DieselDuds said:

I'm running hydroton in 5 gal buckets. It's the flow grow flood and drain system. But I don't want to use flood and drain. So my idea is to just keep a constant drip 24/7 or a short time loop 15 min off 15 min off when it drips it goes back I to the drain bucket to the 50 gal res and back down the drippers. There will be no standing water in the buckets , so no air stones. Just super airrated hydrotons with a constant flow of nutrients. Does anyone see something happening or going wrong with this idea? Oh and the resivor will be constantly adjusted by an auto doser

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Mr.jiujitsu said:

So it’s always saturated and never gets a chance to dry out?

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DieselDuds said:

Correct. It is a hydroponic system. If it dries our the plant dies lol. Constant water flow, hydrotons = lots of oxygen allowing for 24/7 saturation

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jumpincactus said:

damn fine setup you have there bro. :D Is that a fluence spyder x plus light I see hangin???

To your question as long as your DO levels are at their maximum potential from your rez supply I personally don't see why this wouldn't work. Why are you choosing not to use the edd n flo/flood drain method. Just curious. Enquiring minds bro :D

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DieselDuds said:

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DieselDuds said:

It's 3/4tubing for the drains and the nutrient I use is pretty clean. I don't think I'm worried about that

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Mr.jiujitsu said:

I only asked because it seems like a low flow system. In my experience too low flow leads to issues when the grade isn’t heavy. That’s all, and your setup looks great I just thought by the photo it looks flat. W[/QUOTE

Your 100% right about being low flow I'm running a powder nutrient and when I mix my nutrients I mix them in a gallon container and stir till it's properly mixed. I let sit for a minute or 2 to let any sediment drop to the bottom then I add it to my resivor . So none of those sediments should clog my drip rings or return lines . That sound ok or do you think I'll still run into issues ?

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DieselDuds said:

That's pretty interesting. Growing coral huh what did you do with the coral once it grew ? I'm using a blue labs ph controller set to 5.5

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Mr.jiujitsu said:

I would trade “frags” or fragments. So corals cool, you can break it into tiny pieces and glue the pieces to rock. Then with hps lighting and the right environment you can get hard and soft corals to grow. I was huge into it years ago, but it gave me good understanding of water quality.

So just ph control then?

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juggernaut said:

clogged drippers is a pain in the ass. I would only leave them on when lights are on or maybe 1 hr after and start an hour before lights go on. root growth is crazy. I'm using the halo rings. don't clog as much. looks like a good setup. how many watts per ft2 of light.

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DieselDuds said:

I work 55 plus hours a week so I can't be constantly keeping the PH in check. So the PH controller will do well.

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Mr.jiujitsu said:

Same with the work, one of the reasons I keep debating leaving soil...

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DieselDuds said:

I'm running hydroton in 5 gal buckets. It's the flow grow flood and drain system. But I don't want to use flood and drain. So my idea is to just keep a constant drip 24/7 or a short time loop 15 min off 15 min off when it drips it goes back I to the drain bucket to the 50 gal res and back down the drippers. There will be no standing water in the buckets , so no air stones. Just super airrated hydrotons with a constant flow of nutrients. Does anyone see something happening or going wrong with this idea? Oh and the resivor will be constantly adjusted by an auto doser

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