Flood and drain reservoir maintenance?

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Cyanobacteria found living 600 meters underground without sunlight. A team of researchers from Spain, Germany and the U.S. has found a type of cyanobacteria that is capable of living more than 600 meters underground—in the absence of sunlight.

Cyanobacteria may be unicellular or filamentous. ... Most cyanobacteria do not grow in the absence of light (i.e., they are obligate phototrophs); however, some can grow in the dark if there is a sufficient supply of glucose to act as a carbon and energy source

Darknes01 said:

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Cyanobacteria found living 600 meters underground without sunlight. A team of researchers from Spain, Germany and the U.S. has found a type of cyanobacteria that is capable of living more than 600 meters underground—in the absence of sunlight.

Cyanobacteria may be unicellular or filamentous. ... Most cyanobacteria do not grow in the absence of light (i.e., they are obligate phototrophs); however, some can grow in the dark if there is a sufficient supply of glucose to act as a carbon and energy source

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No I get that

But you said you don't cover it up, the rezz
I'm suggesting you do, eliminate the light. Yes it grows in dark,but most all Algie's or Canabacteria will thrive with light

Just saying I'd eliminate that aspect in the rezz

BobThe420Builder said:

No I get that

But you said you don't cover it up, the rezz
I'm suggesting you do, eliminate the light. Yes it grows in dark,but most all Algie's or Canabacteria will thrive with light

Just saying I'd eliminate that aspect in the rezz

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oh ya i 100% cover it but im saying some light might be leaking through from the holes i made for the pipes. as in its not 100% leak proof.

Ok... gotcha


RO water

RO Buddy is like $50, cheap way to experiment

BobThe420Builder said:

I'm suggesting you do, eliminate the light. Yes it grows in dark,but most all Algie's or Canabacteria will thrive with light

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yes.
that's what i suggested: there is a root problem causing this situation. sterile or bacteria will just be a band-aid until the core issue is solved.

Seems like the root problem is likely the temps getting up to 80 degrees. For a couple of summers, I kept frozen 2 liter pop bottles around to swap into the res when the last one was thawed. This was a cheap way to keep temps more in check.

Exactly!!

Thundercat said:

Seems like the root problem is likely the temps getting up to 80 degrees. For a couple of summers, I kept frozen 2 liter pop bottles around to swap into the res when the last one was thawed. This was a cheap way to keep temps more in check.

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I live on the surface of the sun. Ambient room temps are 76-79f all summer, 115+ outside

I've never cooled my Rez, and besides the one issue with a yellow lid on my dwc tub,I've never had issues

Sure a cool Rez is ideal,but not necessarily a must

BobThe420Builder said:

I live on the surface of the sun. Ambient room temps are 76-79f all summer, 115+ outside

I've never cooled my Rez, and besides the one issue with a yellow lid on my dwc tub,I've never had issues

Sure a cool Rez is ideal,but not necessarily a must

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that's what i mentioned as well: the dude that turned me on to southern ag ran cukes in a dwc in AZ in the summer.

Southern ag

That's it

Got a link to the hydroguard substitute. I wanna try that stuff

BobThe420Builder said:

Southern ag

That's it

Got a link to the hydroguard substitute. I wanna try that stuff

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this is it. i use it all the time but u gotta be careful with the dose. its 1 to 2ml per 10 gallons

BobThe420Builder said:

Southern ag

That's it

Got a link to the hydroguard substitute. I wanna try that stuff

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million times more concentrated than hydroguard. same strain D747.

How much in a gallon of water do ya use?

rkymtnman said:

million times more concentrated than hydroguard. same strain D747.

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ok so i made a new rez and gave it 3ppm of chlorine, orp is @587 lets see how this holds or how long it holds for.

BobThe420Builder said:

How much in a gallon of water do ya use?

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.1 to .2 ml per gallon or easier 1 to 2ml per 10 gallons

Interesting indeed

In my cart to try

BobThe420Builder said:

Interesting indeed

In my cart to try

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i use too much probably: 1mL 1x a week in my waterfarms. but it's so cheap, who cares.

BobThe420Builder said:

Interesting indeed

In my cart to try

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wait til you see the difference: sag looks like hot chocolate, hydroguard looks like water.

I'm a big fan of hydroguard, so for sure wanna try this

Coolio

Darknes01 said:

ok so i made a new rez and gave it 3ppm of chlorine, orp is @587 lets see how this holds or how long it holds for.

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It will likely only hold for 2-3 days and then you redose it. I usually redosed twice a week, about every 3-4 days, just depending on when I thought about it. After I went to a sterile res I never had an issue again.

BobThe420Builder said:

I live on the surface of the sun. Ambient room temps are 76-79f all summer, 115+ outside

I've never cooled my Rez, and besides the one issue with a yellow lid on my dwc tub,I've never had issues

Sure a cool Rez is ideal,but not necessarily a must

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I only had to try to keep mine cool at one grow location one summer. Every other spot I've grown at it wasn't an issue. That room ran on the hot side though, it was before I had anything other then air exchange for cooling. Honestly pulled some of my highest yields from that room, but I mostly account that to the genetics I was running at the time.