Ok I am indoor in a garage 20x11x8 5000 watts HPS (3 Dimlux pro series 1000, 3 old-school xxx hoods 1000’s) Running CO2, A/c 10000 BTU’s adding another 10000 in the next day. Trying to run mostly sealed but I do have an 8" exhaust running through a carbon filter and a 8" intake which I may discontinue now with the second AC. (The 'ol condensation issues on that intake). No water to garage so I run a hose from my sink to a 55 gal plastic can. From the can I have an automatic pvc sprinkler system to water with. Inside the can is an airstone and a 1/4hp pump hooked up to pvc system. All this is brand new.
Among other issues what I am posting about here today is this freaking stuff growing in my can after only 3 days. What I do is… mix a 5 gal concentrated bucket of tea of which I mix 50:1 with water so a gal of nute tea per 55gal can…and yes the tea also contains water. The 5 gal bucket is kept in a separate room under no heat/cold control so it gets hot and cold whatever(mostly cold now-I am in CO) and I have no problem with growths. The 55 is in my room I’ve measured the temp in there at 60 to 85ish maybe even above but not this past 3 days. This 55 only lasts for 3-4 waterings so it is constantly changed out and cleaned. This has now happened 3 or4 times consecutively and I am a bit stumped. I have wasted a bunch of nutes as I’ve tossed a good 50 gal of water/nute mix when I notice this growth (I HAVE also watered with the contaminated? water on accident). As you can see darker looking floaties and there are also fuzzy. kinda mold looking things floating around. They do settle to bottom of can, of course this is where the pump is.
I am going to move the 55 to the other room where tea is and see if it matters. Kind of a pain, not ideal and messes with my setup style but can be worked out like most things.
Among other issues what I am posting about here today is this freaking stuff growing in my can after only 3 days. What I do is… mix a 5 gal concentrated bucket of tea of which I mix 50:1 with water so a gal of nute tea per 55gal can…and yes the tea also contains water. The 5 gal bucket is kept in a separate room under no heat/cold control so it gets hot and cold whatever(mostly cold now-I am in CO) and I have no problem with growths. The 55 is in my room I’ve measured the temp in there at 60 to 85ish maybe even above but not this past 3 days. This 55 only lasts for 3-4 waterings so it is constantly changed out and cleaned. This has now happened 3 or4 times consecutively and I am a bit stumped. I have wasted a bunch of nutes as I’ve tossed a good 50 gal of water/nute mix when I notice this growth (I HAVE also watered with the contaminated? water on accident). As you can see darker looking floaties and there are also fuzzy. kinda mold looking things floating around. They do settle to bottom of can, of course this is where the pump is.
I am going to move the 55 to the other room where tea is and see if it matters. Kind of a pain, not ideal and messes with my setup style but can be worked out like most things.
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