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midgaar · #1 (**permalink**) 07-24-2008, 12:23 AM

I'm having a lot of troubles with my current DWC setup. I started in a 10 gallon rubbermaid with an air stone and seem to have gotten root rot. Sense then I've made 3 of rumple's buckets and currently using them. I have the sick plants in there from the rubbermaid and will give the buckets a shot with fresh plants if and when my current plants die. Here's my problem though. I can control my tent temps at 75-80 without much problems but from the readings I got today my buckets water temps are about the same. I know they should be under 70 and a chiller is not an option for me at this time. I was wondering what hydroponic systems I can cheaply create or buy that don't require the water temp to be below 70. I was thinking ebb & flo or drip (waterfarm). Any advice? Maybe I could convert my bubble buckets into a drip, like the waterfarms.

In the meantime I picked up some soil and will have a go with that until my current plants die.

#1 (permalink) 07-24-2008, 12:23 AM
midgaar Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 98	What hydro method is right for me? I'm having a lot of troubles with my current DWC setup. I started in a 10 gallon rubbermaid with an air stone and seem to have gotten root rot. Sense then I've made 3 of rumple's buckets and currently using them. I have the sick plants in there from the rubbermaid and will give the buckets a shot with fresh plants if and when my current plants die. Here's my problem though. I can control my tent temps at 75-80 without much problems but from the readings I got today my buckets water temps are about the same. I know they should be under 70 and a chiller is not an option for me at this time. I was wondering what hydroponic systems I can cheaply create or buy that don't require the water temp to be below 70. I was thinking ebb & flo or drip (waterfarm). Any advice? Maybe I could convert my bubble buckets into a drip, like the waterfarms. In the meantime I picked up some soil and will have a go with that until my current plants die.