First time grower DWC High Temps need some advise!

Haven't been able to handle my heat much and it sometimes rises to 26-27 in reservoir but still my plants looks like they are thriving, at least growing a lot from day to day. Will the heat become more of a problem as it grows?

Couldnt find much cheap used stuff, i live an in illegal country

Ok i bit the bullet and dished out for a cooltube, is it 100% needed for an inline fan also?

I have had my RDWC system peak at those rez temps but I also use a beneficial microbe like Hydroguard or GFF to keep the pythium at bay. Although I never had an issue with pythium using this method, it is just a crapshoot until you lose a crop because of the temps. Definitely have a dedicated fan for the cooltube-that should help a lot with your temp issues.

GBAUTO said:

A chiller won't help your problem unless you're planning on chilling the tent.
Fix your ventilation issue(especially venting your HID hood) and get the room temp down below 80degF and you can make it work with Hydroguard/GFF

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Gbauto is right you must get your tent temps below 80F. Your res temps over 75F? Best inexpensive chiller design that I made? I use my ro system. I split off a 1/4" line and coil up 20ft of line drop it in the reservoir and run it to a drain. It gets so cold, 56F, that I control it with the on/off valve and coil size. I keep my reservoir 65-72F.

thanks i didnt quite understand what you wrote Phat J, but plants seem to be thriving either way now my cooltube came without a cord so i have to wait a week for them to get it back in order.

Now i have a greater problem i think, my plants leaves are being chewed on by something and some discoloration, i believe it might be mites. I have found some white dots that i believe are eggs. maybe 1/5 of the leaves have some chew marks on them and maybe 4-5 leaves have some discoloration.

I read that a good way to combat this could be to use soap, oil, water and a pressure spray to go over the leaves?

I am not 100% sure what it is that is attacking my plants, there was a mynt plant in the window next to were my intake is, and it was a bunch of small black things that was chewing on the plant and i think it has affected my weed plant

Cheeriosparker said:

Haven't been able to handle my heat much and it sometimes rises to 26-27 in reservoir but still my plants looks like they are thriving, at least growing a lot from day to day. Will the heat become more of a problem as it grows?

Couldnt find much cheap used stuff, i live an in illegal country

Ok i bit the bullet and dished out for a cooltube, is it 100% needed for an inline fan also?

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Yes you will need to run a separate exhaust just for the cool tube. Have 1 Fresh air tube into your new cool tube then exhaust fan on the other end. That way it removes the heat from the bulb before it gets to your plants. Now you have bugs also? Yikes, it is best if you can determine what type of bugs you have. There is no 1 cure all!

thanks, yeah i will buy a lupe tomorrow so i can find out what's gnawing it. the fan decapitation seem to have been working to my favor maybe, got two main colas now growing strong. ill see if i can upload some pics of it tomorrow

Put one of the fans up high so it is blowing over your light and towards the carbon filer you have in the back.