I actually have several questions....

Did you adjust the ph when you put it into the system.....you said it was at 8.....did you adjust it to 6.0 or so before you added it? Then it went back to 8 in the system? Or was it just 8 all the way through?

A side questiion....what germination technique are you guys going to use?

PS....I hate hydroton.....for the reason Rhizome just mentioned