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So, I'm thinking about doing a UC style DIY-RDWC. I currently use a Titan Flo-n-Gro, and I would like to use larger grow sites than the 4 gallon buckets this system comes with. I would prefer 12-15 gallon grow sites.
Now, I don't use airstones in my system because the falling water adds enough DO to my system as it is. It gets pumped from the rez into the controller bucket, and then back from that bucket into the rez when each flood is over. The water jetting into the controller bucket then back into the rez creates a large amount of DO (at least enough to where I never noticed problems with it. Lol).
I don't see why I wouldn't be able to do the same sort of thing with the UC and negate the need for an airstone in each bucket. Do like a top-feed that aerates as it falls into the buckets, and then use a sump at the end to pull water from and force into the top of the controller bucket (aerating the water again as it jets into the bucket). Would this be sufficient, or would I not have enough DO?
Now, I don't use airstones in my system because the falling water adds enough DO to my system as it is. It gets pumped from the rez into the controller bucket, and then back from that bucket into the rez when each flood is over. The water jetting into the controller bucket then back into the rez creates a large amount of DO (at least enough to where I never noticed problems with it. Lol).
I don't see why I wouldn't be able to do the same sort of thing with the UC and negate the need for an airstone in each bucket. Do like a top-feed that aerates as it falls into the buckets, and then use a sump at the end to pull water from and force into the top of the controller bucket (aerating the water again as it jets into the bucket). Would this be sufficient, or would I not have enough DO?