new to hydro growing

BeaverHuntr said:
the 1000 MH will make those babies grow big time!
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that's what they have been under. i changed the water the other day and the ppm's were up around 1500 and i let it go like that for a couple of days until i started seeing burn places around the edges so i backed it down to 1000 and she seems to be doing great. i'll never go back to dirt growing except outside growing.
 
i have never grown in dirt prably never will lol sounds like you have got a great idea of hydro for first time thats cool what kinda chiller you using i need one bad but cant seem to find one at any pet store anywhere i ask them for one and they look at me like im stupid and they have never heard of one.
 
drgreentm said:
i have never grown in dirt prably never will lol sounds like you have got a great idea of hydro for first time thats cool what kinda chiller you using i need one bad but cant seem to find one at any pet store anywhere i ask them for one and they look at me like im stupid and they have never heard of one.
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you've got to find an aquarium shop. the ones i go to have a used section and you can usually find a 1/4 h.p. for a couple of hundred or so. something else to think about is going to a salvage yard and finding an old water drinking fountain
 
drgreentm said:
awesome man thanks allot for the info found one in my town via Google going down there tomorrow
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check out the ph monitors and controllers while you're there, i've seen them for dirt cheap before i was growing and didn't realize how sweet it would be to have it.
 
drgreentm said:
awesome man thanks allot for the info found one in my town via Google going down there tomorrow
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Yep you can find them at most aquarium stores where they sell exotic fish and what not. Be looking to drop 500 brand new or more.. Craigslist has them too but you know how flaky people can be on those sites.. Or you can go the cooler route use a Igloo brand ice chest or a igloo 5 gallon sport coolers ( 20 bucks ) and you wont have to worry about reservoir temp issues..
 
thanks for the info guys went to the aqua store its about 500 for a water chiller to much for me at this time res temps arent that bad at this point definitely going to try beavers idea to change my ebb res's to some water coolers thats a dam good idea thanks again for the info.
 
BeaverHuntr said:
Yep you can find them at most aquarium stores where they sell exotic fish and what not. Be looking to drop 500 brand new or more.. Craigslist has them too but you know how flaky people can be on those sites.. Or you can go the cooler route use a Igloo brand ice chest or a igloo 5 gallon sport coolers ( 20 bucks ) and you wont have to worry about reservoir temp issues..
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i'm using an ice chest for a resivoir and a 27 gallon tote for the grow bucket. when i had dirt plants in this same closet i was getting over a pound, sometimes almost 2. so investing in a water chiller is well worth the return. set it and forget it.
 
i scored a digital camera for a christmas gift last night so i'll try to post some pics later on. i have an iphone but i heard you never want to take pics of illegal activity because the gps will code where the pic is taken and can lead the cops to the scene of the crime.
 
about to start the 12/12 light cycle as soon as the lights come on. sorry about the pics, after i took a few shots they didn't come out good and i'm kind of outside my comfort zone posting pics.
 
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