(any advice?) first hydro setup..tank a look

invisiballer3

invisiballer3

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hey guys im newbie to the forum an hydro/bubbleponics/aero an all that but have grown a few dirt crops..anyways i discided to start a 10 gal fish tank set up with: two 4 inch bubble stone strips linked in the middle running from one 10-30gal aquarium pump Is this going to be enough oxygen?
I have an idea for a lid an to make it light tight but my question is how much water to nutrients should i be adding when i first put the plants into the system to start veging and also can i use organic nutrients made for growing in soil? any help would be much appreciated:hump:
 

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Bubba Kushman

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Soil nutes work fine but the NPK on the package is different for soil and hydro. I would recomend ph buffered nutes so you dont have ph issues. I use Supernatural for veg and the FF 3 pack OpenSesame, Beastie and ChaChing for flower. i also add sugar daddy and magical after 3 weeks and it helps with deficecys. I woluld start @ 1/4 strenght on the nutes as well. I never go over 50% until late flower. Water is important too. I cant afford R/O or bottled water so I use tap water but I add pond water detoxifier to remove the bad stuff. Good luck with your hydro grow. Peace Out!
 
invisiballer3

invisiballer3

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Bubba Kushman said:
Soil nutes work fine but the NPK on the package is different for soil and hydro. I would recomend ph buffered nutes so you dont have ph issues. I use Supernatural for veg and the FF 3 pack OpenSesame, Beastie and ChaChing for flower. i also add sugar daddy and magical after 3 weeks and it helps with deficecys. I woluld start @ 1/4 strenght on the nutes as well. I never go over 50% until late flower. Water is important too. I cant afford R/O or bottled water so I use tap water but I add pond water detoxifier to remove the bad stuff. Good luck with your hydro grow. Peace Out!
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thanks alot for the info is helping me!! keep on tokin...:joint::hump:
 
Swale84

Swale84

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I am just a newbie myself, but I would highly suggest getting another air pump and a couple more airstones. You can never have enough bubbles. Plus, from the picture, it looks like your tank is deeper than mine. Mine is only 5 gallons and I have one 10in stone and two 6 inchers. I've got mass bubbles now and I can really see my roots taking off! You really need lots of bubbles hitting the surface and splashing water. Just my 2 cents, good luck man!
 
invisiballer3

invisiballer3

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I was thinking the same thing, i need more air stones under there and another pump like you said swale, but is there such thing as to much air? would this disrupt how the roots take in nutrients? just wondering.
 
Swale84

Swale84

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I've read both. I've read that too much air is bad, and I've also read that you can never have enough air. I would think, with my limited experience, that you can never have too much air. I mean, maybe if you had 20 airstones in a tank like that! But definitely not 5 or 6!
 
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