RoughGrows
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So, I'm fairly new to Hydroponics; having done just one other hydro grow before this and one soil grow. I bought a 1000 watt ,switchable, magnetic ballast setup from a friend moving away from here(A medical state) to Texas(boo.) I already had in my possession a 600 watt switchable electronic ballast. Long story short I decided I wanted to pack em into my tiny ass grow tent and hope......
To cool these bad boys I'm using (2) 4 inch inline fans connected to carbon filters. I also have cut a hole in the top of my tent above the 1000 watt light and "CUSTOM" fit a centrifugal fan to it to act as an extra exhaust vent. For intake I am using an 8 inch "chimney" fan. I'm not sure the CFM of this badboy, but it feels powerful through eight inch tubing........ I got it from a recycling store for 5 bucks, cleaned it up and it works like a CHARM.
I'm doing a DWC system in a 17 gallon tote with a fairly good sized 6 spicket air pump (I forget LPH but I'll check when I update; which should be tonight with Video) and airstones attached ofcourse.
The airstones are positioned directly under the root masses( Is this a problem? ) as well as two in the "center".
I have 2 small water pumps, one in either corner circulating the water. I did 4 feminized blue mystic seeds from nirvana, germinated them in paper towel and switched to hydroton and vegged them under 2 65 watt 6500k lights; My "babybox as I call it." It has 1 top mounted light and 1 side mounted light, same as my grow room downstairs. I have vegged them under that light for a few weeks now and I switched them under the 600 watt hps for 2 days then added in my 1000 watt MH yesterday. I plan on vegging them for a few more days upwards to a month if need be in attempts of maximizing all the floor space that I have.
I also have a 25 pound Co2 tank with an electronic regulator which I will use to supply Co2. I need to get a timer set up for it or something still because I am unsure of the "proper" way to distribute Co2 and to test my levels. Any advice would much appreciated and I am open to suggestions; but remember, this is the space I have to work with, its the only space I have except for this 2x2x2 box next to me in my room which is for clones. At this point it would be kind of difficult to take apart my room and put it back together, so, hopefully there is nothing fundamentally wrong with it when you guys see the video... *gulp*
Oh; and I guess you guys are curious as to what "water" and nutrients I am using. I have a water filter that connects up to my washing machine spicket and filters to ".5" microns. It was a 50$ filter, so it better do work! I am using the entire House and Garden nutrient line and following them feed schedule at a "10 gallon" mixture which netted me 889 PPM and I was at 5.89 PH the last time I checked. Let me know if you want anymore info! Ill be back with a video update sometime tonight! Happy toking; and; if you made it this far into my wall of text, I love you...
To cool these bad boys I'm using (2) 4 inch inline fans connected to carbon filters. I also have cut a hole in the top of my tent above the 1000 watt light and "CUSTOM" fit a centrifugal fan to it to act as an extra exhaust vent. For intake I am using an 8 inch "chimney" fan. I'm not sure the CFM of this badboy, but it feels powerful through eight inch tubing........ I got it from a recycling store for 5 bucks, cleaned it up and it works like a CHARM.
I'm doing a DWC system in a 17 gallon tote with a fairly good sized 6 spicket air pump (I forget LPH but I'll check when I update; which should be tonight with Video) and airstones attached ofcourse.
The airstones are positioned directly under the root masses( Is this a problem? ) as well as two in the "center".
I have 2 small water pumps, one in either corner circulating the water. I did 4 feminized blue mystic seeds from nirvana, germinated them in paper towel and switched to hydroton and vegged them under 2 65 watt 6500k lights; My "babybox as I call it." It has 1 top mounted light and 1 side mounted light, same as my grow room downstairs. I have vegged them under that light for a few weeks now and I switched them under the 600 watt hps for 2 days then added in my 1000 watt MH yesterday. I plan on vegging them for a few more days upwards to a month if need be in attempts of maximizing all the floor space that I have.
I also have a 25 pound Co2 tank with an electronic regulator which I will use to supply Co2. I need to get a timer set up for it or something still because I am unsure of the "proper" way to distribute Co2 and to test my levels. Any advice would much appreciated and I am open to suggestions; but remember, this is the space I have to work with, its the only space I have except for this 2x2x2 box next to me in my room which is for clones. At this point it would be kind of difficult to take apart my room and put it back together, so, hopefully there is nothing fundamentally wrong with it when you guys see the video... *gulp*
Oh; and I guess you guys are curious as to what "water" and nutrients I am using. I have a water filter that connects up to my washing machine spicket and filters to ".5" microns. It was a 50$ filter, so it better do work! I am using the entire House and Garden nutrient line and following them feed schedule at a "10 gallon" mixture which netted me 889 PPM and I was at 5.89 PH the last time I checked. Let me know if you want anymore info! Ill be back with a video update sometime tonight! Happy toking; and; if you made it this far into my wall of text, I love you...
). That is some serious exhaust by the sounds of things, get noisy? Keep em green mate, 
. I`ll be subbed for the duration 
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