Bucket size? Long,Wide and Short vs Tall

[Donkdbz]

Gonna make a DIY UC.

what would give better results
gonna make 2 3 site systems with a epicenter for each.

Should I use the 13 gallon EZ site pails
or Go for the DD Totes?

http://www.globalindustrial.com/g/storage/bins-totes-containers/nest-stack/stack-nest-shipping-totes


The plan is 6 site total 8k vert for now lol

 

[TrichromeFan]

JK would say go as big as you can. Some people also talk about the width being more important. Me, I haven't done any experimenting as of yet.

 

[UCMENOW]

Can't go wrong with either size.....just be sure you size your aeration pumps appropriately to compensate for the added water volume if you go 27 gal.

 

[Dirty White Boy]

Im curious about this also. Would there be a benefit to having a shallower wider tub? I know outdoors that the diameter of a whole is almost more important than the depth of a whole. What if the tubs were more like a MacCourt 16 gallon concrete mixing tub. Lower to the ground for more clearance, more contact with a concrete floor for cooling, you could fit two 3" recirculating tubes between each tub, would give ample room and would make it super simple to add a mister or dripper set up to the top of your tubs. You couls even just use one as a super low control bucket. Am i just barking up the wrong tree.

 

[Dirty White Boy]

Ah, kk thnx man. I guess i was mistaken i thought that more contact with the floor would keep it cooler, misread. Ive actually rigged one up awhile back i set Styrofoam insulation board on top and used a collar and had about 6" of clearance from the bottom using a cut in half 5gallon bucket. Didnt realize the UC had that much more clearence. The tub is 16 gallons which i thought was more then the UC.6" of water in that 16 gallon tub is nearly 13 gallons total. IDK, glad i asked though, thanks again GardenDreams.

 

[Donkdbz]

I ended up getting the 23 1/2" by 19 1/2" by 10"s tall

With 7"s of water they will have around 12 gallons of water in each one.

 

[Dirty White Boy]

Ends up being 12.67....something gallons. No I wasnt floating the foam on the water was just using it as a lid to hold my buckets, just had it sittin on top of the tub.....but no worries....im lazy....im already talked out of it..... i was always just gunna buy the UC anyway.:D:D:DJust happen to have about 2 dozen of these bins sitting around.

 

[RMCG]

There's another guy on the board somewhere's running this "Raft" type system of floating foam, He's not doing very well.

I didn't think he was running air pumps either though. Regardless, I think raft is better for SOG or other short lived crops (ie lettuce).

 

[Jalisco Kid]

Bigger is easier But I do not know if it is better. I saw a noticeable difference between my 20 gal and the 28 gal. Not so much going from the 28 Gal to the 36 gal. JK