Quote Originally Posted by nuglover
have another question. i have been running the system to work out issues and fix them seems i have got it running smoothly except it has a red and black grit. the red grit is super fine the black grit is very course. is this normal.
I'm assuming the grit is in your water.
If that's the case, the red grit is probably the fine clay coming off your hydroton. There is always a bit of that coming off, and even more if you didn't rinse the hydroton before you actually used it.
The black grit..... I have no idea.


keylime
keylime Reviewed by keylime on . have waterfarm questions hey all this is going to be my first attempt at hydro and i just built a home made waterfarm and trying to figure it out. oh ya I'm starting from seed. i used the gh waterfarm kit, 1 5 gal bucket a 10" net pot with hydroton. i have a duel outlet air pump. I'm thinking about adding an air stone into the reserve. i am going to use gh 3 part. my tap water has a ppm of 66 straight from the tap. is that hard water? i have a few questions. 1. what can i do about the splashing of water Rating: 5