| Support Frame Installed, Running Smoothly
Last night/yesterday morning my brother and I got the support system finished and the system is up and running. It could probably take 1000 pounds but we overkilled it for safety, he's in an apartment and can't afford to have his system spill 50+ gallons of water in his closet. It's solid as a rock though.
It's just what the system needed to be sturdy, I'll get some pictures as soon as I can.
The only other thing I'm concerned about right now is rez temp because the rez is inside the garden and will probably be around 80 degrees. I've heard this is fine because of the large amount of oxygen the waterfalls produce, and my brother's system cycles the water almost twice as much as people bragging about how many times their system cycles (16X an hour is the most I've heard, from the guy who showed me the technique, BigToke on ICmag)
My brother's system cycles around 25 times an hour so I hope we don't run into root rot over high rez temps, but from what I've read people get away with damn near 90 degree rez temps using this type of aeration technique.
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