Largest dwc ever??

growingforfun

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You've still yet to produce a single pic of what yours look like.
Because I'm running soil now dude. Your not paying any attention your just rambling. Before you butted into the conversation, I was saying in the PAST I ran hydro and loved my dwc results, but eventually the noise started to bother me and so I moved to soil. I'm happy with my soil results, but if I found the right AIRPUMP I'd possibly go back. Now for pages you've been trying to convince me to do hydro without air pumps and setting for what your happy with. Please dude, you do you. Dont expect me to go down that path though.
 

Airwalker16

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Because I'm running soil now dude. Your not paying any attention your just rambling. Before you butted into the conversation, I was saying in the PAST I ran hydro and loved my dwc results, but eventually the noise started to bother me and so I moved to soil. I'm happy with my soil results, but if I found the right AIRPUMP I'd possibly go back. Now for pages you've been trying to convince me to do hydro without air pumps and setting for what your happy with. Please dude, you do you. Dont expect me to go down that path though.
Why don't you use a Linear Air Pump. hailea, air force just to name a few.
 

growingforfun

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Why don't you use a Linear Air Pump. hailea, air force just to name a few.
That's what was suggested to me by the guy I was talking to before you started posting. I thanked him, and that was the end of the conversation.

I googled them, reviews said they were still pretty loud, saw pictures with decible readings, and figured it was still louder than I would be happy with, but put the idea in my "back pocket" in case I decide to build a sound dampening box.
Honestly I'm so happy with soil it would be a fun little side project to get back to hydro. My soil costs are a little less that $20 in nutrients per lb, and I recycle my soil.
When I ran hydro I think it was closer to $100 in nutrients per run but it's been long enough I've forgotten.

Thank you for dropping the tangent we got sidetracked on btw.
 

redi jedi

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I got a koi pond air pump from Big Als aquarium. Its Alita/Haliea knockoff but it is virtually silent compared to the expensive Alita pumps that came with my Undercurrent systems. Dont think it flows as much air but for a smaller system...under 50 gal...its more than adequate.

Also those micro pore stones do produce a much smaller bubble but are too expensive IMO. Air diffusers or air curtains work better than stones and are cheap to replace if cleaning them becomes a chore.
 

Outdoorhydro

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Went away for a long weekend up north came back to this....? Everyone's entitled to their own opinion. That said, nobody should be pushing beliefs on anybody else unwanted. Suggest it and move on.

Now that we have some attention on this, does anybody else want to chime in with some outdoor hydro grow if they have? Even outdoor Coco successes.
 

OneHitDone

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You dont happen to know of any really great air pumps that are nearly silent do you? That's like 90% of what's holding me back from going hydro again. I really do miss it in a lot of ways
Looks like some led fanboys brought the attitude over to the hydro section so hopefully you still get my reply and it has some shred of helpfulness to it -
Remember to also consider the noise that the air makes inside the bucket under water, not just the noise of the pump itself :peace:
 

rkymtnman

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Looks like some led fanboys brought the attitude over to the hydro section so hopefully you still get my reply and it has some shred of helpfulness to it -
Remember to also consider the noise that the air makes inside the bucket under water, not just the noise of the pump itself :peace:
i thought it was funny the guy recommending a waterfall. i use one in my res and it's noisier than any air pump i've ever run. lol. it makes me have to take a piss some times.

what's the saying: opinions are like a-holes, everybody has one and some of them stink.
 

growingforfun

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Looks like some led fanboys brought the attitude over to the hydro section so hopefully you still get my reply and it has some shred of helpfulness to it -
Remember to also consider the noise that the air makes inside the bucket under water, not just the noise of the pump itself :peace:
Def! All of it together really is a lot. It may just be one of those things I've completely moved away from but is a fond memory ya know? If I could do moderation it may be differant but I'm that guy who can never just be "done" I'll end up with 5-10 air pumps an finally lose my mind lol.

I miss a lot about hydro but theres as much I dont miss.. dwc really did give me some memorable results

When I did hydro I was single an had nothing better to do than haul water an nerd out literally all day over ppms an ph, an hydro store trips. It was my life. Now I'm married an I want to spend about as little time as possible with the plants
 

rkymtnman

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Now I'm married an I want to spend about as little time as possible with the plants
that's why i love these drain to waste waterfarms. i know you said you used them: cut the blue hose about an inch above the white line and that becomes your drain. the auto-feed part is easy to build too. pump, timer, manifold, tubing.
 

growingforfun

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i thought it was funny the guy recommending a waterfall. i use one in my res and it's noisier than any air pump i've ever run. lol. it makes me have to take a piss some times.

what's the saying: opinions are like a-holes, everybody has one and some of them stink.
Ya, any good RDWC system I've ever seen was loud but I didn't really feel that was worth also bringing up.
Truth be told I didn't even look at who posted the pictures when I tossed out the insult. I assumed it was someone else's photo an gave a honest assessment. If I had noticed it was his own photo I would have been kinder and for that I am sorry.

That being said its the vibration from the air pumps that always got to me most so I can see the motivation for that line of thought and I think theres good reason to do it that way. But it wouldn't work in the way I would ever want to do hydro again. Of all the styles of hydro I tried I had my vests results by far with dwc in 5 gallon buckets with micropore airstones. Isolated units. I wouldn't go back to multi plant res style grows for myself
 

OneHitDone

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Ya, any good RDWC system I've ever seen was loud but I didn't really feel that was worth also bringing up.
Truth be told I didn't even look at who posted the pictures when I tossed out the insult. I assumed it was someone else's photo an gave a honest assessment. If I had noticed it was his own photo I would have been kinder and for that I am sorry.

That being said its the vibration from the air pumps that always got to me most so I can see the motivation for that line of thought and I think theres good reason to do it that way. But it wouldn't work in the way I would ever want to do hydro again. Of all the styles of hydro I tried I had my vests results by far with dwc in 5 gallon buckets with micropore airstones. Isolated units. I wouldn't go back to multi plant res style grows for myself
Your not MrMGR420 are you?
 

OneHitDone

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I will be modifying my waterfarms with that method. i was just using 2 cheap-o stones per farm on a tee to an airpump.

i'm guessing that seal between the 2 tubes has to be very tight/air tight??
Ive been using 1/2" OD rubber washers from the plumbing section to make that connection myself. I believe they are 0 size.
Just run a drill bit through he middle if the hole is too small for the tubing your using
It seals perfectly as the tubing is expanding under pressure
 
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