critique my setup please 2x 126 leds sunhut tent

SirusSirus

Member
first off hello rollitup

loong time lurker looking to make that leap into growing my own bud:adore:

I have a walk in closet but plan on using a tent, closet measures 6x3.5x7

tent would be the sunhut large

Sun Hut Silver LG - 2 x 4 x 7

lighting, going led for various reasons stealth, energy costs And heat being the main ones.

looking at the hydro gro penetrator series either a 205w or 2 126's

dwc setup will be the SH ------------ 6gal setup with most likely the 10 gal larger res my reasoning behind this is less swing in ph/nutes if im growing 4-5 plants I would be depleting 50% of the res a day.


one question I have is how do people maintain cool res temps?

another does anyone hook up another pump to drain the res?

if not how are the frequent drain/replinishing easily done?

about venting and cooling, I have access to a haier 7000 BTU portable a/c which I'm thing about using as a passive intake for cooling for exhaust I would have an attic mounted fan pulling both the ac exhaust and tent air, is this viable?

the ac would not be on much at all...due to my ambient temps and leds.

along with that I would have oscillating fans inside the tent.


I may just forgo the hydro for the first go around...but I'm up for the challenge/extra work.

what do you experts think?
for odor control I read that making an ona filter works great as well as a carbon filter
 

lakew00d

Well-Known Member
f off hello rollitup

loong time lurker looking to make that leap into growing my own bud:adore:

I have a walk in closet but plan on using a tent, closet measures 6x3.5x7

tent would be the sunhut large

Sun Hut Silver LG - 2 x 4 x 7

lighting, going led for various reasons stealth, energy costs And heat being the main ones.

looking at the hydro gro penetrator series either a 205w or 2 126's

dwc setup will be the SH ------------ 6gal setup with most likely the 10 gal larger res my reasoning behind this is less swing in ph/nutes if im growing 4-5 plants I would be depleting 50% of the res a day.


one question I have is how do people maintain cool res temps?

another does anyone hook up another pump to drain the res?

if not how are the frequent drain/replinishing easily done?

about venting and cooling, I have access to a haier 7000 BTU portable a/c which I'm thing about using as a passive intake for cooling for exhaust I would have an attic mounted fan pulling both the ac exhaust and tent air, is this viable?

the ac would not be on much at all...due to my ambient temps and leds.

along with that I would have oscillating fans inside the tent.


I may just forgo the hydro for the first go around...but I'm up for the challenge/extra work.

what do you experts think?
for odor control I read that making an ona filter works great as well as a carbon filter

I dont know much on this subject, But I noticed one questiosn i might be able to help with.

On keeping your res cool, you can get bottled water and freeze it, and set one in their every day. and the nbext day switch it out with another one.
 

SirusSirus

Member
I have come to the conclusion that no hydro for now soo many other things im going to be worrying about why needlessly complicate my first time.

going with 2 126w HGL lights and 4 plants as of now...

I had some questions regarding ventilation

1.can I mount the fan in the attic or is it better to be in the tent/closer? Attic would be better for noise obviously.

so it would go carbon filter duct straight thru ceiling, inline fan exhausting straight into the attic with an ona bucket up there...would this work?

2. How do you light proof the passive vents on the tent itself?


about mediums I've read wonderful things about fox farm's ocean forest mixed with perlite.

I was also reading about coco and perlite mix as well wjth smart/air pots seems like they definitely have benefits what would the cons be for a new grower like myself?

thanks:bigjoint:

Sirus
 

SirusSirus

Member
I dont know much on this subject, But I noticed one questiosn i might be able to help with.

On keeping your res cool, you can get bottled water and freeze it, and set one in their every day. and the nbext day switch it out with another one.
that would work probably with a milk jug or 2 for 6 gallons...thanks hydro is in my future just want to get a grow or few under my belt first
 

SirusSirus

Member
well going with the sunhut, air pots, radiant 6" air cooled hood , lumatek ballast, digilux 600w hps and mh bulbs.

stuff should be growing within he month...

still need seeds, carbon filter, inline fan, circulation fans, nutes, and misc stuff.

cleaning out and prepping the closet this week.
 
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