3.5 rdwc w/rez

Airwalker16

Airwalker16

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Hatchet72 said:
Trying to set up indoor grow with 3.5 gallon buckets recirculating with drippers anybody have any ideas
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Yeah, use waterfalls, buy 2" bulkheads and connect the buckets to your res with 2" pipe. Build a 3/4" manifold coming up from a pump in your res to feed a 1/2" line to every bucket. Gravity uses the 2" pipe at the bottoms of buckets to bring water back to the res as the pump drains it.
 
Airwalker16

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You won't need any air stones, a chiller is always a bonus in my opinion. Others will tell you it's not needed. You already have these 3.5 gal buckets?
 
Hatchet72

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This is my grow room trying to do no more than 4 plants in it 3.5 gallon bucket have to buckets getting to tomorrow and all the tubing Reservoir will be on the outside I just don't know what size res I will need
 
Airwalker16

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Red needs to be the same height as bucket if you can. Not necessary but helps. But 10gallons will be plenty. It can go outside the tent.
 
Hatchet72

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Airwalker16 said:
Red needs to be the same height as bucket if you can. Not necessary but helps. But 10gallons will be plenty. It can go outside the tent.
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I'm planning to do scrog set up because of the height that's why I want to go with 3.5 gallon buckets with the rez outside the tent so I can do quality control with the rez you think a 10 gallon Coke would be good enough for 4 3.5 gallon buckets
 
Hatchet72

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Hatchet72 said:
I'm planning to do scrog set up because of the height that's why I want to go with 3.5 gallon buckets with the rez outside the tent so I can do quality control with the rez you think a 10 gallon Coke would be good enough for 4 3.5 gallon buckets
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What are bulkheads do you have pictures
 
Hatchet72

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Nice setup trying to do 4 3.5 gallon with a reservoir outside of my grow tent scrog because my can is only 2ft by 4ft X 5ft tall that looks like you have a line coming from Reservoir to bottom of buckets then another line coming from your Reservoir to fill it on the top is that how it's done with an airline somewhere else
 
Hatchet72

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My grow tent is 48"×24"×60" this is the reason im going with 3.5 gal ×4 with resavor out side of tent with srog system dont know if 10 gal res any plans to help. wife has end stag renal failure dialysis patient heart failure chronic pain need help lost 8 plants in six months
 
Darkoh69

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Hatchet72 said:
Nice setup trying to do 4 3.5 gallon with a reservoir outside of my grow tent scrog because my can is only 2ft by 4ft X 5ft tall that looks like you have a line coming from Reservoir to bottom of buckets then another line coming from your Reservoir to fill it on the top is that how it's done with an airline somewhere else
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200 litre res outside the room gets pumped through a 20mm hose that goes around all the buckets with 13mm tees at each bucket to drip into the tops. Then each bucket is teed into another 20mm hose that gravity drains back to the res. The constant flow through the clay balls/hydroton aerates the water enough so I dont need a air pump
 
Hatchet72

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Darkoh69 said:
200 litre res outside the room gets pumped through a 20mm hose that goes around all the buckets with 13mm tees at each bucket to drip into the tops. Then each bucket is teed into another 20mm hose that gravity drains back to the res. The constant flow through the clay balls/hydroton aerates the water enough so I dont need a air pump
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With a tent 48 in by 24 in by 60 in how many buckets do you think I should put in it I have a 900 w veggie and Bloom light LED and how big are the reservoir do you think I need
 
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