beginner here need some help

i have 3 grows under my belt all in soil...im planing on going hyrdo.. and bubbleponice to be specific... what kind of air punp do i need inorder to get enough air bubbles to accually do anything? and whats the smallest container i can use as a resivor, and how to i change the water and clean every couple weeks?

Just go to wally world and go to the pet dept, and get an air pump for an aquaium .i'd get one with two outlets and get two airstones (any shape) I also picked up a bag of fishing weights to tie to the stones to keep them in one place. Most of the people here are getting an 8 gal container, use 6 gal of water. Cut 4 or 6 holes in the top for your grow pots. Check out Rosemans thread on getting started its very complete . Good luck and keep checking on this site for help its the best place I've found, very helpful and no jerks here!! time for my meds!!see ya

Depends on what you want the bubbles to do. if you just want them to oxygenate the water. one or two small stones and an aquarium pump is fine. If you want the bubbles to water/feed plants before roots are in the water so you don't have to use feeder tubes, then you need more control and several large airstones and a more robust air pump.

i watnt he bubbles to water oxygenate and feed the roots ..i want it to be very simple.........and bow do i go about cleaning the resivor

I had 2 plants in a 3 gallon Rubbermaid and they sucked so much water outta there I wouldn't recommend it the bigger the better..... air pumps are rated for gallons get one to fit your tank and then maybe another one lol I like 6" air stones the black ones from Petco not the blue wally world ones seem to really roll the water around in the tank.......I clean my tank out once a week every Monday or Tuesday with hot hot water and h202 and a lil scrubbing action till its not slippery feeling anymore....they make T splitters for fish tank air hoses to attach more than one stone to a pump with one outlet

if you got the room, 3-5 gallons per plant is nice..

z4qqqbs said:

i watnt he bubbles to water oxygenate and feed the roots ..i want it to be very simple.........and bow do i go about cleaning the resivor

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Read this:
https://www.rollitup.org/dwc-bubbleponics/255664-putting-bubbles-your-ponics.html

Illegal Smile said:

Read this:
https://www.rollitup.org/dwc-bubbleponics/255664-putting-bubbles-your-ponics.html

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wow dude grest info thanks alot

http://www.petco.com/product/14931/Tetra-Whisper-Air-Pumps.aspx?CoreCat=OnSiteSearch

is this a good air pump for my system...in a 5 gal bucket? and how many plants could i put into the top........i would lst them away from each other but what it the maximum number of plant i could put in that one bucket ...they would be gettin that but probably only veg for a month or less

I'm not familiar with those and the ad doesn't give specs. I use this one:
http://www.discount-hydro.com/productdisp.php?pid=412&navid=8

a good air pump like this is one of your best investments.