Quote Originally Posted by headshake
why don't you add an air pump and air stone to your res and make it a hybrid drip/dwc system? as long as you keep the water oxygenated you should be fine.

-shake
I am pumping tons of air in, and now my water does a two foot fall down a pipe, and I built the choke valve that that forces air in it using the vacuum created by the water falling I must say I was really impressed with my self it was a total accident I was just trying to slow the fall of the water a bit I will take some more pictures this weekend and show it off on my grow log. As for hybrid system, yes that is what I will do, much of this is very stressful, but amazing I am really learning the in and outs of hydro as I go along... So I was not sure about letting it just sit in water I was worried the roots would go bad so I moved to get the out of the water, but now I am figuring that they are used to that water and I stressed the crap out of them they are still getting a good amount of water they are just not used to getting it this way. I am learning that these plants are like little kids it is so crazy in a funny way. I have a whole new respect for plants I know dumber people than these things. I am now asking myself when I do something to the way would a little kid do if you did that... If I think the kid would freak out, I guess I could expect the plant to do the same. This has been a hard lesson coming, and my repotting and reading this morning has kind of set that in stone in my head, but all in all it is an easy fix all I need to do is adjust my drain height and they have a hybrid system like you say... As for air I have always pushed tons of air in my water and now with the fall it is even more.


All and all this first hydro grow has been hard but I have learned so much I am building all my own gear from scratch... Kind of looking at plants kind of trying to understand what the plants need and build it. I have had many problems but by doing it this way I am learning so much... I will get a few plants from this half that I started perhaps a little less, but man I have learned some hard lessons that have helped shape my designs and how I deal with problems, and I have to say talking to you guys on this forum has been a life saver I have learned so much thanks...

I will get the hang of this, and once again thanks to all of you.