TheSalesman
Active Member
Ok, so I got a box that measures 4' tall x 2' wide x 2'8" deep in my closet. I have five 27 watt @ 5500k and two 42 watt @ 6000k. It's not the ideal room but I can usually keep the temps between 85-90 degrees with 5 pc fans and a big oscillating fan.
For the three or four days I didn't even check the water temps like a halfwit and it probably got up to 90 degrees
. When I saw that I started using iced water bottles constantly. After a week of growth I change out the res when I notice one of the leaves start to brown.
I've been keeping ice bottles inside the bucket to keep the water down. It's at about 75 or lower at any given time. It's really the best I can do till I come up with a chilling system.
It's been about 2 days in the new res system and I can already smell the algae building. I duct taped all the sides and cut about 75% of the light out, but still a bit escapes in. So I just stopped by the hydro store and got some hydrogen peroxide which I just added (30ml/18 gallon res)
The plants are about to hit two weeks in a few days. Should I start the nutes and hopefully fix those browning leaves? Any tips for a newb or adjustments I should make?
Here they are a few days ago. They have definitely perked up since then, but the bottom leaves are browning: http://img259.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=img2527.jpg
More pictures when I get some batteries for my camera. Thanks!
For the three or four days I didn't even check the water temps like a halfwit and it probably got up to 90 degrees
. When I saw that I started using iced water bottles constantly. After a week of growth I change out the res when I notice one of the leaves start to brown.I've been keeping ice bottles inside the bucket to keep the water down. It's at about 75 or lower at any given time. It's really the best I can do till I come up with a chilling system.
It's been about 2 days in the new res system and I can already smell the algae building. I duct taped all the sides and cut about 75% of the light out, but still a bit escapes in. So I just stopped by the hydro store and got some hydrogen peroxide which I just added (30ml/18 gallon res)
The plants are about to hit two weeks in a few days. Should I start the nutes and hopefully fix those browning leaves? Any tips for a newb or adjustments I should make?
Here they are a few days ago. They have definitely perked up since then, but the bottom leaves are browning: http://img259.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=img2527.jpg
More pictures when I get some batteries for my camera. Thanks!