problem with dwc system

[dankdadank]

I just recently got my bubbleponics system and i have been having trouble stablizing the ph levels. then this morning when i went to go check on it, inside my container there was a white foam and the tank itself real slimy. Am i doing something wrong, or is this normal? I tried my best with the pictures. and one of them is upside down.

dankdadank Reviewed by dankdadank on 11-28-2008. problem with dwc system I just recently got my bubbleponics system and i have been having trouble stablizing the ph levels. then this morning when i went to go check on it, inside my container there was a white foam and the tank itself real slimy. Am i doing something wrong, or is this normal? I tried my best with the pictures. and one of them is upside down. :(:(:( Rating: 5

[WildFire.ca]

Whats your rez water temp at? I bet your having rez heat issues.

[dankdadank]

21.4 C. i cant keep it stable. every time i try to bring the ph down to the 5's after a couple hours it seems to go up to 6 then like it is now 7.62 ph. any good advice?

[dankdadank]

if the water temp is too high whats a good way to keep the temp cooler? in the rez?

[WildFire.ca]

You need to add H2O2 too that rez and kill the bacteria running rampid in there. Make the rez solution 3% H2O2 that should kill everything in there. You should also try to rinse the roots out, I bet they got root boogers on em.
O one other thing give them a second dose of the H2O2 in about 5 days just for good measure. And clean the hell out of that tank after this season and every other season after that that should help.

[dankdadank]

what about keeping the rez water cooler. because i take it that 21.4 degrees Celsius is too high.

[WildFire.ca]

The temp is a little high, you want too keep it around 17-19c, so its not too bad. To drop the temps take the rez out of the room and keep it on the floor if its not already. Another cheep way too do it is with a couple of frozen water bottles, one in the rez as needed and one in the freezer ready to go, when needed. Another way since you probably have a water supply close, is too use a copper coil filled with cold tap water. The cold water from the tap goes down a hose in too your copper coil that's in your rez, cooling the water. Then the water goes back out the coil too the drain. How you turn the copper tubing into a coil is. If the tubing came as a large coil, you can wind it into a tighter coil by hand. This is done by holding one end and turning the coils into ever-smaller coils. It may be helpful to find a solid round object that you can wind the coil around. A soda can is handy, but other items such as a two-pound coffee can or the bucket from an ice cream maker can do just as well. Simply wrap the tubing around the container, laying each coil right next to the previous one. Leave about 18" to 24" on one end. The final diameter must be small enough so there is at least 2" between the interior sides of your rez and the coil. Bend the short end of the tube at the top of the coil 90 degrees out from the coil. Bend the longer end 90 degrees so that the length of the tube goes back up toward the top of the coil. Bend the top part of the long length out from the coil. Slide a clamp over each cut end of the hose.Slip one hose length over one end of the coil. Repeat with the other end. Tighten the clamps to hold the hose lengths firmly to the coil.That's it! Your immersion chiller is ready to use, and it should have cost you less than $25.

[Weedhound]

And no issues with metal salts or copper overdose in your water?

[WildFire.ca]

in the week or two in between water rez changes the metal doesn't leach that fast. Think of copper pipes in you house, and how much leaching is going on there, right in too your rez.

[dankdadank]

And the last question that nobody has answered yet. How can i keep my ph levels stable?