Setting up dtw coco 2.5x5 tent

PopAndSonGrows said:

Best way is to make sure the lung room is dark

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With mylar over the intakes I can stand inside and need to re-orient my self from falling or knocking something over from how pitch black it was, needed to find the zippers to find my way out. Lights were on in the bedroom and tv.

It is a grow lab tent, love the zipper quality and has patches to velcro over all zipper seems where they meet. Like many tents, it has light leaks but light doesnt come in since house hold lighting isnt a zillion lux compared to grow light.

Had to re-do the halos. Too big holes so pressure loss and not running right. Was too quick a job. I rebuilt a new diy halo and it works flawless. Just use a drill bit like 9/64” to make holes and use some friction to sand out the hole or else it wont make an open hole.

I could try a slightly bigger drill bit to see if that makes a one and done hole but really don’t want the holes much larger than already are. Holes right where the spikes are at and drilled a hole in the 3 way piece so perfect circle of water flow.

What is the point of this, well I don’t feel like waiting for halos and can still be useful if to make different sizes than 6-9” I guess not much reason. I need make a youtube account to do video…

I am about to do that same thing. But I messed up and bought clear line. So I’m not sure if it will get algeaed up and scummy. But I only plan to use it when I’m gone for 2 weeks. I can have auto watering.

Need figure out how to make more quality video but here yall go. It has to do with youtube, my camera is way better than that. Awesome that I have that set up so I can bring video entertainment to riu! Halos working great. Loads of pressure with good slack left on the valves for both plants.

PH meter is breaking down, it is glitching out and turning off like it is dead battery but it is not. Battery lasted longer than the meter lol. Hanna groline. Bought another one because it is good and lasted over a year but not much more than a year. Like 1.5 years.

Got a bundle plants on tray halo’d up. Clones need lower ec feed for few more days though so kinda hand watering or will close valves to direct separate solution to the two different plants.

The drain tub is 75% full and is bowing out… Duh… I was thinking buying another two tubs and stacking them inside eachother would help? Getting another table to have the whole top tub resting on a surface. This could of been disaster if it tipped. Pushing its limits to see… Or maybe not until I line them…

The feed tub ph drifted after like 3-5 days which is expected. 6.4 PH. So I ph down back to 6.0. Aside from all that it had been working as designed, havent had to empty drain tub in over a week and doesnt smell but can through pool shock in there to last longer before a thorough emptying.

Wave makers make great stirring companions lol. No need to stir. Maxi series powder and yea it is settling undisolved powder on bottom but it goes away as it stirs. Yup, still need to off wave makers at 8 gallons. So far it isnt going bad before I can use it all the way. Lasting about a week at 15 gallons, two plants. Once a day fed.

Down side is if one plant needs be treated with different solution, it will throw off the design. But working on keeping genetics through clones to have more control over keeping two or more plants under one large resivoir.

Having a clown moment. This is like 335ibs and table might not be able to do that so I need to empty it right now and get another table which is said by a user to think it can hold 300ibs which is a vague thing to go off of but say it is 150ibs per table to cover one tub. Should work id think by that logic.

Steel frame. I would make sure it can support it, a failure of this magnatude could drench a whole room. Would lining the tubs with another tub help with stress to the sides bowing out?

To get it to bow out at 75% and empty it is still very handy. I would like to use the full 38 gallons or 40 gal though depending on what it is really capable of holding. It is unstable right now on a table only supporting like 55% of it.

Clown moment lol, it looked like it was about to fall apart or tip over, lopsided. It is sitting better now but yea, lets get the whole tub supported.

Edit: Just emptied it, was a flawless process and was able to get most of it out by tipping the tub as the 800gph pump stays submerged enough up until it cannot be. Probably only a gallon left behind. The sides are worn already to stay bowed out. Need get those extra tubs asap. I think that will secure it.

It was starting to wrap around the table… Clown moment! But at least I caught it before it was too late. Hard to miss, looks like a catastraphy. waiting to happen. Still might be idk let me know what you think. I seen people use this exact tub for full size grows.

Last edit: Got a heavy duty table, 1.5 tons capacity. No more worries about that. Now to find if doubling the tubs will make them sturdier to hold full capacity which I think so, adds quite a bit of extra support but let me know what you think please, it is vital that this is secure.

What is the largest reservoir possible for this setup? What can I use for that safely that wont fail?

I need help figuring the reservoirs out, the manufacture says not recommended to hold water for now obvious reasons. I see people use 27 gallons or less and even sworn someone used this 40 gallon for a reservoir before. Maybe cannot use all the way but still usefull to some extent to hold a lot of water without siphoning due to being short and wide.

What would you recommend, I still wonder if double stacking them will make any difference but I ought to fogure that out or downsize because this could end badly. I really do not think I need a whole 40 gallons but having a set up that lasts and has ease of use was the goal.

If I simply need to down size to 27 gallon or make together two 10 gallons or 27 gallons I am down. What ever makes the large table put to use or else I should return it. Shoot I really need help with this, I totally did not see all these flaws until now.

I've had my botanicare reservoir for a very long time. More expensive but definitely worth the money.

DarkWeb said:

I've had my botanicare reservoir for a very long time. More expensive but definitely worth the money.

