Best 5 gallon bucket for hydro

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Meast21

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Getting (1) 5 gallon bucket for my setup. What is the best 5 gallon bucket on the market for dwc and is the ph stay somewhat stable for this 5 gallon system ??
 
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Metasynth

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Haha...like, a ready made bucket? I say go with a HD Homer Bucket for $2.19, and wrap a roll of $2.99 duct tape around it. Don't forget to buy a lid for $.99! Cut a hole in the lid for your net pot, and poke a small hole for some airline tubing, buy an airstone, a netpot, and a cheap $10 air pump from the aquarium section at Wally World.
 
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Meast21

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superstoner1 said:
Buckets have nothing to do with pH, nothing. Best one is the grey Lowes bucket, just make sure they are light proof.
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I want a "fancy" bucket though.... One that has a drain etc.... Also I know buckets have nothing to do with ph, its the size of them... The smaller the rez the more inconsistent the ph fluctuates right ??
 
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superstoner1

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Why do u need a drain on a 5gal bucket? Sit there and wait for it to drain or simply pick it up and dump it? The thing about dwc is simply simplicity.
 
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Meast21

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superstoner1 said:
Why do u need a drain on a 5gal bucket? Sit there and wait for it to drain or simply pick it up and dump it? The thing about dwc is simply simplicity.
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Remember superstoner I am working in a very small space.... I use to have a 5gal tub which was probally about 3 inches shorter than the buckets I see. My question is would the 5 gallon tub I use to have would get warm quick and I would have to add 1 liter frozen water bottles especially when plant was small. With these 5 gal buckets are they just as easily to keep the water temp down (so I don't get bacteria) compared to the 5 gal tub which was more rectangular shaped and 3-4 inches shorter????
 
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computergroove

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Meast21 said:
Remember superstoner I am working in a very small space.... I use to have a 5gal tub which was probally about 3 inches shorter than the buckets I see. My question is would the 5 gallon tub I use to have would get warm quick and I would have to add 1 liter frozen water bottles especially when plant was small. With these 5 gal buckets are they just as easily to keep the water temp down (so I don't get bacteria) compared to the 5 gal tub which was more rectangular shaped and 3-4 inches shorter????
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I am currently making a udwc system with 6 day coolers from Menards. They will keep ice frozen for 6 days without any additional energy. They will also keep the cool in of course. I purchased 3 - 100' lines of stainless steel tubing that I am going to make coils out of and place in each one of my buckets and cool the water with a modified portable air conditioner and pump the cold water through all the coils. Should be very energy efficient with the built in insulation. I will make a grow journal when I have seen the results.
 
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