GH WATERFARM USERS: SIMPLE RECIRCULATING SYSTEM

[Weedhound]

To be honest I'm not sure how it works either.....All I really know is that you hook up your air pump to the pumping column and it works. Maybe someone else can expain better.....the mechanical aspect is not what i am best at (and i'm being kind to myself)

[Weedhound]

Breeding your own is fine......but realize that when you put them all in the same place, even if you plant all the same thing at all the same time you will still vary in your harvest times. You could cut them I suppose and leave the roots; I'm not sure if this would cause a problem or not. Anyone?

[Thuwadpumper]

hey hound.I changed pumps and it's still not holding numbers, things are so out of wack. I took weenie pump out and changed it for a big one, put in the valve before the first water line in my res. set all of the nutrients in res and each module to 5.8 for ph and 300 ppm for babies and the next day my res was 700 and ph of 6.58 and each module was different from not only the res but every other module. I've searched all of the forums and you seem to be the only one having it work. Most others are converting to ebb&flo/Drip combo or putting inline pumps in their line somewhere to kick on periodically to recirculate. General Hydroponics should address this.

[Weedhound]

Thu, let me say I'm sorry this isn't working for you. I havent looked around but I must say it honestly works great for me. Both ppms and ph stay within close range of each other. I just put another two MK's in buckets and hooked them together. I don't have to pull the damn plants out every day..... I really do work through the res and don't touch the plants at all unless there is problem which I love......they're just too big.

I wish I could see your systrm in action, something is telling me we are missing something basic but I can't think of what that would be.

[Thuwadpumper]

The only thing I can think of is taking some pictures but right now isn't the time to do that, I'll need to wait until later. I'll take a picture of res. area with pump and and lines and then lines going into room. My first bucket actually gets really filled up too. This happened when I did my little mock setup but after I took the water out it maintained? I'm to the point where I'll prob. have to un-do to keep from losing babies. I'm only running six modules but either way it's the same work, possibly less because I won't have the res. to adjust daily as well. I guess I'd have to add a blue drain level tube in the other hole. Weed where would you say your valve is in your res. I kknow you're running more buckets but we have the same pump and if I did a little less than you maybe it would adjust? Thanks again!

[Weedhound]

Just a quick basics.....Your air pump is hooked up inside your res to pumping column.........where is it pulling water from? It should be attached to the first waterfarm in the series. The air pump is pulling in water from w/f one and putting it into the res. Where's your outlet? The rest of the set up should run on gravity.....they are all at the same level correct?

[Thuwadpumper]

OK, I finally got a chance to take some pics. My air pump which is Active Aqua Commercial 12 112 watts 110 lpm is hooked to column in res. Also located above water to avoid any water making it back to the pump. The valve is installed in the very first line from the air column and blue tubing (prob. 1/4 turn closed to restrict some flow. Then it connects to fitting in grommet and goes into room to first waterfarm, then all of them connect and last waterfarm is routed back to other line in res. One blue and one black. All waterfarms have an air tube with drip ring and there are two small round air stones in the res.

[Weedhound]

Thu it all looks good to me but can you get a pic of the res and modules together? Mr Hound juet shut down the plants for the night but I set up a system today. I think I can get the whole thing in one pic.....I'll give it a try tomorrow.

[Thuwadpumper]

I can't get everything in one pic. That's why I took the pic of the res and then the one of the tubes coming through the wall. They're in different rooms and there's a br wall in between and because the other room is narrow and long it wouldn't show up. I can take a pic of modules if that would help? I'm going to go check numbers this morning and if they're all out of whack I'm going to drain everything and start fresh again and see if adjusting the stop valve a little will help. I know the pump is strong enough to move it all.

[Thuwadpumper]

OK, so I drained, cleaned everything, res. modules, rings, EVERYTHING. and reset nutes and p.h. I have pump on and valve is completely open. just thinking since my res. is a few ft. away, 1/2" tubing from res. to modules and in between each maybe it's not pushing it? Doubtful. The blue tube goes out from res. to first mod. on the right in the room. Then all mod's connect and then the black goes back to res. I'm on week two and usually by now i'm able to turn back lights. I'll be lucky if I don't lose anything. Stay tuned I might have some pumps and stuff for sale! Anyway here's the pics hound, thanks for taking a look and helping out.