ttystikk
- 6,892
- 313
Ty stick, I'm surprised more that you haven't been fluming for years now. You're quite a clever fellow.
Yep, h20 returns can provide rich tdo. But then I'm a soil and aquarium guy.
I know baked! Sounds like his and mine share some similarities. Mine is a more straightforward 4 tub 27 gallons each RDWC, so not quite like a flood table. Mine has an enclosed lid, flood table doesn't.
Ya his tables come with tops he drills 5 inch holes in em for net pot to sit in then the roots dangle from those to the water but il get him in here you guys can chat it up he's a good dude
Much respect
Kootenai
If his flood table has a lid, then just continuously running the fill pump and letting excess water drain back through the return/overflow will oxygenate the system just fine. I've heard about issues with trying to oxygenate a 'dead reservoir' style ebb n flood, but I bet they would be solved with a continuous flow approach.
One thing I would change if I were to run this is that in my ebb n flood trays, the inlet and overflow are right next to each other. I'd relocate one of these to the opposite side of the table, so water would flow across and ensure all plants see fresh nutes.
Continuous flow...always running...24 hours. I do 31 gallon roughnecks for my 3 x 3's...usually running 20 gallons. On my 2 x 4 tables I use the 18 gallon roughnecks...usually running 17.5 gallons.
I am not sure why smaller rooted cuts wouldn't work with a lid. I use the same size whole saw and and net cup for every stage of growth...this way everything is interchangeable. I just move the net cup....
I would have to see some pics of your set-up...to understand. I guess I didn't understand you ran tables.... so you had botanicare table before with just air stones? no ressy?
Hope all is well. Good Luck shaking the flu....
Couldnt't you use a manifold like this:
I understand that waterfall mixes the most oxygen but im suprised that a pee stream is enough to oxygenate.good stuff. are those 5 gal buckets?
to get a little more water fall effect you could take a tee and cut a small slit from end to end of the long part and cap it, instant water fall? Water drops out of the slit = more surface area disturbed. I just pulled my pond aerator that came with my UC for this run and just have the air line bubbling up.
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?