Advanced Stealth Hydro Bubbeponics Thread

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Mr.Bob Saget

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Do you guys use a chiller in your systems? I have found some chillers to priced around $150 for a small system, not to bad.

What do your res temps fluctuate in the summer?
 
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Roseman

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Mr.Bob Saget said:
Do you guys use a chiller in your systems? I have found some chillers to priced around $150 for a small system, not to bad.

What do your res temps fluctuate in the summer?
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There are several DIY homemade chiller threads on this site. I really believe it si possible to reduce the reservoir water's temperature other ways. I got a friend who made a DRIP of a frozen gallon jub of water and ti just feeds into his tank, into a hose or tube.

And look at Dystopis's post:

Originally Posted by Roseman
Temperatures, Humidity
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The best range that your reservoir can be between is 60F-75F. Ideally the reservoir temperature should be at 65F because this level contains the most oxygen.
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Once again, great info Roseman!

I've got some tips and tricks for controlling reservoir temps...

First, insulating your res really helps stabilize the temps. Wrap mylar or insulation around it; I build my reservoirs out of ice coolers (attachment 1).

I used to put blue ice bags in the res if the temps started to rise, but I can no longer recommend putting ice in the root zone. During my last grow I did this, and the plant closest to where I put the ice definitely didn't like it; it ended up stunted and there was a bald spot in the root zone where the ice went. And as the root mass grows there's generally not enough room to stick ice bottles in the res anyways.

If you want to use ice to cool the res you might want to try the following ideas:

1. I jury-rigged some quart and half-gallon jugs using drip line and a drip-line shut-off valve (attachment 2). What I do is freeze them overnight and then stick the line in a hole on top of the res in the morning (attachment 3). This serves a few purposes: 1) provides a slow flow of cold water to the res throughout the day, so the roots aren't shocked by a rapid change in temperature; 2) keeps the res topped off; and 3) serves as a ghetto A/C for the grow area. The main disadvantage is condensation; I have to keep a rag under the jug to soak up water.

2. I built a semi-recirculating DWC for my latest grow (water pump is on a timer). Basically, I have a separate reservoir that is connected to my plant reservoirs via plumbing and a pump. I'm doing this for several reasons: 1) one thing I hate about DWC is that you generally have to lift the lid to do any maintenance in the res - a separate res allows you to easily do maintenance without disturbing the plant reservoirs; 2) I'm planning on doing a ScrOG - once the plants are in the screen lifting the lids becomes problematic; 4) more water means that things like temperature, ph, and nutrient concentration are more stable; and 3) if I need to cool the reservoirs I can put ice in the shared res without worrying about the roots. The main disadvantages are complexity, size of system, and more nute usage.

Some other ideas:

1. Put your air pump in a cool area. It seems like most people put their pump on top of the reservoir under the lights. If it is hot where you put the pump, then you're going to be pumping hot air into the res. I try to put mine outside the grow area if possible, or as close to the inlet as possible.

2. Direct some airflow from the inlet over the res using a fan.

3. If you use a humidifier like what Roseman recommends try directing the air from the outlet over the res using a fan. Acts kind of like a swamp cooler; I've found it lowers the temp over my res by about 5*.

4. Running a water pump continuously in the res will cause the temps to rise. I think I have a good idea how the stealth hydro system works, for instance, and I can certainly see the advantages of it during the early stages of growth. However, once the roots are in the water I'm not sure if running the pump continuously is necessary - maybe one of you users can help me out. If it was me, I would put the pump on a timer and run it kind of like an ebb and flow once the roots are in the water - like for 10 minutes 5 times a day - IDK.

Of course, like Roseman says, the best way is to keep your room temp down if you can. 75* is out of the question for me, it costs too much to keep my A/C running all day at 70*, especially since no one's home anyways. I keep my A/C at 80*, and my grow room at 85*.
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and this might help:

To get the temp down and the humidity up, try these:

You need a fan pulling heat out and a fan pulling cool air in.
You have to have an oscilating fan on the plants.
Lay wet rolled up like a cigar wash rags everywhere.
Hang a soaking wet bath towel on a cloths hanger and let it drip into a pan or bucket.
Put a frozen milk jug of water in front of a fan or let it drip into something by putting a pin hole in it.
Get a bucket, put ice in it or frozen water and blow a fan into the bucket, blowing cool air everywhere. And you can put Pine Sol or ONA in the bucket for Odor Control.



Put saucers and cups of water everywhere.
Mist the plants with plain pH water.
Put Frozen cups of water on the lids and everywhere around the plants.


I have seen a lot of growers place their 8 and ten gallon reservoir over into a larger box or larger tote and put ice in it, or insulate it well with insulation. Sometimes reflective tape will do the trick!
 
SMOKEnCHOKE

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Sorry for taking so long gentlemen....Here are a few harvest pics! Let me know what you guys think

Total dry weight before curing was just under 6oz and most came from my one big plant
 

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JonnyBtreed

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Well Guys... I'm about 1/8 of the way through Harvest... Its gonna be a long day... I can barely type my fingers are so damn sticky! Already scraped off over two grams of Scissor- Hash... Don't you worry, Pics will be up tonight,...
 
Roseman

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JonnyBtreed said:
Well Guys... I'm about 1/8 of the way through Harvest... Its gonna be a long day... I can barely type my fingers are so damn sticky! Already scraped off over two grams of Scissor- Hash... Don't you worry, Pics will be up tonight,...
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I am so jealous.

I want to see pics of the table and procedure,.
 
JonnyBtreed

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guess I should get thew camera... Got all baked an lazy... didn't want to go outside... I know that's pretty bad...
 
SMOKEnCHOKE

SMOKEnCHOKE

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JonnyBtreed said:
Well Guys... I'm about 1/8 of the way through Harvest... Its gonna be a long day... I can barely type my fingers are so damn sticky! Already scraped off over two grams of Scissor- Hash... Don't you worry, Pics will be up tonight,...
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ahhhh I want to harvest again now hahaha....Thanks everyone for the nice comments
 
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