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Thanks, Yes a waterfall effectLooks good. The top valve is pulling from the bottom of the epicenter and feeding to the top of the 8gal buckets?
In my closed loop chiller system i'm running RO water with a little H2O2 to make sure nothing builds up. My cooling coils are not copper, they are food grade Stainless Steel 304 wort coils connected with black vinyl tubing. I got a coil in both VEG & FLOWER Reservoirs and they work great!If you are running a closed loop chiller why go with RO water? That water is going to leach minerals and chemicals out of whatever it flows through unless the material has been designed to handle RO water. For example, if you have RO water tap in your kitchen and want to plumb the ice maker in a fridge, you need to run through PEX or LDPE lines rather than copper tubing. I think i'd go with a larger chiller reservoir as well in order to buffer the temperature better and keep the chiller from constantly cycling ON and OFF.
Yes and it works like a champSo have you finished your build? Any pictures? Would like to see how it turned out.
a chiller is a must if you can afford it in any hydro setups. vastly eliminates bacteria issues and keeps the root system in its sweet spot to intake nutesId ditch the chiller, chiller res, 400gph pump, Inline that wort coil and bury it under the room very close. I cant argue the chiller vs no chiller, but im running 72, and near every grow diary ive seen runs at 72. The ground temp chilling it slightly would probibaly be enough to keep it at 72 depending on the lighting. - - - If you dont, I would ditch the 400gph pump and coil, and just inline the chiller before the manifold using 3/4. . .the coil just seems a bit much given chillers are overrated in my newly formed opinion :)
Didnt realize you built it already, im a little slow. Anyways, is it a variable 1000 pump? Hows the flow coming out of those drips? Is it spraying?
Im litterally building my system right now. 6 plant top fallponics 3 inch drain, 1/2 in feed. 5.5 gallon buckets, dunno the size of my res yet. I wont have a top off system. I am use to letting the level drop quite a bit, the roots seem to like it more than being flooded. Im still very new again. . Pretty good success thus far though, only because of others on here much better than myself. Chances are im just repeating someone lol.
My advice for him would be to ditch the chiller and run 72f with bbsa chiller is a must if you can afford it in any hydro setups. vastly eliminates bacteria issues and keeps the root system in its sweet spot to intake nutes
What live if no guard .I've used a chiller since my 2nd rdwc run. Yields are good.
Temp always set at 68 deg f
Live, use no hydroguard
Yes for the last maybe 7 yrsWhat live if no guard .
You say Live , if you run no bacteria as in hydroguard.Yes for the last maybe 7 yrs
Natural bacteria.
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