well I have been doing this the same way so long and used to only use aquarium air pumps with 2 ports that were very weak with no oxygen issues. I now use commercial grade pumps with a lot more air being supplied. Thats why I first did not think about the air issue.

Roots have always been in balls like that... how do you suggest not getting in a ball? I have 6" left to the bottom of the bucket and room on all sides. there is nothing I can really do here. 1 plant for 5 gal is more then enough so I have read on here and other places.

haha ya i was laughing about the whole magnimous word because it is NOT a word. is just made up and put into the urban dictionary. were you trying to say magnanimous?

oh and I tried going up to 700ppm and ya they are now getting tourched at the tops. in 24 hr the reading went to 780ppm. I read the TDS meter and when it continually goes up that means water is being drawn from the solution and not nutes. hence why I am at a low ppm at only my 1/3 point in bloom at 30 days.

This is a 100+ day strain and needs to come on gently with nutes.