What is running sterile? Sorry I am new to this
Should I be concerned at all? Anything I should do?
peroxide, chlorine, etc. kill everything good and bad.
Ok so like RO water ? I don’t have that luxury yet /:
no RO water is just 0 ppm water.
How do I get 0 ppm water without RO system tho I thought that was the selling point of them
You don't need RO water or low ppm water. You need a water chiller or you need to run beneficial bacteria in your bucket. The beneficial bacteria will be the less expensive route. I used a product called "Pondzyme" in a small RDWC system after I noticed the onset of root rot. A couple days after the initial application the root rot went away and stayed away.
I have some stuff called orca beneficial bacteria but didn’t use it is it the same kind of thing?
Are u running tap water through them? Im not a hydro expert but tap is usually alkaline. I had to switch to rain water that i catch in 50 gallon drums. You can acidify your tap water a number of ways but it looks like you are gonna be starting over so keep us posted.
Is that the plant in question? If so it doesnt look terribly sick to me. There are some healthy sections on that root system. Im confused…
I just seen it turning black all the healthy roots I see online are creamy white so I got scared
Sometime nutes will stain your roots. You will know when you have root rot. It will smell bad and have what looks like clear brownish snot all over the roots.
I am running tap water but I’m adjusting the ph
you misread what i said. RO does not equal running sterile.
Ok but how do I get 0ppm water
what ppm is your tap ?
