ebb and flow reservoir size

that is exactly what I did..

ok, maybe if i'm lucky the water thats left in my tray will evaporate over 6 hours?

GypsyBush said:

I am sorry it didn't work out...

If you had your res directly under the tray, you could drill some small holes on the tray...

And it would just drip back...

But you got the metal tray...

Damn Bro... sorry...

But I tell you what... after you get everything SET... you will never have to buy this shit again...

That's the beauty of getting the right stuff...

I know money is tight... but it's an investment...

it's NOT like buying $500 worth of pot...

It will all pay for itself rather quickly..

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Not quick enough, I'm still in the hole with my recent purchases. I saw a guy build some flood tables using pond liner and frames he made out of wood. They seemed to work ok.

Like gypsy said though, real ready made flood trays can't be beat.

i'm going to get a flood tray eventually, but not now....that ballast was f ing expensive! lol

NG do you have any idea how he sealed the flood and drain fittings?

ForcedInduction said:

i'm going to get a flood tray eventually, but not now....that ballast was f ing expensive! lol

NG do you have any idea how he sealed the flood and drain fittings?

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An ass ton of silicone Actually what I'm using right now to seal drains on my shelves on my set-up.

haha damn. i'm not sure what to do now

I am not a fan of siliconing the fittings in...

I like unscrewing them to clean the tray...

Mine only have the rubber gaskets that came with them... and correct size holes on the tray...

yeah i definitely don't want to use silicon

ForcedInduction said:

yeah i definitely don't want to use silicon

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Nothing wrong with it if you're trying to seal a leak though...

I don't use it cause my trays don't leak...

And even if they did... the fittings sit RIGHT OVER the res... so.. no worries...

Use the goo if you need Bro...

Make it easy on yourself...

Just make sure the stuff is DRY before flooding again...

How often should you change res. water?

every 2 weeks...

you can go 3 if your res is large and stays clean...

but the "norm" is 2 weeks...

HELL YEAH i got it to work. and good

what i did was use a hammer to pound down the area where the drain/fill is to mimic gypsy's table.

there is still the slightest bit off pooling where the ripples in the plastic are but it will evaporate hopefully.


the best part is it doesn't leak! kind of.... when its flooded there is the slightest drip from the overflow. but i really don't care, i will just put a paper towel under it. i don't want to mess with it and make it leak more.

Nice man looks like it will work

it IS working haha

man i'm a happy camper now

ForcedInduction said:

man i'm a happy camper now

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Nice, what strains have you got going?

just bagseed. but i did get a clone from a friend of some danks. i have to ask her what strain it is though i've been meaning to do that

ForcedInduction said:

just bagseed. but i did get a clone from a friend of some danks. i have to ask her what strain it is though i've been meaning to do that

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this is the clone i got

OK so i did my first res change! just finished. it was really easy! but i used way more nutes than i though i was gonna. next time i'll be buying gallons of micro and bloom.


i used the lucas formula.

i put 10 gallons in my res. then i put in 80ml of micro and 160ml of bloom.

that brought me to an ec of 1.8 or 1260ppm


subract 100 for my water and thats 1160ppm. the lucas formula has a goal of 1300ppm. i guess i will need a little more nutes when my plants get real big

my PH is about 5.0. thats fine because it will be drifting up within a couple days.

i haven't decided whether i am going to top off my res with either gallons of pre mixed nutes or gallons of just PH'ed water.

i am leaning towards adding back premixed nutes.

Top off with pH'd water bro...

At most with 1/4 strength nutes...