Water Farm/DWC club

[latewood]

keep in mind as the solution circulates and circulates...that in itself will cause rez temps to rise from the warmth of the pump...

[xcrispi]

hows everybody doing ?
well it's the begining of the 6th week of flower now . no new probs. except our poo poo digi-camera . can't get a decent pic. to save my life . new camera / new photographer ? anybody w / tips ? it's a vivatar 3915 w/5 mega-pixel . and 2 x digital zoom . atleast you can see the diff. in filling out/in i was talking about between the mutt on the left and the blueberry on the right . even w/ hps lights out we can't get anywhere near a good closeup w/o overexposure from flash , room light on and flash off=too dark ?
peace
crispi

[Weedhound]

KLUNK! That was me hitting the floor in a faint from the beauty of both of those. And X-C, don't call it a mutt. Call it a mongrel.

[MisterE]

Plants look awesome, xcrispi!
There should be a "landscape focus mode" slide switch on the front of your camera. Make sure it's on the setting that looks like a little man icon, not the mountain icon.

Also according to the manual for your camera I'm reading online, the digital zoom is only available when you have the LCD on, so make sure it's on when you try to zoom in with it. Also you have to be set to 2560 x 1920 mode for digital zoom.

Not sure what else to tell you, here's the link: http://www.fixya.com/support/p218414...l-15206/page-1

[C. Dizz]

This is for latewood and anyone that uses float switches: I was interested in using a float switch in my controller bucket, connected to a pump in a small res to auto level off my controller bucket. So i did a search on float switches and saw latewood made a thread saying how good they work.

I got one just like the one pic'd in latewoods thread but I have a few questions. Do I just drop the float switch into the controller bucket, and plug my pump (submerged in a res right next to the controller) into the piggy back of the float switch power cord, set the level, and it should just trigger the pump to pump the water into the controller everytime the level drops?
Also how is the level set for the switch? Thanks alot.

[latewood]

Yes plug pump into piggyback, then you connect the cable to the float to somewhere near the top of rez...you adjust the length of your float cable to fit your rez size...too long a line and float won't get to angle to shutoff and it overflows...float must rise above cchord to shut off.

I would just put both rez' in the tub and hold the chord near the top of rez and try out system...just adjust the chord so float rests just above top of low waterline(for DWC)...or just above pump...So pump never runs dry(for drip systems). once you determine where you want the cable attached. use some type of fastener to hold it there. your drawing is about what ity would look like

[C. Dizz]

Thanks, so I just attach the cable and float switch in the controller bucket so its just able to float ontop of the desired water level, then when the water level drops, the switch would be suspended since it dosnt have the water high enough to float on, so its just hanging by the cable, thats when it triggers the pump to pump the level back up right? Thanks so much for your help.

Also, I'll be finishing my DWC this weekend and moving it into my room. I had to start from seeds this grow, thats why im doing 5gal DWC to get bigger plants, then Ill save a mother and be able to run my aeroflo60 with clones next time. But this grow should be dope, I got DP Blueberry (10pac fem'd), and as soon as theyre germ'd Ill be placing them into a little gh rainforest sprayer to unsure them a good rooting. Then once theyre rooted in theyre net cups all I do is take them out of that system and drop all 6 into the DWC.

My main room (flower room) is crazy, its 5'wX7'lX5'h, 100% sealed, using plastic sheeting, then 100% mylar'd, 15k btu AC unit, C.A.P. co2 ppm monitor/controller hooked to a co2 regulator/tank, de-humid', (4) 600w HPS in cool tubes, ducted in 2 6" lines to (2) 310cfm elicent inline fans. Ill post pics later today.

[latewood]

No...It actually should still be floating...be careful not to leave cable to long...float will follow water level down...then when it reaches a certain depth determined by length of cable it will turn on pump...pump will stay on until sw. is above where cable is attached...(you might have to use a piece of irrigation tubing or somethin to slide the cable into, so you can fasten that pc to the top of rez)...if you just attach float cable to top of rez above desired waterline...the pump might not cut-off....Goodluck, Can't wait top see it in use

[xcrispi]

hey guys ,
thanx weedhound and misterE for the ego boost lol.
also to misterE for doing the camera homework i shoulda done . i never even read the directions E i'm a bad dog. i cant use either of my hands much so i relied on mrs. crispi to read cam. instructions since she's the one snappin pics.

Latewood-- ???
i've been using your 3 part formula on this current grow w/ the exception of the use of a lil koolbloom . i bought powder verses liquid . how come my ppm. never raises any after i put the coolbloom in the resovior ? in fact the ppm actually drops a lil from it ? i have no fear or it burning the girls as i'm only giving them 2 tsp. in 16 gal. of nutes .
thanx
crispi

[BlueBear]

Hey LW, WH and Xcrispi as well as the other folks who are now posting on here.
LW, going to get some 3 part today and start your reg, question, I can't remember if you said you use TopMax or OverDrive or anything like that for a Booster?? If so, what is the application??
Xcrispy I have some BB on the way along with some AK 48 and some BBxTraneWork, on the BB with it being in the same res as another strain, have you had any problems feeding it since it can be so picky?? Are you feeding it LW's 3 part?? You like it so far?? How often are you changing the res on your system and what do you find to be the optimal PH during the first 4 to 5 weeks of veg and flower in your W/F set up??
Thanks for the answers, I am thinking about going out and picking up the 8 pack, but not absolutely sure yet, I have been over worked lately and want my next system to be as low maintenance as possible. This coco is doing good, but I have to water everyday to do it like I want and I pulled my DWC buckets because of temp fluxes in the room and I didn't want to have aquarium heaters along with air pumps going to and frow throughout the room to regulate water temps. I figure if I do the whole 8 pack I can modify it and just do 1 aquarium heater in the mane res if needed. What are your thoughts bro. Right now since I plucked the DWC and placed in hydro the growth is picking up, but like I said I don't want to have to water everyday, it is time consuming and I end up using much more nutes.
Adieu