1030 GPH...is it enough?

Will this be good enough, even if barely, to supply 20-30 5gallon buckets?

Not sure if this makes a difference but these buckets are not connected.

That's about 17 gallons a minute so 20 times 5 = 100 gallons 30 times 5 = 150. Depends on how fast you want to replenish.

doogey420 said:

That's about 17 gallons a minute so 20 times 5 = 100 gallons 30 times 5 = 150. Depends on how fast you want to replenish.

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Bro, I have no idea. This will be my first dwc grow. Will that pump supply enough air to 20-30 5 gallon buckets to grow my girls?

TwistedEvil said:

Will this be good enough, even if barely, to supply 20-30 5gallon buckets?

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I assume you are running a DWC setup?

I use the 110 liter per minute pumps from Active Aqua. You need aggressive aeration. If the bubbling is aggressive, you are fine. If the bubbles are trickling out, you need more air power. I used to run 7 five gallon buckets off of one 20 watt pump and it was barely adequate. I would run at least two of those pumps with that many buckets.

I would suggest you hook these buckets together and hook them to a tote reservoir that is outside the grow room and circulate your solution. That would cure a LOT of issues down the road.

you are doing your first DWC with 20-30 plants?

have you worked with any type of hydroponics before?

it should work, it really doesn;t take that much to keep plants "alive", but you will need to adjust the amount to achieve what your plant likes the best if you want optimal results. generally speaking the more the better but you can over do it if you go crazy and start stressing the roots more than is necessary.

with 20-30 plants i would send some air to each bucket but i would focus on major aeration in the res. there are many good live well and fish tank methods that can handle this task.

how are you recirculating the water.... or are you? if not then my res suggestion kinda goes out the window.

TwistedEvil said:

Will this be good enough, even if barely, to supply 20-30 5gallon buckets?

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This pump would be good for 6-10 buckets...wont cut it for 20-30

1030 G/h= 64L/m approx

You have a manifold that can run 20 to 30 lines out of a single pump?
Also, in case you don't have much DWC experience, it's going to be a pain in the ass individually managing 20 to 30 buckets.

good luck!

Yes this is my first dwc. Got 2 mothers in soil that I'm going to be taking the clones from. I'm going to be growing 10-15 (closer to 10) plants while having 10-15 clones (also closer to 10) started so I can try and get up to a harvest 3-4 weeks after the last. I just plan on using 5 gal buckets and changing the water every 7-10 days? Still need air lines, elbows, tees, grommets, air stones and apparently another one of these pumps.

Still don't have all the info I need as far as feeding etc, but getting this ready a few materials at a time. My plants in FFOF should be ready in a month, so I'd like to be ready to try my hand at dwc.

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Yes this is my first dwc. Got 2 mothers in soil that I'm going to be taking the clones from. I'm going to be growing 10-15 (closer to 10) plants while having 10-15 clones (also closer to 10) started so I can try and get up to a harvest 3-4 weeks after the last. I just plan on using 5 gal buckets and changing the water every 7-10 days? Still need air lines, elbows, tees, grommets, air stones and apparently another one of these pumps.

Still don't have all the info I need as far as feeding etc, but getting this ready a few materials at a time. My plants in FFOF should be ready in a month, so I'd like to be ready to try my hand at dwc.

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Like clown said, if you are not going to chain them all together, it will be a lot of work to manage everyone of those buckets individually. If you chain them together with a reservoir and circulation, you only need one point of contact for adding nutrients and water, or checking PH and PPM. The system will stay cooler if you circulate the solution too. It can be done pretty easily. I had a pump in my reservoir that was connected by 1/2 inch hose to a nipple on the furthest away bucket in the room. I put a fitting on the line to control water flow. The pump runs 24/7 and the whole system slowly circulates. This gives you an even PH, PPM and temperature throughout the whole system. Very cheap and easy to build from scratch using parts from Home Depot.

Something to think about anyway...

i have one of those and boy does it make noise so i hung it up on a bungee cord no way would i be doing 20 to 30 dwc stand alone buckets you kneed to hook em up or think smaller numbers mate youll have no life lol.