DWC setup help

[Kronz]

I made a quick little drawing of what I think it should look like. one question. The drip manifold tubing comes out the top of my rez and goes in to my other 2 containers. Do i need to make holes in these 2 containers or does it just go through my pots through the top?

[disrupt86]

yes the drip manifold and water pump should stay in your rez.because they have a tendency to leak,and if it does its only leaking into the rez and not on the floor.i would drill 1/4 holes instead of going through the pots.u can add air stones to the rez just like the 2 containers holding your plants. your pic looks about right.as for the dripper manifolds. they come in all sizes i think the biggest one is 8.they come with caps so if u dont need 2 use them they will be capped off.u might want 2 buy a larger one just incase one 1/4 tube per container isnt enough u could always add another 1/4 line per bucket should that problem come up.

[altaholic]

Not sure if anyone addressed this but those rubbermaid roughneck containers( and all others out there Im pretty sure) aint light proof. Your going to need to address this or you will get algae. you can paint em black and then white over it, but to my expereince the paint can just chip off when your dealing with plastic. I would put my tub over a light and spray it with black paint(for plastic) till I couldnt see the light, then for the lid use black white poly or mylar of something! Good luck

[Kronz]

Not sure if anyone addressed this but those rubbermaid roughneck containers( and all others out there Im pretty sure) aint light proof. Your going to need to address this or you will get algae. you can paint em black and then white over it, but to my expereince the paint can just chip off when your dealing with plastic. I would put my tub over a light and spray it with black paint(for plastic) till I couldnt see the light, then for the lid use black white poly or mylar of something! Good luck

Have you ever grown with this color rubbermaid? Im pretty sure its dark enough.

[Kronz]

Also I cant get my airstones to stick at the bottom of the bucket. I used silicone but its not strong at all. Should I not worry about gluing them?

[tinytoon]

I have the flat kinda long type airstones, about 6" in length, and I used velcro to hold them to bottom :thumbsup:

[Kronz]

I was thinking about that.. Just thought the water would make them not sticky. I do have some heavy duty velcro so Ill give it a try. Thanks man.

[tinytoon]

just make sure surface is clean and dry and the Velcro strips will stick right to the res and as long as airstone has a plastic bottom to it (like ones in fish dept at Wally World where mine came from) they will stick there also :thumbsup:

[disrupt86]

soooo have u tried out the new system yet? ohhhh buddy no power cords on the floor,water below the waist, electrical above.nothing fun about being electricuted.ive been shocked by shit more times,than i can count

[Kronz]

I put water in it yesterday and let it cycle through the buckets. Had a problem when I tried taking the water out. There was about an inch of water in each bucket after I tried draining it. I will redo the electrical and put it above my waist.. I'm picking up some clones tonight. I will add some pictures tomorrow. If I have three 14 gallon buckets how many gallons of water am I going to use? About 30? That's a lot of water.