Stealth Hydro Automatic PH Controller

alright i just bought this ph controller from stealth hydro (click here) and i am absolutely amazed. it works extremely well keeping the ph level in my bubbleponics setup at the exact right ph all the time. alright to start things off i will explain how it works. basically it is a ph meter which will mesure ph levels constantly but the difference is that on the ph meter their is a plug in wire which hooks to a pump in a resivour full of ph down or up and when the ph level gets too high/low it will kick on this pump which will pump in water automatically balancing the ph levels. it was very simple to put together. i would sugest it to any new grower like myself so you dont have to play the ph game and just let the system do its magic.after shipping and everything it costed 345 for the ph controller and resivour as well as the bubbleponics 6 planter. i would give it a 5 out of 5. if anyone has any more questions about it feel free to ask.

Wow, that is space-age technology!

Ya I know it is so awesome. With instructions (I didn't get any) it is very easy and simple to set up. One major thing is make sure the ph resivour is lower than the planter or it will syphon all the water into the 6 planter (speaking from experience lol)

blueybong said:

Once you learn how your water reacts to your nutes & liquid down or up, keeping your water within tolerance is rather simple.

$345 to keep your pH balance is a bit much, IMHO.

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No that's the total cost for the planter and the ph controller. The ph controller and resivour was only $199

blueybong said:

Oh, thanks!

If you're happy with this system, that's all that matters.

GL

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Honestly I think it is really cool and works amazing. Yes it is a little pricey but also it can be modified to work with much larger systems. also it could be good. If you can't get to the planter to adjust the ph for a day or two.

yah thats crazy... still dont understand how it works...dont you have to set the PH in the the RES?

Ok then ill try to explain it a little better. You have the planter tank with the 6 net pots with a ph level of 5.9 and you have another tank with a ph level that is very low (not sure the level) how it works is that when the tank with 5.9 raises to say 6.0 then the meter turns the pump on moving the ph down water to the tank with 6.0 until the tank reaches 5.9 ph again. You just set it to the ph level that you want to keep in the tank. At the moment I have mine set to 5.9. It can also work in reverse as well (I'm not really sure y the ph would drop but I'm sure it is possible) in that case you would fill the tank with the ph up instead of down and when the ph levels get too low it will turn the pump on and raise it back to the norm

that looks interesting, but what happens when the unit keeps adding ph up or down and then your res solution reacts all at once and crashes or spikes? and if your ph bucket only contains down what does it do when you have to raise the ph and vice versa? it is a good idea I think but ph is a little finicky and depending on what kind of water your using I think it could cause some people some problems. and what happens when it takes a considerable amount of phd water to be added and it raises the water levels to high in your res. keep us posted on how it goes for sure. goodluck.

well it is a constant ph tester and it will add ph down or up until it reaches the exact ph level. It only adds a little bit at a time so it won't completely overload the whole thing. And if you have ph down solution in the bucket and you need ph up then you can just add a little. Honestly I think the absolutely perfect thing would be to get 2 so if the ph gets too high one will add ph down and if it gets too low one will add ph up. The only down side to that is obvious though. It will cost you about $400 but maybe it would be cost effective for someone who grows much more than me. At the moment I can only grow 6. I hope that answers your question

thats cool man Ill be watching so keep us updated on the performance. this could be a very helpful unit for a lot of people.

Yep we will see. Ill try to do a journal and take more pics as well. This is my first time with hydroponics and this is making it a hell of a lot easier that's for sure. So far the only flaw that I see might be over filling the planter but if you have some good plants growing I'm sure they will drink up over enough to balance it out. What would be really cool is if their was a nute meter like this. Imagine never adjusting nutes and ph again. That would be so awesome

sounds cool

very awesome, but, I hope you plan expand! lol, I ran a 3x3 table in rockwool and I had mass ph probs till I figured out that I needed hardwater micro from gh, but with a 15 gallon or higher res you are gonna rock hard with that ph controller. I was just looking for ph comtrolleers and the nutridose looks a little too comercial for me!

Ya I would love to expand. I would also love to have the money too lol.also the system without the resivour it about $179 I think. The big thing though is in order for it to work it has lower than the planters or where ever it is pumping too. It WILL syphon out if it is higher. Its what happened to me the first time I put it together.

orkid1989 said:

well it is a constant ph tester and it will add ph down or up until it reaches the exact ph level. It only adds a little bit at a time so it won't completely overload the whole thing.

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This is what i wanted to know... So, it adds the ph up/down itself? that if i'm reading right, is fuckin awesome. I hate Ph strips...

Haha yep it does. Right now I have it full of ph down and distilled water and every time the planter goes over 5.9 it adds little by little to modify. Also as far as expanding you will obviously need a bigger resivour and maybe get a larger pump

I think it is very inovative.

There was a time, 4 years ago, I started promoting growing with CFLs here and many criticised me for trying it.

Something new always gets criticised.

Roseman said:

I think it is very inovative.

There was a time, 4 years ago, I started promoting growing with CFLs here and many criticised me for trying it.

Something new always gets criticised.

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Ya I guess so and to be honest until I saw your results with the cfl's along with many other people I never would have thought they would work either. Kinda like this ph controller. I always thought it sounded a little sketchy due to the lack of info on it but once I got it I was absolutely amazed