Make $2200 worth of "Clear Rez" for $4 !!!

SheepsBlood

SheepsBlood

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mmjmon said:
Nice. Just starting to look into chillers etc.
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It's soooooo easy to do. I was very hesitant to do it considering I could be scrapping a $180 dehumidifier. Don't be, just take your time and find the screws to get this thing apart. If I remember well enough, you have to remove the bucket to get to some and some are on the very bottom. After that, just gently move the radiator out from the housing. It will be attached as not to move inside the housing but like I said, take your time and save yourself a LOT of money. From there, you can either dip it into the REZ or create whatever elaborate creation you want.
I have had it dipped in my tank for 6 months and no issues. No rust (It's titanium), no leaching of metals to the REZ, PH is stable... Nothing at all to note.
 
supdro

supdro

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SheepsBlood said:
It's soooooo easy to do. I was very hesitant to do it considering I could be scrapping a $180 dehumidifier. Don't be, just take your time and find the screws to get this thing apart. If I remember well enough, you have to remove the bucket to get to some and some are on the very bottom. After that, just gently move the radiator out from the housing. It will be attached as not to move inside the housing but like I said, take your time and save yourself a LOT of money. From there, you can either dip it into the REZ or create whatever elaborate creation you want.
I have had it dipped in my tank for 6 months and no issues. No rust (It's titanium), no leaching of metals to the REZ, PH is stable... Nothing at all to note.
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Will any dehumidifier work? Or what specs will someone need? I run ebb&flow so temps not too serious but would luv to use this cheap alternative
 
SheepsBlood

SheepsBlood

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Any dehumidifier will work. you may have to tape the switch for the bucket in the closed position if you cant put the bucket back in.
You shouldn't need anything bigger than a 30 pint/day dehumidifier unless you have a 100 gallon rez.
 
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edroponico

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I run a similar setup but with a gutted air conditioner. I'm not so sure about running the evaporator right in with your nutes, but I get that it greatly simplifies it... please post your story.

I'm about ready to make up this mixture and give it a try. I can grow perfect roots in 5 gallon buckets, no lightproofing or chiller but for some reason at times my DWCs like to slime/roots go limp and die off. I haven't really committed to going sterile 100% so now I think it's time.
 
Gregor Eisenhorn

Gregor Eisenhorn

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If this product isn't available in your country and you're wondring what to buy, the stuff in it is Calcium Hypochlorite, it's formula is Ca(OCI)2. If you buy pure calcium hypochlorite you'll probably need to pay attention to the percentage of it and then act accordingly.
 
linky

linky

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If using clear rez or making your own using pool shock is it okay to use botanicare power clone? Are there living thingies in there?
 
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40AmpstoFreedom

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This was posted on mag forums years ago and while it works for some people it did not work for me. I figured out my source of the issue though and that was using 5 gallons buckets that had been previously used for runoff from coco and making teas. I realized this after reading a post by someone who was running a few 15k sq ft warehouses and could not figure out why a whole set of ez cloners started getting the slime...Employee used buckets that were used for the same thing as mine and it did not matter how much bleach or whatever you cleaned them with beforehand it still transfers. I will never again use a bucket for watering that has had anything other than FRESH water. I also never leave water in the 5g buckets for longer than 30 minutes or so. This error completely ruined my ez cloners and they were never able to be used again. The guy running the warehouses had to chuck all the contaminated ones as well.
 
supdro

supdro

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40AmpstoFreedom said:
This was posted on mag forums years ago and while it works for some people it did not work for me. I figured out my source of the issue though and that was using 5 gallons buckets that had been previously used for runoff from coco and making teas. I realized this after reading a post by someone who was running a few 15k sq ft warehouses and could not figure out why a whole set of ez cloners started getting the slime...Employee used buckets that were used for the same thing as mine and it did not matter how much bleach or whatever you cleaned them with beforehand it still transfers. I will never again use a bucket for watering that has had anything other than FRESH water. I also never leave water in the 5g buckets for longer than 30 minutes or so. This error completely ruined my ez cloners and they were never able to be used again. The guy running the warehouses had to chuck all the contaminated ones as well.
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So you say that bleach that kills 99.9 of shit keeps my cloner clean and my 30k gallon pool free of algae wont work on your buckets..interesting. tell me more about this super slime
 
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Hammer_time

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extremely informative info.....could i ask please. iread stated that you either go the chlorine path or the beneficial bacteria path.

So if one has the dreaded brown slim or wanting to prevent it and keep a nice clean res and system you cant use the likes of DM zone, mix solution of pool shock with products like great white or nutrifield power active etc which are benefical bacteria??
 
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supdro

supdro

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Pool shock by itself no mixing with bacteria or DM. I use 5 grams per gallon of pool shock. I make a quart a week it may get old or loose potency. I add a little over a gram per quart. My aero cloner stays running i just pop in a cutting
 
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Hammer_time

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your a gun supdro, thank you kindly. I got the understaning of the mixing now, im wrapped...i was getting confused when everyone is talking about using pool shock. I wanted to ask that the amounts they apply to the res is from the mixed solution they make. So when everyones talks about put "X" amount into there res, it is from the MIXED solution the make first.