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I was just reading that on a thread from 2022 and was getting all the answers I need. This setup sucks and is overkill if 40 gallons is overkill to others that have at least double the foot print of what I am working with. This thing could probably explode and cause indeed a catastrophy.

I think buying bins that are manufactured to hold water is my best bet.

I can probably buy them and use that in configuration with my 1.5 ton table maybe even to power my veg tent too. I know I want a 40gal drain tub, that was a good idea still if it can actually hold 335 ibs of water.

I just do not want to refill a reservoir every other day or 3 days. I think I can still make it work, table is like 50” long by 24” so I could have two 40 gallon tubs on top for drain and a veg and flower tub under neath of adequate size. The relief of dealing with runoff is great.

Last time in 3 gallon 10 gallons went through in one day but it was over heated and packed in a 2x2 so I thought with these conditions I would need 40 gallons to last close to a week so I did not think overkill.

Perhaps with properly grown canopies and extra space to breathe and regulated temps I could get by with much less feed this time but still close to 40 gal a week. I figured it would be the same regardless of pot size according to coco growers.

I could just take time to see but like to have things out of the way and would like to buy everything now. Sad, this seemed like a great setup but luckily this happened so I can deal with that now. Will cost a good amount though.

Ok maybe this aint so bad, just cut losses and downsize to 20 gallon trash bins that are food grade or doesnt have to be depending who you ask. Luckily I set up to have plants sit tall which may not have to be due to being 3 gallons coco but a smaller pot raised to avoid siphoning and allow a 20 gal bin to be full with a lid and have another one for drain.

The veg tent can have the table I already have to contain two 10 gallon tubs that should be able to hold ten gal easily. Bottom veg tank, the top drain tank. Table should be able to hold one on top and store one below to save space.

No table needed for the area next to flower tent, it will just have two trash bins chillin there, one on a dolly to transport water directly into reservoir and put back in place. This sound good? Sounds good to me. Only out 70$ in tubs and only need 100 or less for trash bins. Setup would be back on track.

medidedicated said:

This sound good? Sounds good to me. Only out 70$ in tubs and only need 100 or less for trash bins. Setup would be back on track.

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DarkWeb said:

I've had my botanicare reservoir for a very long time. More expensive but definitely worth the money.

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i use a 30 gal trashcan with my autofeed. lasts me about 2 weeks for 4 plants.

I am limited in space, I looked into it and could make it work but it would be super tight in space and cost 800$ to have four of those and a shelf that can support the weight which is what I am all realizing now. Feel like a fool but hey, others can beware now of my mistake.

Another thing is they do not stand tall so the pumps wouldnt stay submerged so it will have 25% of it not usable unless you tip it but even then..

I read on manufacture comments to customers for bute thatbit can hold 150 ibs in the 20 gallon and separately confirmed it can safely hold water. I did come across a spooky video of one being tipped over by a ghost OR my nitemare unfoldind of the trash bin or dolly wheels failing and buckling over….

medidedicated said:

I am limited in space, I looked into it and could make it work but it would be super tight in space and cost 800$ to have four of those and a shelf that can support the weight which is what I am all realizing now. Feel like a fool but hey, others can beware now of my mistake.

I read on manufacture comments to customers for bute thatbit can hold 150 ibs in the 20 gallon and separately confirmed it can safely hold water. I did come across a spooky video of one being tipped over by a ghost OR my nitemare unfoldind of the trash bin or dolly wheels failing and buckling over….

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whatever you do, don't join the "flood club". lol.

if you are tight on space, i'm guessing one of those 300 gallon chemical totes is out of the question?

rkymtnman said:

whatever you do, don't join the "flood club". lol.

if you are tight on space, i'm guessing one of those 300 gallon chemical totes is out of the question?

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Renfro built one out of wood and pond liner. I'm sure with some math and a few bucks @medidedicated could figure it out for exactly what he needs.

medidedicated said:

I am limited in space, I looked into it and could make it work but it would be super tight in space and cost 800$ to have four of those and a shelf that can support the weight which is what I am all realizing now. Feel like a fool but hey, others can beware now of my mistake.

Another thing is they do not stand tall so the pumps wouldnt stay submerged so it will have 25% of it not usable unless you tip it but even then..

I read on manufacture comments to customers for bute thatbit can hold 150 ibs in the 20 gallon and separately confirmed it can safely hold water. I did come across a spooky video of one being tipped over by a ghost OR my nitemare unfoldind of the trash bin or dolly wheels failing and buckling over….

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40 gal was I think $96

rkymtnman said:

whatever you do, don't join the "flood club". lol.

if you are tight on space, i'm guessing one of those 300 gallon chemical totes is out of the question?

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I came across those not realizing til now that is like a 40 gal reservoir of botanicare but stacked times 4 or 5. Would be the same thing but more gallons but less space for other totes with separate solutions/drain waste. Id be just as good with a shelf and reservoirs on each shelf but the botanicare would be nice if it was more than 12” high.

I have a 2x4 veg tent two plants and 2.5x5 flower two plants. Or that was the idea, to flower two big plants or I could get more plants in smaller pots but hoping either way to have ease of use with larger reservoirs. Just not sure how many gallons I need. If I have to refill reservoir sooner than I would like to, to make this work for now and not join the flood club, I guess I will do that.

Heck anything is better than using a 5 gal bucket for a reservoir. Made me hate coco for a little while.