69Bandit
Active Member
Hey guys, i am going to be building a UCDWC system for 4 plants. have a fairly good understanding of UCDWC but would really appreciate some feedback or help in designing this.
I am going to use an air pump and air stones for all the plants as well as the res. Heres what i got so far.
Now, i am currently looking at This page and am wondering how to pick the size of pump, so lets say i have a 20-30 gallon res, each plant (if they are in buckets and not storage boxes..)
would be 5 gallons. that is only 50 gallons maximum of water in them. So does that mean i only need a 50 GPH Pump?
How large of a return pipe should i use? 1 1/2"?
How large should the res be do you think?
Buckets or Boxes for plant holders?
Sorry for all the questions but would like to get this right the first time
I am going to use an air pump and air stones for all the plants as well as the res. Heres what i got so far.
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Now, i am currently looking at This page and am wondering how to pick the size of pump, so lets say i have a 20-30 gallon res, each plant (if they are in buckets and not storage boxes..)
would be 5 gallons. that is only 50 gallons maximum of water in them. So does that mean i only need a 50 GPH Pump?
How large of a return pipe should i use? 1 1/2"?
How large should the res be do you think?
Buckets or Boxes for plant holders?
Sorry for all the questions but would like to get this right the first time