Running Flood & Drain

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newportbeach949

Active Member

• Aug 20, 2008

• #21

yeh the cubes have been sitting ontop of about 2 inches of hydroton rocks , they havent seen water since yesterday i did its first cycle , they sucked a hell of a lot of water up so i'm waiting for them to dry up a bit and i'm going to hand water for a couple more days before i have it run on a cycle ,

 

grandpabear3

New Member

• Aug 20, 2008

• #22

newportbeach949 said:

yeh the cubes have been sitting ontop of about 2 inches of hydroton rocks , they havent seen water since yesterday i did its first cycle , they sucked a hell of a lot of water up so i'm waiting for them to dry up a bit and i'm going to hand water for a couple more days before i have it run on a cycle ,

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that's my point...they're holding too much water...so adjust the level of hydroton in the table and raise the cube so high that it doesn't get wet when you flood....then you can water several times a day and never overwater!!!
sounds like an easy fix on this one!

 

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newportbeach949

Active Member

• Aug 20, 2008

• #23

i'll just take a plastic notch off the overfill tube so the water level is like you said. That means less water to fill the table and i can run my 30 gallon res

i'll be on tomarow with an update

 

grandpabear3

New Member

• Aug 20, 2008

• #24

cool...can't wait.

dont forget to water it much more often...at least 3 times per lights on as long as the cube doesn't touch the water level.

good luck

 

MEANGREEN69

Well-Known Member

• Aug 20, 2008

• #25

hey newport i see you like to paintball..lol....any who i my opinion the 30gal res should be fine if u have 3 to 4 gals left in it u shouldnt run out of water..because u should be in that room checking those babys every day..dodnt be a lazy ass..lol...

 

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newportbeach949

Active Member

• Aug 20, 2008

• #26

MEANGREEN69 said:

hey newport i see you like to paintball..lol....any who i my opinion the 30gal res should be fine if u have 3 to 4 gals left in it u shouldnt run out of water..because u should be in that room checking those babys every day..dodnt be a lazy ass..lol...

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i know

i'm switching to hand watering to baby them for 2 days then going run the system and try again.. god this icon is cool

 

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newportbeach949

Active Member

• Aug 20, 2008

• #27

oh yeh funny how you saw my old paintball posters haha, i have alot of buddys that are pro . i gave up and watched my friends play and make it on dynasty and hk if you are into tournament

 

calimeds

New Member

• Sep 2, 2008

• #28

sounds like a nice setup

 

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newportbeach949

Active Member

• Sep 11, 2008

• #29

updated pictures

its been exactly a month and a week since i cloned these cuttings from my mother, she will be done in around 2 weeks

 

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