The side light was a necessity. The big bushy gal was growing into the light. Its ok up to about 2" from the center, then it burns. And I did some supercropping on them when they were younger, so they have grown sideways. Well, shes filled out a bit too much, so Ive got to turn her. I figured Id use my T5s that were just sitting until I could come up with a better method. My main light is a 1000w dual arc bulb and I LOVE it. And so far it runs pretty cool with my setup, but a new fan should help cool it down more. I maintain about 76*F in the room at most times. Ive got a makeshift carbon filter on the other side of the light, but it doesnt works so great. I plan on getting a nice can-filter and bigger fan next week when I get paid. The ventilation exhausts into my kitchen, and my house starts to reek after a few weeks into flower. You can smell it 6 feet from any door or window

But not this time around

I do plan on making some divider walls so I can have a separate veg/flower area soon and to help control odor. Ive got some FFOF soil to try out too. Im also considering some waterfarm modules to play with for mothers, and veg sculpting(I love training them!). But I def plan on keeping this strain around, and would like to be able to really train and sculpt some of these in the near future.
My ph is actually staying pretty stable with no outside intervention around 5.0-5.5. It occasionally dips to 4.8ish, but not often. So I pretty much just leave it alone. Currently my ppm are around 1250-1300, but it climbs to around 1450 after a while, but they are loving it. Like I said before, I have hardly done ANY maintenance on these plants except to replace the res every 2-2.5 weeks. Otherwise theyre pretty much on their own.