Superstoner's new 3 rail, 50gal system, 36-40oz every 2 weeks.

I do try and support my local hydro shops, there are several but they are all 100+ miles away and I'm moving and after that they will be 400+ miles away to the closest one.

There are several items I get cheaper and better quality in store but many are better found online or at alternative sources.

I do like the harbor freight 264 gph pumps but not the smaller ones. I have dry run them on accident and no fails yet, but the little ones don't last. No experience with anything bigger. I bought a pump from casa de pot and burned it up within weeks and it was the priciest of ALL my pumps

Hammer_time said:

having the same issue with PH moving massive amounts within hours also. adjusted to 5.5 within 5 hours its at 6.6 - 6.8. Dont know what is the reason for that. Even pre-mixed nuts sitting a bowl, mixed, adjusted to 5.5, next day do a check and there at 7.0+.......scratching my head here.

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Hi old thread but recently I started using tap water for my flowering reservoir (cutting corners in my case lol) and pH was a big problem. within a couple of hours swinging from 5.8 to 6.8.

I started adding pH down daily to control it but ppm skyrocket to 1000 due to ph down increasing it.
Plants started to look really bad but I decided to go back to RO water and pH has been stable since. It swinging 1.0 up or down and then go back to 5.8
Plants started to look great after week.

Ps. Is Ss around or he’s gone?
Happy growing stinkbuddies

Haven’t seen SS in a bit . If you read back a bit he used pondzyme to keep rot at bay running higher temps (+70). Root issues could have been the cause but it’s tough to say .

Budley Doright said:

Haven’t seen SS in a bit . If you read back a bit he used pondzyme to keep rot at bay running higher temps (+70). Root issues could have been the cause but it’s tough to say .

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That’s what I thought but no smelly reservoir plus I’m using pondzyme as well. My res temps are between 70 -73 degrees and I have been monitoring that 24/7. it just my tap water 225ppm. I adjusted my pH last Thursday to 5.8 with 820 ppm @ .70 and that was the last time I touch my reservoir thank god until this Friday when I change res. This cobs make my plants eat a lot. My res is 3/4 full but the ppm keep going down.

Hey budley I got 2 cmh ballast collecting dust. if you want them pm me. just an appreciation for helping me out with the mini split

Happy growing bro

This are the ones I’m talking about