Gizmo_gardener said:

So although flooding my house isn't an issue. The tent is in an old well house concrete floors with a drain.

I will post pics tomorrow morning of what I have for my set up. I have been reading a listening to everyone's feed back on the issues I will run into. I didn't realize that the pumps I'm using for returns don't have to go in the buckets I can use a straw to suck it up from above water levels. With a screen shouldn't have issue with roots.

But today I did sit in the grow area just starring at my space. Right now I have two autos in the last couple weeks of flower with just my buckets in the tent. I believe I may be able to raise my buckets up enough to equal water level out maybe with the tank. The tank is sitting on two pallets about 6-8" off the ground. I have moved my exhaust fan to the out side of my tent. To allow more room to bring the lights up higher as my plants grow. I would love to use a scrog net and horizontal fill the tent. Which is my plan.

I have another post up in general I believe not sure how to pin it here. I'll show some my pics of what I have going on right now before the full switch.


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Lemon Mandarin Photo by FastBuds


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The two Grand Daddy Purp via seed supreme


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2x4 tent with the lemon Mandarin in it

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Res tank.


I will post the pics of my 4x5 tent that is for the RDWC and all my autos. Planning on adding another 4x4 and moving the mainlined plant over to it for the Grand Flower Flip lol. Has been fun.

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THCosmic said:

Reservoir higher than buckets will make it difficult to maintain your water level. Since you will not be cutting into the glass of the fish tank, I assume the reservoir will need a pump moving water out to the buckets (which is standard) and a pump at the bucket level to bring water back to the reservoir. Is this correct? If so, you will definitely run into issues and risk flooding your tent. The pumps will inevitably run out of sync, with 1 pumping more water than the other. More than likely your flow to your buckets will be greater than the flow back to your reservoir which will overfill your buckets and flood your tent.

I've dealt with this already and still do deal with it in my current setup. I have to run my pump 3 minutes on and 12 minutes off to guarantee it never floods. I also have a smaller reservoir than the plant bucket and keep enough room in the plant bucket for all the water of my reservoir so I never even risk flooding. With a 55 gallon tank you won't have that option though.

Just my initial thoughts on the setup. Definitely a good move to go to RDWC. Once you have a good setup it will make like so much easier.

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SeedSupreme said:

How're you getting on with this @Gizmo_gardener? Hope Grandaddy Purple is thriving (and the others of course)

Thanks for the support

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Brother_Antioch said:

If you're worried about the height loss by raising the buckets, why not build a platform for the tent to sit on? Raise the tent by the 2' you have above it and you'll be fine, I'd imagine, so long as the reservoir is located outside the tent.

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ajpapenfuss said:

Can I ask why you are going to a reservoir

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Gizmo_gardener said:

They did very well. Had some issues with starting them out but once they start root production there was no stopping them from growing. I have learn 6 plants will not fit in my 5*4 tent lol 4 barely fits. The two GDP actually hermied on me right at the end the last week pollen sacks. I chopped then found if I would have just let them produce seeds I would have been set. Lol. But over y'all I am happy. I have 4 growing now in here now. Only in DWC.

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