Young lady in distress, please help!

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I started with hydro stuff from stealth.
Anyway change your water now to R/O or distilled water. You will need some cal-mag or calmagic to put back the trace minerals you want. Start 1/4 strenth nutes. She's ready and needs nitrogen.
you really need a PH meter, get a cheap PH 600 for 20 bucks on ebay. a TDS meter will help to

the whole point is how much poisin in your tap waterand how much did you filter out. Start clean and add back only what you need. thing will work much better. and come to the hydro section. lol

Thanks so much for your reply!!

I changed out the water and replaced it with distilled water. Started adding some nutes, 1/4 strength as you suggested. I ordered a PH and TDS meter... Question is... What should the meter be at for "normal"? I'm assuming PH 6.0 is good but I'm not sure, and what should the TDS meter be reading at?

Also... How often should I add nutes? Is once per week enough? I was planning on changing the water once per week and add the nutes then, any thoughts on this?

Sorry for all the questions... But I want to get it right.

Thanks again!!!!