Cloudy water in res

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Coco-garden

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bk78 said:
100%.

Have you tried mixing just A&B?

Thats really all that’s needed imo
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So I used house and garden my last run and noticed that I was having this issue so I did try it then and it still happened. I didn’t have a drip system at the time so it wasn’t a big deal I just would make what I needed for the day and that worked but now that I have a drip system I want to automate it a bit more obv. Im gunna clean everything out again and try some bennies hopefully that helps if not then I’m gunna have to just go sterile and either get a uv light, add h202 or a similar product and just go totally sterile. (Which sucks cuz mammoth is not cheap lol)
 
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bk78

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Coco-garden said:
So I used house and garden my last run and noticed that I was having this issue so I did try it then and it still happened. I didn’t have a drip system at the time so it wasn’t a big deal I just would make what I needed for the day and that worked but now that I have a drip system I want to automate it a bit more obv. Im gunna clean everything out again and try some bennies hopefully that helps if not then I’m gunna have to just go sterile and either get a uv light, add h202 or a similar product and just go totally sterile. (Which sucks cuz mammoth is not cheap lol)
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Pool shock, go sterile

cheap and easy
 
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TheWholeTruth

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If its going cloudy something might be causing the nutrients/mineral salts to precipitate an do what's called dropping out of the solution. Do you get any issues with the plants ? Try this it may help. mix your A feed dose of nutrients in to a small amount of clean water in a cup then dump it into the tank. Clean the measure and what ever els you use eg cup, then measure out some B feed an mix that in a small amount of clean water again held in a washed cup an dump that into your tank. Then add what ever else you need, but make sure its all hydro stuff an not any organic type feed. Then set the ph. If this dont work then try a better feed, in the canna range if you still want to use that the aqua is very clean an is usually good for drip lines ect.
 
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Coco-garden

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TheWholeTruth said:
If its going cloudy something might be causing the nutrients/mineral salts to precipitate an do what's called dropping out of the solution. Do you get any issues with the plants ? Try this it may help. mix your A feed dose of nutrients in to a small amount of clean water in a cup then dump it into the tank. Clean the measure and what ever els you use eg cup, then measure out some B feed an mix that in a small amount of clean water again held in a washed cup an dump that into your tank. Then add what ever else you need, but make sure its all hydro stuff an not any organic type feed. Then set the ph. If this dont work then try a better feed, in the canna range if you still want to use that the aqua is very clean an is usually good for drip lines ect.
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I don’t think it’s from the nutrients dropping out because the plants are still very healthy. Plus there’s a smell that smells almost like a wet towel. It’s got to be bacteria.
 
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TheWholeTruth

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Coco-garden said:
I don’t think it’s from the nutrients dropping out because the plants are still very healthy. Plus there’s a smell that smells almost like a wet towel. It’s got to be bacteria.
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Cool. Ok so are you using any additives that may encourage that. I agree with what your saying, its a strong possibility of baceteria growing.Any thing that may have organic stuff in it or looks a off colour in your feeds or with bits in it. Usually with a good hydro feed after its gone around the system everything settles down an the water tends to look really clear. Ive seen people just topping up the tank an not doing complete change outs but twice throughout a whole long flower grow an the water still remains clean. Might also be a idea to use oxy plus (or whatever its called nowdays). You can add that once or twice a week straight to your tank an it will keep everything clean, it is very usefull to keep things sterile, but look for something with a high peroxide content than 10-15% as most of the stuff on the market seems to have been weekend down alot over the last 10 years. It used to be avaliable at a 33%+ concentration before. Have you ever measured the temperature of the water around the hottest period in the day cycle of your grow.
 
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Coco-garden

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TheWholeTruth said:
Cool. Ok so are you using any additives that may encourage that. I agree with what your saying, its a strong possibility of baceteria growing.Any thing that may have organic stuff in it or looks a off colour in your feeds or with bits in it. Usually with a good hydro feed after its gone around the system everything settles down an the water tends to look really clear. Ive seen people just topping up the tank an not doing complete change outs but twice throughout a whole long flower grow an the water still remains clean. Might also be a idea to use oxy plus (or whatever its called nowdays). You can add that once or twice a week straight to your tank an it will keep everything clean, it is very usefull to keep things sterile, but look for something with a high peroxide content than 10-15% as most of the stuff on the market seems to have been weekend down alot over the last 10 years. It used to be avaliable at a 33%+ concentration before. Have you ever measured the temperature of the water around the hottest period in the day cycle of your grow.
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Yah I have a water chiller so it’s always between 65 and 68 degrees. I also have a circulation pump with all of that I thought for sure I’d be ok but maybe the problem is coming from the water itself who knows. H202 is deff my next course of action. I bought some mammoth p in hopes I can just use that so we shall see.
 
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