I don't know how sold you are on your beneficial bacteria, but I am pretty sure zone will do a lot more to combat bugs like that.
Dutch Master Zone will zap larva so I hear. Now I haven't tried it first hand because I've never had bugs in hydro yet, but I do use Zone and I have had no problem in my root balls even with terrible temps in my rez.
I am no bug expert, but I think those may be thripes (not positive). They're definitely not gnats, if they were gnats there would be larva on the roots, not fully mature bugs. Fungus gnats are one bug I do know quasi-well. Adult gnats lay eggs in your medium. The eggs hatch and the larva chow down on your roots. Once the larva turn into adult gnats they live another 13 days, this is the time they lay more eggs in your larva. Adult gnats do not eat, so the only damage adult gnats can do is lay more eggs and make more larva. But whatever they are Azamax should take care of it. I've only used Azamax in soil (for both spider mites and fungus gnats) and it worked wonderful. I've heard of people using Azamax in hydro, but you may want to double check before investing in a bottle of Azamax, it's not super cheap.
oh yeah and i decided on the nutradip trimeter the EC model, kinda sucks cause im used to ppm, other than that...its sik wit it! my EC looks really high because when i flushed i flushed with tap instead of RO i dont think that it would make a difference if i used RO water. the EC of the tap is pretty high over 200 ppm. I also got a new 120/240v 600 watt dimmable lumatek with a sunsytems reflector, 600w Ushiro. My brother and I are getting ready to start a 13x Reserva Privada "Headband" Clones, which we will do in 5 gallon pots hand water, with Botanicare CocoGro Loose...we will most likely go with Botanicare Nutrients not to sure if we will go 100% organic...any input on going 100% organic Vs. non organic would truly be appreciated! We plan to do this grow BIG! Stay Tuned. I will start a new thread for this grow when the clones come in on the March 12th!
