DGP said:

RHINObeast,

I am amazed that you can do that in DWC. First off, we have very clean water here (50ppm) and lets say I start off with clean buckets etc (as sterile as possible) and fresh nutes at 1/2 strength, you know a good clean start. Then I go with room temps of 75-78 then before long, especially with out frequent water changes, I get lots of indications of bacterial growth, a little slime forming, water doesn't smell fresh, roots start to turn a little less than white and it just goes downhill from there.

The less I change the water and manage the temps the lower my production and quality suffers. I see so many people using all kinds of reservoir treatments like all the preparations that are nothing more than "pool shock" and then there are the treatments like Hydroguard which I think has some beneficials in it but everyone has their favorite way to jack up the reservoir that seems to work for them. I never had success with a single reservoir treatment except water changes, lowering temps and some H202. That is until I started chilling the water. Now my UC system is just rockin with root ball sizes and other indicators I have never seen before.

Anyway, the reason I was asking all the questions is I see DWC issues with water management (mostly temperature related) on these forums all the time. I am no master grower but I know root rot when I see it and I see a lot of it here and for the sake of the folks who haven't gone to a chiller I am interested in how it works:). Went 2 years without a chiller but it was kind of a bitch.

Also, I have to manage my veg tent that will get too warm for water temps here pretty quick as Spring comes on. My veg tent is in the garage so 7-8 months of the year it is easy to manage (just have an aquarium heater in the reservoir set to 62F for the real cold days) but I need it to run during the warmer days as well. Going to get a small 1/10 hp chiller for it but can't afford it just yet so like a lot of folks I have to manage somehow with what I have......

BTW, some fine looking roots on your plants!

Thanks,

Dee

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RHINObeast said:

I think it’s possible that because my tents are on hardwood floors it may help to keep it cool. Plus I’m from the east and it’s cold as shit here. In the summer I have a 8000 btu ac that runs into my room and it keeps it nice and cool in here. I don’t make temps the most important thing, I just make sure the roots are full submerged and swimming all the way up the net pot. My root temps in summer are around 75 degrees but I think it’s just the silica and the shading from the tops of the plants that keeps it even that cool, definitely higher than I want but if I run into an issue I’ll face it and correct it

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RHINObeast said:

Top left to bottom right, Jack Frost, Chocolate Mint, em dog and strawberry banana, one week from flip

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