flushed the system yesterday and today the water looks very murky and by the way the ph has allways been a problem.It allways climbs to 7.0
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flushed the system yesterday and today the water looks very murky and by the way the ph has allways been a problem.It allways climbs to 7.0
What are you using for media?
What is the PH of your incoming water-line?
How big is your reservoir?
clay balls, 7.5, 90 gallons
did you soak your hydroton (clay) in pH appropriate water before use?
yes
You are not going to get any useful info if you make us play 20 questions and answer with 1 word responses- YOU are the one who needs help, so you might want to work a little harder to help us help you...
Fill out the troubleshooting form at the top of 'problems'.
90 gallons damn. What is the water source ?
If you don't filter it yourself it could change. 90g you would have to, maybe a filter.
Give us more to go on insted of 20 questions.
No fair stinky, I type to slow. However great mind do think alike.
Sorry new to the site.I have been reserching the problem and I believe I found the solution,but why does the water look slimy.This is the first time that I have seen this and I changed out the water less than 24 hours ago without ferts.with only straigh ph adjust water at 5.8
Here ya go...
H=Answer if you grow hydro or aero
C=Answer if you grow coco
S=Answer if you grow traditional soil
L=Answer if you grow soilless other than coco (Promix, Hyponex, SunshineMix)
R=Answer if you grow in RockWool
T=Answer if you grow in HydroTon
D=Answer if you run any type of automatic drip system, including into soil or soilless
E= EVERYONE needs to answer lol!
E-indoor or outdoor
E-soil, soilless, coco, aero, or hydroponic
E-specific medium
CSL-Soil type/brand
HCL-Hydro/aero/soilless system type
SCL-Anything you have added to the soil
SCLR-Soil or slab runoff pH
E-Water source
E-Source water pH
HRT-Source water EC (if hydro)
E-Age of plant
E-Type of fertilizer
E-Rate of application (if hydro, this is your PPM number, preferably after each component is added)
E-Lighting source and distance from plant
E-Air temperature (both day and night if you are running a dark period)
HD-Reservoir temperature
E-Air % Relative humidity
E-Lighting schedule
E-Type of ventilation your room has
TR-Did you pre-soak your media in pH corrected solution?
There's a lot of things that can go wrong in hydro so fill that out and we will get to the bottom of it!