Kitty.....how do you know that you are maintaining the correct ratio of nutrients in the res? Are you just running the Lucas, or another method?DONT USE BLEACH. This was discussed in this thread *four* times before already, and determined every time to be not good for Hydroponics.You can use a little bleach in a spray for a cleaner, but dont go filling up your 55 gallon rez with bleach water then draining it out.
To clean your 55 gallon rez, use a sponge and water. No need for any cleaners or chemicals of any sort. ALL of that nasty brown residue that you see there is just nutrients settling. Add a cheapy recirculating fishtank pump to help prevent that, they are $6 at a Hydro store.
I never clean, nor change my water, until after each harvest. Its always a top off and balance ppm to whatever week the plants are on, and if there's any "new" nutrients for that week they get the full 55 gallon dosage of that particular product then just continual balancing after that.................... Each 8 week harvest uses about 150 gallons of water for every 3000 watts of lighting. Pretty low usage and low waste...........
Hope this helps
DONT USE BLEACH. This was discussed in this thread *four* times before already, and determined every time to be not good for Hydroponics.
this is a bit off subject but i had a real bad slime prob and i tried h2o2 with no luck so i said f it and tried bleach at 15 ml for my 50 gal of water and it worked great. my air stones and pump were covered in slime and had stuff floating around in the rez but it went away after using bleach. not sure if it had any neg effect on the product but it smoked fine to me
That's what I'm talking about! I want a room like THAT someday.
Its a 10x10 growlab tent
Looks like your dedicated to the grow my friend. Much love and luck in your grows brother.
Algae Killer from Walmart will do the trick........... One spoonfull in a 55 gallon will clear it out in a week. The recirc pump mentioned earlier will help prevent that a lot too.DONT USE BLEACH. This was discussed in this thread *four* times before already, and determined every time to be not good for Hydroponics.
this is a bit off subject but i had a real bad slime prob and i tried h2o2 with no luck so i said f it and tried bleach at 15 ml for my 50 gal of water and it worked great. my air stones and pump were covered in slime and had stuff floating around in the rez but it went away after using bleach. not sure if it had any neg effect on the product but it smoked fine to me
will post up pics when the coast is clear.
People actually buy those croutons?
Your the first I've seen thats actually used them............. what'd ya think?