Too much air in 3.5 Bucket?!

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r1tony

New Member

• Sep 14, 2011

• #1

So I bought a 1400L per hour pump with 8 way manifold. Works good but I have only 2 using DWC so far and they are in 3.5 gal buckets at present time.

My question is if I leave the ports full the air movement is almost too violent in the bucket like raises the water in middle like 2 inches! The roots are in the water but I am afraid the action will damage the roots.

Does anyone know of too much air ripping roots? I am primarily Stinkbud grower.

 

UnderCurrentDWC

Active Member

• Sep 14, 2011

• #2

Here is a really good thread on D.O. the op achieved max D.O. in his 5 gallon bucket of water in less then 10 minutes with airstones from $1-$20 and achieved max d.o. in 30 gallons with 10 watts of air pump which is about 25Lpm. So if you give your water 1-2 lpm per gallon you should have no problem reaching max d.o.

https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeroponics/458316-quantitative-airstone-test-end-hype.html

 

Beansly

RIU Bulldog

• Sep 14, 2011

• #3

I've read a journal where a guy said the the turbulence caused by the amount of air he was pushing actually hindered root growth.

 

Vumar

Well-Known Member

• Sep 14, 2011

• #4

Well weed doesnt grow in the river!

 

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r1tony

New Member

• Sep 15, 2011

• #5

Good points and my thoughts were it wasn't very productive for the roots or plant so I wanted to be sure. I throttled the air yesterday to watch and see. There are plenty of air flowing in the bucket the water is just not as violent now.

 

BeaverHuntr

Well-Known Member

• Sep 16, 2011

• #6

I used to put 3 air stones in one DWC cooler bucket i would have waves in there, my plants loved it.

 

bigbillyrocka

Well-Known Member

• Sep 16, 2011

• #7

Vumar said:

Well weed doesnt grow in the river!

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but they sure do grow in my "pond" lol