Uv light filter for rdwc

Delps8 said:

Yeh, that's nice. I like in Southern California and they change water source according to the season. It usually runs at least 200PPM and since it's ground water and then they switch to CA aqueduct water, I just went with an RO unit. Plus here in beigeville, garages don't have sinks and many don't even have a hose outlet.

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stiffnuts12 said:

I keep getting a brown algae

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rkymtnman said:

sounds like you have an underlying issue that i guess would be a light leak(s)

you arent' running any weird organic supplements are you?

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stiffnuts12 said:

What part of California are you from? I was born and raised in Anaheim. I live in Oregon now tho

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stiffnuts12 said:

I looked for light leaks came up with nothing. I'm just using jacks for nutrients.and that's it. Was on a different site and someone said that putting hands in the water can put pathogens in the water and that could be my issue

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Delps8 said:

"could" - I wouldn't put money on that. We're covered in all sorts of microbes but, unless you introduced something novel, we're dealing with plants that have been thriving in the outdoors for something like 28MM years. That's a history major's opinion, so take it for what it's worth.

Earlier in the thread you said you were using "uc". Not clear on that meaning.

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stiffnuts12 said:

Lol bleach more or less

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stiffnuts12 said:

I looked for light leaks came up with nothing. I'm just using jacks for nutrients.and that's it. Was on a different site and someone said that putting hands in the water can put pathogens in the water and that could be my issue

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Delps8 said:

Got it.

How about pictures of the grow, roots included? Will bennies/UC kill root rot or just prevent it?

What are your thoughts about the cleaning process? That seemed pretty comprehensive though I don't know if the situation actually warrants a full stem to stern cleaning like that.

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rkymtnman said:

are you using max dose of UC roots?

is your chiller on a closed loop or is it inline and reservoir water goes thru it?

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rkymtnman said:

also, if you arent' getting the UC roots into all of the hydroton and around the bottom of the stem, there could be all kinds of nasty stuff hiding in it.

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stiffnuts12 said:

I add 5ml per gallon every other day. Chiller is ran to the fallponics reservoir and the reservoir water runs thur at 68 degrees

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stiffnuts12 said:

How do you insure that it gets to the stem

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rkymtnman said:

from that pic, i'd try to move your airpump out of the room too.

and i like to use panda film (blk/white) to cover up the tops of all my net pots. just a small whole in center for the stem

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stiffnuts12 said:

So whats your thoughts on the uv filter

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rkymtnman said:

sounds like a $130 band-aid to me honestly.

only thing i'd try would be HTH pool shock. run about 3 to 5ppms of chlorine. for the only reason that i've used HTH before: never tried UC roots

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stiffnuts12 said:

What do you run as of now?

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rkymtnman said:

i use southern ag garden friendly fungicide. same stuff as hydroguard but much better

i used HTH for probably 5 or more years. good stuff and dirt cheap

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