What's up with my babies?

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goodpunk6

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1) PICTURE OF PLANT *** VERY IMPORTANT ***View attachment 1542014View attachment 1542015
2) Growing indoor or outdoors
Indoor.
3) Watering schedule - DWC
4) Growing Medium - Hydroton
5) What stage of growth - Vegetative. About 3 weeks from seed.

I just moved these from my closet to my 4x4x6 1/2 tent with a 400w metal hallide. Since then the temperature in the tent has been steady between 72-80 degrees. At night she's probably dipping down to 65, maybe just a bit cooler.
 
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IVIars

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how high is the water in your system and what temp is the water?

Also light will leak through the blue tote and cause algae
 
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goodpunk6

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IVIars said:
how high is the water in your system and what temp is the water?

Also light will leak through the blue tote and cause algae
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The water goes up about a quarter inch from the bottom of the net pot .ill see what I can do about the blue tote. Maybe I can wrap it in some extra mylar that I have lying around. I don't have a thermometer for the water. Would this happen if the temps are too low?
 
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CHUCKTYLAH

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Looks waterlogged hows the aeration in your res? I would have 2 20 to 40 gallon dual pumps for that tote with 4 air stones distributed across the bottom. How's the RH in your room.
 
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goodpunk6

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Its a 10 gallon resevoir. I've got a air pump for a 10-15 tank. The water seems to be getting plenty of air.
 
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CHUCKTYLAH said:
With the lowest temp of 65 and highest of 80ish your res temps will be fine. keep temps of res between 20 24C
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I'm not sure about the night temperatures. I leave the window open sometimes, so its possible it may have gotten lower. Funny, but as soon as I moved these babies from the cloner to the tub, this started to happen.
 
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IVIars

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80F is way to high for res temps. Youll want them 68-69. maybe back off the water a scootch. DWC are notorious for root rot
 
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To me id say its not getting enough water, do you have roots showing out of the bottom of the baskets yet? Water temp is critical, get a floating aquarium thermometer asap, check your ph and ppms... If your showing no roots at the bottom, i'd manual feed her from the top 2-3 times a day to ensure shes getting water. your air pump sounds small to provide sufficient air to all of those baskets.
 
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redeye75 said:
To me id say its not getting enough water, do you have roots showing out of the bottom of the baskets yet? Water temp is critical, get a floating aquarium thermometer asap, check your ph and ppms... If your showing no roots at the bottom, i'd manual feed her from the top 2-3 times a day to ensure shes getting water. your air pump sounds small to provide sufficient air to all of those baskets.
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Two of them actually have roots coming out of the bottom. I'll be picking up a floating thermometer today. I'm testing the PH with a GH kit (small beaker with drops) and I've got 6.0 PH. PPMs is at 884 and I last gave them nutrients 3 days ago. The reading then was 1008.

I also took the liberty of adding another air pump identical to the one that's already on. I will be spraying a mist over them as well.
 
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IVIars

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I think thats too many ppm for the small plants. Also try too place your air pumps in a cooler area as to not pump warm air into the res
 
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goodpunk6

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IVIars said:
I think thats too many ppm for the small plants. Also try too place your air pumps in a cooler area as to not pump warm air into the res
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I switched out the water, went back to using the 1/4tsp per gallon mix as well. PPM is now at 420ish.
 
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IMG_20110417_171833.jpgThanks for all the help! bongsmilie My Nirvana Short Ryder and 1 bagseed are looking way better!
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But as I was taking the pics to post online, I noticed that the tips are looking a little yellow. I'll research and report.
 
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