Hi im Colster i need help plz

[colster5117]

Hi all, i was wondering if any of you could help with my problem that i have encountered. Im growing in a very small area, a pc tower !! so i have to use DWC. I took my time to make sure everything was rite ph, ppm, air vents fans, air pump, light, and about 4 weeks into my grow my plants just stopped growing then my tanks started going green, like algea growing so i cleened my tank for the second time that week and the roots just started breaking!! meaning broken roots dead plants? i think so! i pulled my plants out very upset and bleached the whole area and containers to start over. but before the roots started to break some of the leaves in the mid section started to get like orangy brown patches on them and go yellow, o would have thought this was a nutrient problem or ph, does algea block roots from taking nutes ? and also i boil my water and let it stand for 24 hours before i use it, am i wrong in doing this ?
if anyone can help i will be most greatfull, i have grown before and done ok but seems i need some pro help this time

colster5117 Reviewed by colster5117 on 07-15-2007. Hi im Colster i need help plz Hi all, i was wondering if any of you could help with my problem that i have encountered. Im growing in a very small area, a pc tower !! so i have to use DWC. I took my time to make sure everything was rite ph, ppm, air vents fans, air pump, light, and about 4 weeks into my grow my plants just stopped growing then my tanks started going green, like algea growing so i cleened my tank for the second time that week and the roots just started breaking!! meaning broken roots dead plants? i think so! Rating: 5

[keeko]

are your tanks light proof?

[colster5117]

How does that help me keeko ?

[colster5117]

im sorry keeko i never saw your message i just saw your saying haha lol im sorry m8, and no my tank ent light proof is that what it is the light is feeding the algea ? cheers m8 ;-):thumbsup:

[twoguysupnorth]

yes if light can reach your water in the tanks(any kind) it will promote algae growth.

[keeko]

im sorry keeko i never saw your message i just saw your saying haha lol im sorry m8, and no my tank ent light proof is that what it is the light is feeding the algea ? cheers m8 ;-):thumbsup:

no problems, im a soil person myself so i dont know all the details but thats the first thing i would start to look......try spray painting them flat black/ lightproofing.

[colster5117]

Cheers people, so was the algea atacking my roots to make them brittle ?

[norkali]

I'm a soil guy also, but that sounds like that may be it. As far as the leaves go....I'm not sure.

[twoguysupnorth]

im not sure how algae affects roots, but the light on water will cause that to happen. fishtank or otherwise. as im a soil guy too.

[colster5117]

Yeah wish id have gone soil now, but this is a great way to grow in a small area. Ive sorted it now, sprayed it white mat then black that should do the trick, but now i gotta wait ages to start again because im going to the dam an 2 months il have noone to look after em :-S