Stinky's Crash Course in "nOOb Hydro"... Welcome to the Darkside

[stinkyattic]

lol... the paper bag portrait was my idea, and I spent half a day trying to find a place that would sell me a hundred bags, and ended up having to drive to a paper factory to get a case of them... and I didn't even get notified that the pic was being taken... so I'm not in it. Oh well, the jacket I was wearing that day woulda made your eyes bleed anyhow. So it's best stashed in my closet where it can't harm anyone.

I'm trying to disappear lately actually... making a mention in HT isn't helping. Hahaha! But thanks so much for the kind words.

[lunarose]

Has anyone ever tried using a portable live well? I would think the aerators here is a copy of one's description:
These aerators from Frabill are just the ticket for keeping those minnows lively in the bait bucket. Whether you're hitting the frozen lakes in search of an ice angling adventure, taking the boat out for an evening on the lake, or just kicking back on the shore of some pond, your fishing expedition will be that much better with fresh minnows.
# Available: Aerator - Extremely portable and easy to use, this handy aerator comes complete with a 30" nonkink hose and a high-output air stone. Powered by two D-cell batteries.
# Min-O-Life Aerator - Watertight case is ideal for use in any weather. Built-in LED makes it easy to rebait your hook after dark. Includes 30" nonkink hose and aeration stone.
# Aqua-Life Portable Aerator - A microbubble diffuser creates a cloud of tiny bubbles. Built-in LED for night fishing. Triple-play power (two D-cell, 12-volt adapter or 120-volt adapter port). Includes 30" nonkink hose.

Some work up to 60 hours on battery if the power goes out and the tanks themselves are insulated so that would help with the temps, come in all sorts of sizes from 4 gallons all the way to 30g

Anyway just wondering

[d4twamp]

Luna, I haven't tried it but it's been on my mind.. I made a bubble cloner and was thinking if I took some cuts from a plant a county or two away. I could theoretically put them in the cloner there, hook the cloner's air line up to the livewell aerator and transport my cuts in hydro, bubbling while I'm on my drive home then hook it up to the main air pump at home.. at least that's the plan.

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[Rock.Steady]

...I'm trying to disappear lately actually... making a mention in HT isn't helping.....

oh???
you too??
thought it was just SNS,,,, haha, gotta catch up on my reading!

[daihashi]

Why i've never read this thread before.. I have no idea.

I will definitely be using the information in this thread to either mimic it entirely.. or to base a new design around it.

However the current design looks so fool proof I'm not sure there is much that I would change aside from a few things that have nothing to do with design at all (ie presoak the hydrotron). :thumbsup:

great article and it looks like a great way to get into hydro.

[Revanche21]

Hey stinky!

I don't want to get banned but

I have experience with soil once and hydro once and my current 3rd grow is hydro again, and your setup sort of confuses me and I consider myself still a n00b and im confused with your n00b hydro setup

so, does the water get pumped to the black elongated trays and just flow under nearth the lil nets? and the roots chill there and get soaked when it flows downward toward the end of the elongated trays that drains it back into the resivoire? (crap i can't spell)

when you say plumbing do you mean water pumps?

I hear those can get clogged and set you back for days

:hippy:

[daihashi]

Hey stinky!

I don't want to get banned but

I have experience with soil once and hydro once and my current 3rd grow is hydro again, and your setup sort of confuses me and I consider myself still a n00b and im confused with your n00b hydro setup

so, does the water get pumped to the black elongated trays and just flow under nearth the lil nets? and the roots chill there and get soaked when it flows downward toward the end of the elongated trays that drains it back into the resivoire? (crap i can't spell)

when you say plumbing do you mean water pumps?

I hear those can get clogged and set you back for days

:hippy:

The water drops down on into the hydrotron, not underneath or on top. From there the water trickles around until it finally makes it's way back out of the pot. Once out of the pot it makes it's way into the leach tray which has to J fittings (skinny dump pipes) that flow back into the resevoir acting as a type of return system.

At least that's the way I understand it.

[daihashi]

I hear those can get clogged and set you back for days

:hippy:

In regards to the pump to keep on hand.. simple solution. Buy a spare until you can fix your current pump. The Eco 185 pumps are about $15.. the 66gph ones are 8 bucks, but I would probably stick with what's already been prove. The 185 pumps.

[Revanche21]

so its kinda like a bubbleponic DWC setup from stealthhydroponics, except its bubbleponic NFT?

[stinkyattic]

Why on earth would I ban you? lol silly...
They CAN get clogged and set your grow back, and set your living room ceiling back... yes, my ceiling needs re-plastering now because I didn't check for clogs for a week...

Check for clogs, and clean out your pump filter every week when you change the res. Scrape out any algae that has grown, as it WILL, in the res, at every change as well. Make sure the clay pebbles stay in the pots.

The water flows like a babbling brook down through the hydroton and along the roots. The tray is to hold the pots upright and direct the runoff water back into the res.