need some help with the bubble cloner

Butthead08

Well-Known Member
Hello all,

We built our bubble cloner 5 days ago and have a few questions for you guys. First is our ph, it went from 5.5 to 6.9 in less than 24 hours. Is this normal? We dont have roots yet, the clones have been in there for 6 days now. So does ph at this point really matter? Our rez holds about a gallon, and we put 3 drops of superthrive and 3ml of hygrozyme. We have been noticing algae forming in the rez, nothing green or anything just looks kinda slimy. The tub that its in is almost 100% light proof, and the temp is around 79f. We dont think the light is causing the slime. We've seen alot of bubble cloners online that were clear, and had healthy clones with roots. So whats the problem? Is the slime normal? Or harmful?

Thanks in advance everyone!
 

Butthead08

Well-Known Member
do you use a bubble cloner hellraizer? any ideas on the slime? i mean this thing is really light tight. i dont know what could be causing this.
 

hellraizer30

Rebel From The North
the slime is a bacitia/pythium causes are the water is hot and your adding a
organic of some sort. I used to use superthrive but I always got slime stem
rot, so now I only use it as a foiler spay! yes I have a DIY one. theres a bunch
of info you might want to read in serapis thread mushing of serapis, he uses
bleach to keep the water sterile and is geting good results so check it out
I think all the info you need is there!
 

feva

Well-Known Member
you can use straight tap water in a bubble cloner and it works fine. in 2 weeks you will have roots. less if u use some ionic cloning solution.
 

Butthead08

Well-Known Member
yea its gotta be the superthrive then. im gonna change the rez tommorow with just distilled water. thanks alot hellraizer
 
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