Well I liked MVP's thought about extra airstones (mostly because the system would no longer be recirculating) so I threw in another (10 inch) one. I now have 3 seperate airlines bringing 02 into the water so I don't want to hear one single peep from this plant about not enough O2. :wtf:

Interestingly flushing the plant didn't get back much which I suppose is a testament to better drainage at least. I only got about 60ppms back which is nothing compared to the 300+ I used to regularly get with my flushes. That may be why I suddenly have plants with huge rootballs I suppose. We checked the Dutch Dragon and surprisingly it is NOT far behind in the root dept so we are making up another bucket in the next few days and will transfer that one as well. We figure we will simply reuse the buckets for the next set as well since the smaller w/f bucket fits nicely and this may well solve any future problems (hopefully!)

Anyone see a difference from yesterday? Good? Bad? None?