First indoor CFL grow whadda ya'll think?

Alright so here I am. Ive been researching this cfl growing technique for a while now and have jumped on the band wagon. I'm just getting started but it seems to be going great so far. I started with some random indica seeds in those swelling up puck dealies on march 6th got some cash together and built my box. its 5' x 3' x 4' for the flowering part and on top is a 2' x 5' x 21'' veg box. i ran outta reflectix after the flower box. right now i'm running 3 x 42w daylight cfl bulbs at 2600 lumens with 2 t8 40w 1600 lumen 4' linears for the veg state. i'm wondering how it looks and if anyone has suggestions please post as i've never grown indoors b4. in my flower box i have 4 x 40w linear 1600 lumen bulbs and 10 42w cfl bulbs at 2600 lumens and 4 32w cfl's at 2200 lumens. its wired direct to its own fuse in the panel too. i guess i dont really know what else to put as this is just kinda a grow journal. oh yeah i'm running a 70 cfm bathroom fan straight into my chimney for exhaust and a 4'' inlet with a flapper valve. is that enough ? theres a fan in the flower box too. has breeze setting which seems awesome. mainly i just want to be sure that what i have isnt going to be too little or to big for my plants before i throw em in there and kill em lol. the pics here i took today i think they are looking great so far for day 15. nice flares of purple and lotsa leaves. oh yeah i was wondering what people think of using aquarium water for watering. i figure it has the fish castings and its de chlorinated so it should be good right? (ps my flower lights are all 2700k and my veg lights are all 6500k)

Looking good!!! I love your flowering lights setup, nicely done

wonderful set up, plants look good, unless u have really bad tap water u should stick to it, because it has a lot of the secondary nutrients ur plants need already in it. be careful not to overwater, i only say this because one of ur plants looked a bit droopy. overall id say u have done well!

thexception said:

wonderful set up, plants look good, unless u have really bad tap water u should stick to it, because it has a lot of the secondary nutrients ur plants need already in it. be careful not to overwater, i only say this because one of ur plants looked a bit droopy. overall id say u have done well!

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i had used old potting soil that was a bit dryed up when i threw em in the plantable pots so i had to soak it down somethin fierce to get it moist again they are perking back up again but thanks for the tip i was worried when they started to droop. as far as my tap water goes i wouldnt give it to the inlaws to drink its just terrible water (among the most chem'd in canada) so i'm very weary of using it for my plants which is why i was wondering about the aquarium water. i also have buckets at the end of all my eaves trough to catch as much rain water as i can. that should be fine to use throughout the grow i'm assuming. thanks for the compliments btw i will be keeping a grow journal weekly with new pics. i was also wondering.. well usually they are significantly taller when theres this many leaves so are they short because the lights are so close or is it the strain?

some strains r bushier, but many ur lights, cfl's r great for "compacting" the plant & making for short internodes, all a good thing.