So to mix the SOLUTION batch to use:
5 grams of pure Pool shock (45% calcium hyd) to 1 gallon of water = SOLUTION MIX.....then to use it

1-5ml per gallon of the SOLUTION MIX to your res according to your requirements.

I have spent the last 5 days reading and there are so many different mixtures.

some say 1 gram of pure pool shock (at 45% clcium hyd) to 1 gallon water to mix the mixture then
use 30ml per gallon of water of the mixture to use in your res. This is assuming you are using the 45% pool shock.

In my area i dont have HTH pool shock but have these
https://www.bunnings.com.au/hy-clor-500g-super-shock-granular-pool-chlorine_p3090053
it is at 70% calcium hy

I have also all these to choose from
https://www.bunnings.com.au/our-range/outdoor-living/swimming-pools-spa/chemicals or
https://www.bunnings.com.au/our-range/outdoor-living/swimming-pools-spa/chlorine


I have also found this mixing formula bu Jiji (thank you for helping the community)

I have some calcium hypochlorite (pool shock) that says 49% available chlorine. How much do I add to get 2 ppm of chlorine to a 100 gallon reservoir?

To figure for 2 ppm of TOTAL chlorine is simple.

Remember 1mg/L = 1 ppm

So 2 ppm would be 2 mg per liter of water.

100 gallons = 378.5 liters. So 378.5 x 2 = 757 mg

But its only 49 percent strong. So 757/.49=1545 mg or 1.545 g

- Jiji

what do i follow, and can you from your experience suggest the right pool shock to get from my area.

Just confused a little, but know to mix the pure pool shock first then use the mixed solution, just wanting to confirm acuuratley safe amounts to work with as i dont have a chlorine meter.
 
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blackforest

blackforest

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Hammer_time said:
your a gun supdro, thank you kindly. I got the understaning of the mixing now, im wrapped...i was getting confused when everyone is talking about using pool shock. I wanted to ask that the amounts they apply to the res is from the mixed solution they make. So when everyones talks about put "X" amount into there res, it is from the MIXED solution the make first.

So to mix the SOLUTION batch to use:
5 grams of pure Pool shock (45% calcium hyd) to 1 gallon of water = SOLUTION MIX.....then to use it

1-5ml per gallon of the SOLUTION MIX to your res according to your requirements.

I have spent the last 5 days reading and there are so many different mixtures.

some say 1 gram of pure pool shock (at 45% clcium hyd) to 1 gallon water to mix the mixture then
use 30ml per gallon of water of the mixture to use in your res. This is assuming you are using the 45% pool shock.

In my area i dont have HTH pool shock but have these
https://www.bunnings.com.au/hy-clor-500g-super-shock-granular-pool-chlorine_p3090053
it is at 70% calcium hy

I have also all these to choose from
https://www.bunnings.com.au/our-range/outdoor-living/swimming-pools-spa/chemicals or
https://www.bunnings.com.au/our-range/outdoor-living/swimming-pools-spa/chlorine


I have also found this mixing formula bu Jiji (thank you for helping the community)

I have some calcium hypochlorite (pool shock) that says 49% available chlorine. How much do I add to get 2 ppm of chlorine to a 100 gallon reservoir?

To figure for 2 ppm of TOTAL chlorine is simple.

Remember 1mg/L = 1 ppm

So 2 ppm would be 2 mg per liter of water.

100 gallons = 378.5 liters. So 378.5 x 2 = 757 mg

But its only 49 percent strong. So 757/.49=1545 mg or 1.545 g

- Jiji

what do i follow, and can you from your experience suggest the right pool shock to get from my area.

Just confused a little, but know to mix the pure pool shock first then use the mixed solution, just wanting to confirm acuuratley safe amounts to work with as i dont have a chlorine meter.
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Just finished a 12 week cycle in my rdwc system. First time running pool shock for me. Results were great. Worked better for me than hydroguard. Using a rdwc system w/ a chiller.

I have HTH shock from walmart.
1 gram powder to 1 gal water
Once you have your 'solution'
I add 5ml per gal. When I change out my 30 gal system 1x per week, I add 150ml of my solution to my rez change. Sometimes I might add a little more mid-week. You can smell it when it's nice and clean.
That seemed to work great for me.
 
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Hammer_time

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thank you for clearing that up...Thank you kindly.....I am also assuming being HTH shock its at 45%calcium hyd...so in the case people can get 70% calcium hyd you would probably want to use half the dose to make the solution.

This is what everyone uses in replace of GH flora kleen, DM zone, H202, EZY CLONE, and REZ CLEAN.

This mix is safe to use for the cloning also?

You found no need to add anything like H&G Drip Clean? Pipe lines and all run nice and clean?
 
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supdro

supdro

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Bro i run ebb and flow sooo easy peasy. That is the recipe for my cloner. If i was you and can't find the right information do a test! Get 1 gram of shock and 1 gallon of RO water also grab pool test strips. Keep adding shock to your water test till you get the desired ppm. GL bro
 
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