Water tank in the grow room

goldrusher

Active Member

• Jul 25, 2010

• #1

I was wondering if anyone has a water tank in there grow room, i was thinking about this because i have to make constant trips to the bathroom to mix more nutrients because i have only got a 10 litre water tank which is a pain when watering 6 plants and maybe 20 in the near future. I am thinking about getting a 100L water tank so i would only need to make a nutrient mix once a week MAXIMUM, I was also wondering what kind of air pump would i need to give the water enough oxygen for a 100L tank?

 

GoldenGanja13

Well-Known Member

• Jul 25, 2010

• #2

What I do is use 4 - 18 liters (5 gal) water bottles. I use a fish pump and bubble air in 2 bottles at a time. I mix one with my Flower nutes and the other with Veg nutes. I water 10 in flower and 7 in veg.
These are yet to be mixed, first pumping in air to remove chlorine.

 

Medi 1

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• Jul 25, 2010

• #3

if you keep water in room make sure its covered. light and water makes pathogens above a certain temp...72 degree,.will kill the beneficial microbial life in soil. plus add humidity

 

GoldenGanja13

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• Jul 25, 2010

• #4

If you keep your water/nutes covered it will not brew. I use organics and I brew for 48 hrs before I use it. I add the micro's to the 1 gallon just before feeding.

 

goldrusher

Active Member

• Jul 25, 2010

• #5

Thanks for the reply i didnt think about the flowering and veg nutes. How long could the nutrient mix be sat in the water tanks? Would it be ok to be left there for a week if i used a pump?

 

GoldenGanja13

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• Jul 25, 2010

• #6

It would be fine. Just add regular nutes , do not add micro's or boosters. Do that just before watering, same as setting ph, do that just before watering. I make sure I have a steady bubble action in both bottles and I check to make sure they do not stink. If they start to stink they went bad. Bubbler quit once for 20+ hours and the smell was bad, bad. Dumped it all out and started over.

 

goldrusher

Active Member

• Jul 25, 2010

• #7

So how would i do this would i have to take, say 30 Litre of water out the butt add cannazym and canna boost, ph the water and then feed? I wanted to do this so i could add all the nutes once a week and then just feed when necessary out of the tank and maybe adjust the PH.

 

Medi 1

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• Jul 25, 2010

• #8

actualy it takes hours if not a day to set the ph in hydro so doin it right before feeding is bad. is usualy why i see alot of peoples ph drop int he medi. and when mixing your supposed to add the foods in a certain order. tells you that right on some of the bottles.

 

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timeismoney1

New Member

• Jul 25, 2010

• #9

damn golden... thats a fucking sick room you have!

 

GoldenGanja13

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• Jul 25, 2010

• #10

OH Hydro huh. Yeah I'm soil. and I adjust my ph (6.5) just before feeding. I do not wait for the flux, I allow my micro beasties to keep things right.

 

GoldenGanja13

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• Jul 25, 2010

• #11

timeismoney1 said:

damn golden... thats a fucking sick room you have!

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Thank you. I try and keep everything in a flowing manner.

 

Co1e

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• Jul 25, 2010

• #12

No shit real nice room Golden. Your veg area looks huge. I see vents to the flower but maybe the veg is outa the pic. Reps dude on the setup.

 

GoldenGanja13

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• Jul 25, 2010

• #13

That is a shot where I was veging in big tent also had autos in the veg tent and flower tent was small tent. It is now switched.
The hose on top is exhausting fresh air out of flower tent, the other hose going in flower tent and out other side and into veg tent is keeping lights cool and veg fresh.

 

GoldenGanja13

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• Jul 25, 2010

• #14

Here is inside of Flower ( 6 TW on left, 1 slh, 1 The church and 1 Rock Lock on right) Filter not needed yet.

 

GoldenGanja13

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• Jul 25, 2010

• #15

Check this out~ Veg at 20/4 left side 4' 8 bulb T-5s Right side 600 hps and Auto's 20/4
I like to get the ball rolling fast.

 

rabbogart

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• Jul 25, 2010

• #16

Great set up....

 

Co1e

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• Jul 25, 2010

• #17

That shot of both ties it together. Holy shit on the veg tent!! Really nice work.

Ha just noticed the buds hanging tween the tents.

 

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gobbly

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• Jul 25, 2010

• #18

this is very common if you have an RO/DI unit. Get food grade plastic canisters, 40-60 gallons work pretty well. Make sure it is opaque. Keep it as air tight as you possibly can. Do not put ANYTHING into it. draw water from it, then mix in another container, be careful not to get ANYTHING into the reservoir. Every month or two use bleach to clean it out, and rinse well. A lot of people have told me to keep a small sump pump or powerhead to keep the water moving. If you have it well sealed, I don't really think it matters, but there could be something to this (and I keep a small powerhead in my reservoir).