Its a hydro growbox setup, the base holds a gallon of water, just below the 3 inch net pots, Yeah im going to grab some calmag for sure. My ex coworker owns a growshop so i took majority of what he told me to heart. he said nothing about switching base size. For the moment he isnt answering his phone its been about a week :s, as for the nute burn aspect. i drained the old water that had the nutes in it out and replaced it with new water completely nute free. I'm going to let it wait a little while before feeding and thank you for your replies much appreciated