First dwc attempt, few questions...

How much fresh air are you drawing into your setup? If the AC filter doesn't interfere with the fan movement of bring in more fresh air than I say go right ahead. Do you have fans running already? I did grow in PC box. All went fine. With the PC Grow I did lowryders. I had 1 120mm fan as exhaust and one as inline fan.

I would take humidity domes off. No need really in my opinion. I never use humidity dome unless its cloning. So nothing has pop out yet? Did you see the cotyledon leaves yet?

I have a 4" 192 cfm exhaust fan sucking through the DIY carbon filter at the top. There are two 4" diameter holes in the bottom I was using passively up to this point. I did see the leaves! All 4 are poking through now. I will take the tubs off and take a pic when the lights come on in next 15 mins...

We put the last seed in a fifth five gal bucket yesterday to fill the room.. no wiggle space between buckets but it all fits like a glove.

Here they are... Going to install these fans now

Sounds good. You really don't need humidity domes when your sprouting. In my opinion its mis conception. Back then they don't have humidity domes. They just drop the seed in the ground. It grows lol. The only time I really use the humidity dome is for cloning if anything. You don't want the clones to dry out.

So what do you think? All of my little ladies looked a little down in the dumps last night so I checked the ph and it had fallen hard. Maybe I did something wrong that first night.

Not sure.. will keep an eye on it but tell me if these two look good? The one just doesn't look excited to be alive. :-\

4 days since planting the germinated seeds....

MrWhi7e said:

So what do you think? All of my little ladies looked a little down in the dumps last night so I checked the ph and it had fallen hard. Maybe I did something wrong that first night.

Not sure.. will keep an eye on it but tell me if these two look good? The one just doesn't look excited to be alive. :-\

4 days since planting the germinated seeds....

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drop your lights; too much stretch

So I see the signs of over-watering (under oxygenating). Is this because I went straight to the 5 gal with the germinated seed in rockwool? The water level is just below the net pot and water is splashing up into the net pot all the way up, or at least there is moisture all the way up the outside of the net pot... Could my air stones be too small or misplaced? I need some weight to get them to sit right where I want. I ordered way too small of air stone originally and have supplemented with some wal-mart air strips that churn out way more bubbles than what I originally had.

The pump I have is garbage. Ordered it in a hurry and is the biggest regret with my build so far.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002JPM91W/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Any suggestions for a pump that is MUCH quieter and runs cooler? I need to change this out soon as I don't even want to start fighting res temp issue in addition to this humming I hear nonstop. I have it hanging from the ceiling with 2 bungees attached to the rubber legs and that helped A TON and made it bearable for a short time but that time is running out. My budget limit will be about $100 if I can find something suitable

TLDR:
My seedlings are drooping and I need to fix it. I also need a new water pump that is not as loud. Help?