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Definitely easier to come out the side with the drain leaving about an inch in the bottom than building platforms for these totes so I can come out of the bottom and fully drain them.Yeah i feel as long as the water ph/ppm stay stabilized it wont cause any harm.
im in the camp of whatever is easier. I think the water will equalize with the atmosphere around it in terms of gasses. I have a feeling though that less is going to be better to a point and that some of the runoff can be recycled for efficiency but that comes at a slight risk also, even if no more than any other flood and drain system, rdwc or other recycling system.
it would provide a little more safe in term of a buffer for failure though
So I'll go as low on the side as I can and still get a seal, and if I ever want to raise the level I just need to raise the outgoing tube to the level I want. I will also be sure to leave a trap in the lines to the drain so O2 is not pushed out that way.
This will have the effect of drain to waste anything that drips off the roots with a 1" (approx. 3 gallon) buffer in the bottom of the tote. PH & EC will become whatever I am feeding the plants, and constantly being topped off with new solution.
Done deal. Now I need these regs to show sex so I can do the surgery.
Any way to force a plant to show sex faster? Trigger with any spectrum? 13 hours dark?