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We have been using Auto Pots for a little over a year and are on our 4th run using them. We have six 6.9G pots and six 3.9G pots spread out over 3 tents. They're all hooked up to the same 25G res. We run them all 50/50 perlite/coco, no clay pebbles and no air stones. If you wanna see our current run you can check it Here.
What we have come to find is that if your run goes off without issue then it really goes off. If there are problems it can be harder to recover from compared to a DTW system. Our previous run had issues that we thought were due to lock-out. We tried to flush, which is very hard and time consuming in the AP system and it really didn't help much. We eventually found out, through the guidance of Dr.Green55 that we actually just starved the shit out of them, but live and learn.
As far as how the system itself. We now run a live system with Jack's 3-2-1. There is build up in the res and in the lines, but nothing that would have any negative affect on the systems functionality. We do clean it out after every run, but that amounts to just putting a couple gallons of 12% Hydrogen Peroxide with 6 gallons of RO water and turning on the system. We scrub the res and trays out, but that's it. The lines are usually clean after running H202 solution through it.
Hopefully that helps!
What we have come to find is that if your run goes off without issue then it really goes off. If there are problems it can be harder to recover from compared to a DTW system. Our previous run had issues that we thought were due to lock-out. We tried to flush, which is very hard and time consuming in the AP system and it really didn't help much. We eventually found out, through the guidance of Dr.Green55 that we actually just starved the shit out of them, but live and learn.
As far as how the system itself. We now run a live system with Jack's 3-2-1. There is build up in the res and in the lines, but nothing that would have any negative affect on the systems functionality. We do clean it out after every run, but that amounts to just putting a couple gallons of 12% Hydrogen Peroxide with 6 gallons of RO water and turning on the system. We scrub the res and trays out, but that's it. The lines are usually clean after running H202 solution through it.
Hopefully that helps!
