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Found a few more pics I can post... This first pic is the air pumps I use and the air stones, I am using Pentair's Sweetwater air stones, ceramic, 1" by about 6" design for .5 cfm flow each. (about 12 bucks each, I think a great value)
I'm only using 4 of the 6 pictured right now and two of the pumps (one under each netpot), the last two are for the control bucket and reservoir but Ive been procrastinating installing the reservoir.. maybe this week. haha
I like that the air stone hose size and the outlet of the GH air pump are the same (I like that these pumps are quiet and repairable too), I think its 3/8th air line, but I'm not positive. These air pumps are rated at 22lpm and with the way I'm running the air line I think I should be getting most of that, which is about .4 cfm as compared to the full .5 cfm recommended for the stone, still a pretty good match. (11lpm vs 14lpm or about 78%)
Here is a root pic (taken during a water change), I think this was taken on June 16th (pretty sure but not positive)
This last pic (below) shows my 1/4 horse chiller and the lines from the control bucket changed from the build pics above, I had a 1/2 horse Arctica chiller under the AC but it had died on me so then I picked up a 1/4 horse (west coast imports) off Craigslist for 200 quick, in this next pic its next to the control bucket but that was just temporary until the proper tubing was purchased to run it back over and under the AC. This pic was taken on June 6th. (the first week or two I used the last of my aqua flakes from house & garden (and while the Canna Aqua Vega was shipping) in case your wondering why that's in the pic.
For visual reference the white board on top of each bucket is 2 feet by 2 feet. (its peg board and I use it because the Velcro tape at the hardware store for plants easily pokes through any hole in the peg board and just stays (no tying) and for low stress training it works amazing, since I haven't run vertical before I thought I would install them in case I needed to pull any branches down, which I haven't needed to at all. (I've mostly Ive just bumped into them ...ha ha)
The middle light in this pic sort of shows how its attached to the support (mentioned earlier in the build) under the drain lines. This shows how its connected.
I'm only using 4 of the 6 pictured right now and two of the pumps (one under each netpot), the last two are for the control bucket and reservoir but Ive been procrastinating installing the reservoir.. maybe this week. haha
I like that the air stone hose size and the outlet of the GH air pump are the same (I like that these pumps are quiet and repairable too), I think its 3/8th air line, but I'm not positive. These air pumps are rated at 22lpm and with the way I'm running the air line I think I should be getting most of that, which is about .4 cfm as compared to the full .5 cfm recommended for the stone, still a pretty good match. (11lpm vs 14lpm or about 78%)
Here is a root pic (taken during a water change), I think this was taken on June 16th (pretty sure but not positive)
This last pic (below) shows my 1/4 horse chiller and the lines from the control bucket changed from the build pics above, I had a 1/2 horse Arctica chiller under the AC but it had died on me so then I picked up a 1/4 horse (west coast imports) off Craigslist for 200 quick, in this next pic its next to the control bucket but that was just temporary until the proper tubing was purchased to run it back over and under the AC. This pic was taken on June 6th. (the first week or two I used the last of my aqua flakes from house & garden (and while the Canna Aqua Vega was shipping) in case your wondering why that's in the pic.
For visual reference the white board on top of each bucket is 2 feet by 2 feet. (its peg board and I use it because the Velcro tape at the hardware store for plants easily pokes through any hole in the peg board and just stays (no tying) and for low stress training it works amazing, since I haven't run vertical before I thought I would install them in case I needed to pull any branches down, which I haven't needed to at all. (I've mostly Ive just bumped into them ...ha ha)
The middle light in this pic sort of shows how its attached to the support (mentioned earlier in the build) under the drain lines. This shows how its connected.
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