serialkiller
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I finished setting up my 2nd room so I now have a veg and a flower room. In my veg room I have a flood and drain setup that uses 4" rockwool blocks in a tray. I want to design a nice setup that will be well suited for the RW blocks to just be placed into when its time to move them to the flower room.
I have a few requirements for the system and have 2 setups in mind but if anyone has other options toss them out there please.
My requirements-
6 sites, but expandable
Height, the 600 watt light can only get 56" off the floor max, so its gotta be short.
Must be modular, not a table, I need to be able to pick up and move plants in their system without disturbing them.
Must have a common reservoir, temps get hot in my room and controlling them is an issue for me. I need to have a common res for 2 reasons, more water takes longer to heat up, and if I still need to purchase a chiller I will only need one, not a bunch.
I have came up with 2 designs that fit my needs well. A waterfarm with a controller but the controller will serve a different purpose than what is intended by GH. I plan to hook all 6 buckets and the 7th control bucket into a giant loop, with 1 inlet and 1 outlet per bucket, then use a pump in the control bucket to pump water out threw the buckets. Also this will let me only need to have an air stone in the control res, not in each.
The other system I have in mind is an Ebb & Flow bucket system.
The waterfarm style could be changed to a circulating DWC to save costs on hydroton and the water farm.
Any comments or suggestions?
I have a few requirements for the system and have 2 setups in mind but if anyone has other options toss them out there please.
My requirements-
6 sites, but expandable
Height, the 600 watt light can only get 56" off the floor max, so its gotta be short.
Must be modular, not a table, I need to be able to pick up and move plants in their system without disturbing them.
Must have a common reservoir, temps get hot in my room and controlling them is an issue for me. I need to have a common res for 2 reasons, more water takes longer to heat up, and if I still need to purchase a chiller I will only need one, not a bunch.
I have came up with 2 designs that fit my needs well. A waterfarm with a controller but the controller will serve a different purpose than what is intended by GH. I plan to hook all 6 buckets and the 7th control bucket into a giant loop, with 1 inlet and 1 outlet per bucket, then use a pump in the control bucket to pump water out threw the buckets. Also this will let me only need to have an air stone in the control res, not in each.
The other system I have in mind is an Ebb & Flow bucket system.
The waterfarm style could be changed to a circulating DWC to save costs on hydroton and the water farm.
Any comments or suggestions?