Aeroponic funk?!

[altaholic]

Been working with this homemade system for about 8 months now and several cycles and it seems that I cant get rid of this funk in the system. Ive tried using aqua shield, H202, and even collodial silver and it always seems to come back. I switch my res every week and wash it away but then it funks up with in the next week. I clean it between every veg cycles and run bleach through it and then let run with plain water to get rid of the bleach residue. I have gone through hell and high water to make this thing lightproof and my res temp usually sits around 65-68 degrees. So what the hell do I do! Thanks in advance for any input.

altaholic Reviewed by altaholic on 01-14-2010. Aeroponic funk?! Been working with this homemade system for about 8 months now and several cycles and it seems that I cant get rid of this funk in the system. Ive tried using aqua shield, H202, and even collodial silver and it always seems to come back. I switch my res every week and wash it away but then it funks up with in the next week. I clean it between every veg cycles and run bleach through it and then let run with plain water to get rid of the bleach residue. I have gone through hell and high water to Rating: 5

[altaholic]

no comments huh?

[Faddenator]

It sounds like you're doing everything right... is there any possibility that some of your medium is flowing back into the res??? seems unlikely but idk. the only other thing I can think of is maybe stuff is falling in somehow... but idk why your res would be uncovered...

[Faddenator]

Keep in mind I'm completely guessing because I have no exp. with aeroponics.

[Brainy]

What do your roots look like? I don't use H2O2 or any root inoculants. And what nutrients do you use? Fellow MT aero guy here to help if I can. My reservoir lasts for 3 weeks with topping it off with fresh H2O, until iI put a fourth unit into flower. Then I will change every other week.