I gotta say I am overly paranoid about the stuff since my last grow, this time I have started from seeds (unfortunately my Chemdog was a dud, The Church may also be a dude... two of the strains I wanted most) but I got the Cluster Bomb, AMS, and Supersonic Cristal Storm growing just fine. My...

I dunno about more junk for the landfill, more light in my garage and other areas I work in is where they'd go when they get retired I think. I have the same 4 foot T12's lighting up my basement that were here when I moved in 5 years ago, never changed a single lamp yet so they're good for...

Oh yeah, I snapped a pic too... this is basically what I'd have going on but surrounded by every side with something like this. These are just 6500K Daylight lamps that I already had, I'd probably use 3 different colors and do a pattern all the way around the plants. I think doing this with T5...

Thanks again, I will probably hold off on buying T8's any longer then and anything I get from now (unless I feel like grabbing a few more for now) will probably be T5's I gotta see where I can find the cheapest possible T5 fixtures (I don't feel like I need anything fancy like Grow branded...

Hey thanks for the solid response right there, I was thinking about using varying types of lights all the ones I have now are 6500K daylight I was using for veg but think I might mix that, some warmer colors and some UV like you said for a good combination. I have 6 of the fixtures setup as a...

The cost of this is why I am thinking of doing it though, I would totally opt for T5s if they were insanely cheap like the T8 setup, it's only supplemental anyway... I'll have dual 600W HPS's in open hoods, possibly 3 of them... I am using one w/ MH for Veg now I used to run 3 in there.

I already have 8 fixtures (16 48" tubes total) and they're all T8, I have done some test layouts and I can effectively create a 'Wall of Light' using 8 tubes per side which should be relatively close to surrounding a fully matured 4-5 foot plant while the 600W HPS is above. I'll get roughly 5000...

I see a lot of mixed opinions, some say the vapor/gas created by heating sulfur is extremely flammable so I don't want to turn my heat back on. lol, on the other hand I read about people running these in a basement all the time... I think I'll just enjoy the cold a while longer but I did finally...

Well I ran it but have a feeling it's gonna be a little while until it's aired out down there, I have my carbon filter/fan going and exhausting out basement window but that's the only way to escape so guessing I'll wait a while longer to turn heat back on (kind of sucks) It's been off for a good...