Oxygenated Water....

BloodShotI'z

BloodShotI'z

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I have an extra bubble bucket and was thinking of just filling with about 4 gallons of water and letting the airstone airate (sp) the water while I let the chlorine disolve. I was hoping that feeding the soil plants the oxygenated water would possibly be a bit better than simply feeding water that has been standing for a day or two.

Plus...I can keep more water on hand and not have to do all the gallon jug re-fills.

Wondering if anyone else does this and does it make a difference....
 
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wafflehouselover

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either way the water has to be at low temps, thats the property of water, the lower the temp the more oxygen it can hold, no airstone is going to help.
 
_secret

_secret

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wafflehouselover said:
either way the water has to be at low temps, thats the property of water, the lower the temp the more oxygen it can hold, no airstone is going to help.
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what do you mean? its going to place more oxygen for the water to hold.. how wont that help?

why do you think they make them for FISHTANKS? fish need oxygen to live.
 
Pseudonym

Pseudonym

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It will definietly add more oxygen to your water...which means your plants will get more oxygen...which means a stronger root system and an increased ability for the plant to pick up nutrients, thus potentially avoiding nutelock.

How could this ever be a bad idea?
 
potroast

potroast

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Well, sorry to burst your bubble, so to speak, but WaffleHouse does make some good waffles. The temp of the water will determine how much O2 is dissolved in it. When you have a passive hydro system with roots in standing water, the roots are sucking the O2 out of the water. The airstones are used to roil the surface of the water, re-mixing in O2 that the roots have depleted.

HTH :mrgreen:
 
ferncakes

ferncakes

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potroast said:
Well, sorry to burst your bubble, so to speak, but WaffleHouse does make some good waffles. The temp of the water will determine how much O2 is dissolved in it. When you have a passive hydro system with roots in standing water, the roots are sucking the O2 out of the water. The airstones are used to roil the surface of the water, re-mixing in O2 that the roots have depleted.

HTH :mrgreen:
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Air stones, aqua fizz - Jons Plant Factory
 
_secret

_secret

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We're comparing still water that has been sitting, and water that has been circulating with an air stone. You can't sit there and tell me that both sets of water will have the same O2 level solely because of temp, nah i don't think so.

The airstone will definetly put more oxygen into the water, as to how much of a difference it will make, i dont know.
 
BloodShotI'z

BloodShotI'z

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Yeah. That was my thinking. As opposed to standing water.....I can't see how it couldn't be a little better for the plants.

I was hoping to see a few more opinions. Either way...that's what I'll be using for my soil plants.

Being that my seeds were just planted on the 4th....I'll feed one regular standing water and see if the others do any better.

Unscientific...but I should get closer to an answer. Where are all the experts when you need em? I guess this is something not a lot of people are doing. Not sure why because it seems to make sense.

Like everything else....time will tell. I'll keep updating as I move along.
 
_secret

_secret

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i've always considered this, i never water my plants without shaking the shit out of the water first

Oh well..
 
potroast

potroast

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All right, so several guys have told you how it is, and you've gotten together and decided that we're wrong, and basically just because you don't think that's the way it could be.

Fine.

Shake your water for your puny passive hydro system.

I'll bet you vote for one of the Republican candidates that say they don't believe in evolution.

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