Hi ZeroK,
I clicked on your thread to see what new takes/insights a long time grower might be using to push yield.
Hopefully I will bring something new to the conversation that you might find helpful. Feel free to do the same should you visit my thread. For ~ 4 years, I have been working toward maximizing quality and yield, by combining the best elements of hydroponics. I feel I have done that, at least for me. Not trying to jack your thread, but I think you will find it helpful
When using DWC, I, too, had mega slime issues. That led me on a 2 year experiment with a stripped down version of high pressure aero (>100psi) short cycle feedings ~ 3 seconds every 4-5 minutes. Produces some amazing roots, but RH and root chamber tems have to be kept pretty tight tolerances, which is hard to do where I live. Consequently, I was never able to produce anything AWESOME, but I learned a lot.
As I saw it was not going to fit into my style (again due to temp/humidity fluctuations), I started developing a modified system combining elements of hpa, low pressure mist, and F & D, which I ran side by side, using the exact same nutes (DM Gold, full AB line) until 2 grows back when I switched to hydroponic research VEG+BLOOM, a one part dry formula.
Anyway, I eliminated slime, use 1/20th the nutes, which are fed during early veg every 45 minutes for ~ 20 seconds 24/7, though night feeds can be quickly eliminated using a simple analog o/o cycle timer as long as you manually reset it each morning.
If interested feel free to click on my sig, and check it out
In the mean I'll catch up with your thread, but after reading about the slime, I thought you guys might want to know about an alternative
Again, apologies for jumping in here. I promise to be quiet now