1200w DWC w/ 15 Buckets

Dimensions- 8ft deep, 9ft wide, 7.5ft tall.

Materials- 31 5 gal. black buckets (1 extra for mixing), 45 6in' air stones, 3 massive industrial air pumps, fish string (for tying air-stones at bottom), attic fan (1300 cfm), carbon scrubber, Turbine fan sucking air through the carbon filter blowing outside room, some sort of foil that "reflects" just in case... 150ft of mylar, expanding clay rocks, and thats about it...


Nutrients- Tri-flex BASE, GROW, BLOOM, floralicous (sp), PH down/up, some enzyme stuff that helps plants fight off bacteria etc



Lighting- 1 600w HPS HORTILUX, and 1 600w MH (going for Dual Spectrum)



This is all i can think of right now, if i remember more i will be sure to add. The room is still being worked on (tubing to pumps etc.)

 

I found these at our local hydroponic store...no where else had them like they are. we treid home depot, lowes, etc. Maybe a nursery would be a good place to find some..but those exact ones were bought at a hydro store. Any other questions and ill be glad to answer...

ALSO, yeah, the plants are at another location under 25-30,000 lumens of CFLS..they will be ready in a couple days...we're still putting the small things together in this room so yeah...any advise would be appreciated, thanks!

 

pics of the carbon filter, the air stones tied at the bottom of each bucket..etc

 

Like PH etc meters? We're going to buy a nice one...any suggestions to meters that liek come with everything we need? Plus we are about to spend $200-300 on UVB lights for some sugary bud , and a couple fans...temps stay right under 80F but thats not good enough...

 

Nice ill check those out. Thanks for the advise.

 

So any takers on final weight? I know its WAY early to tell but 15 plants x 1200w dual spectrum with LST on all 15...We're getting them at about 1.5 weeks old and judging by size (4-5 inches last seen) we might veg for a week or just jump right into 12/12...

 

We built one giant hood...look closely both lights are hanging from it. if the plants get too tall it can be removed...i'm not worried about it getting hot...theres a 1300cfm fan blowing on the hood and in the second pic you can see how the buckets will be set up...again this is still being constructed so any advise is welcome...

 

We'll have plenty of time to be in there..it wouldnt look like it did if we didnt have time to put into it...Yes a water source is near. Any ideas on mixing etc cuz that might take a while..maybe one big mixing reservoir ..i dunno

 

you think one more light? we plan on spending alot on UVB and spreading them through out the middle...

 

Thanks for that link and of course Mister Postmans great advice. I got the UVB idea reading along his journal Also saw his pic in the new HIGH TIMES magazine...very nice.. So what was it...i would need 4 HID bulbs to light the whole room? Would it be worth it to spend that much more or just cut down to maybe...12 plants...i dont know