Help with bubbleponics

[Weezard]

Thanks wizard, i have seen some of you post and you sound like you know what you talking about. What would cause a build up of foam in the res?
I just checked my ph and its down to 6.1 and still going down. i clean my system from all the foam and tonight its building up again and giving a stinky smell. do you know what that could be? also if i went and bought distilled water would that help? thanks

It is not supposed to smell bad kine stinky.

Brown foam sounds like mold/fungus.
Just scooping it out will not help.

You can try adding H2O2 ,(Hydrogen Peroxide), but mo' betta start with a new squeeky clean tub.
1/2 teaspoon of bleach per gallon of water will prevent bacteria and slime molds from getting a toe-hold.
Might even be able to use the well water, if you disinfect it first.

Sure, you can use distilled water.
Just gotta add some CalMag to it, (about 200ppm), then nutes, then check the PH.

Better luck,
Weezard

Weezard Reviewed by Weezard on 06-30-2009. Help with bubbleponics I just built a bubbleponics and has been running for 48hrs. This morning i woke up and it was filled with foam so bad that the pump was barley working. What would cause this? Also the bottom of my plants are yellow greenish now (is that from transplanting?). My temp is about 75 degrees with 65% hum. am using the same setup as stealth hydro sells but i made it myself. My lighting is 2 100 watt cfl and 2 leds. (2 leds are equal to one 400 hps so they claim). My plants were started in dirt pots Rating: 5