brown matter accumulating at bottom of res?

Wohjew

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as the title says ....... i just planted my rooted clones into the flood table system . growing in 6in pots using hydroton. there s brown like matter settling at the bottom and when i stir it disapeers. im just using nutes and R/O water . no h2o2 or anything . could this brown stufff be pathogens or something
 

KaliKitsune

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The brown matter is hydroton dust. I get it in my DWC. Even after washing the crap out of it it still drops a little dust in the reservoir the first couple of times, then it'll go away.
 

Wohjew

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really thats what i thought , but i tried to tounch to see if it was picecs of clay , i couldt tell
 

Fman

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Yea Hydroton, I get it in my tanks too. Pathogens are going to be more like a slime, I think,. H2O2 works well in keeping my tank clean and slime free.
 

shibbywilsk

Active Member
it could also be from the nutrients that you are useing .... i use foxfarm and with big bloom it has sediment in it from bat poo and various other stuff
 
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