How to prevent PH & PPM spikes?

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meltdown213

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tman42 said:
Hey Barron the only thing that I could find to get rid of this problem was to order the waterfarm recirc kit http://www.4hydroponics.com/grow_room/Mnl/WaterFarmUpgrade.pdf that way you aren't having to pH each bucket separately. They are kind of hard to find, as not many people advertise them and the couple local hydro shops I have been to have no idea of this upgrade kit. I found mine at the site in the above mentioned link. Hope this helps out.
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These farms are expensive. Why not build something similar? All the parts in this kit are available at my local hydro store.
I didn't know you had to check each bucket seperatly with this type of setup.
 
bgmike8

bgmike8

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i just dump a cap full of pf down in the res every couple days. i have to add about 5 gallons every tthree days too. have about 35 gallon res.
 
Barron

Barron

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tman42 said:
Hey Barron the only thing that I could find to get rid of this problem was to order the waterfarm recirc kit http://www.4hydroponics.com/grow_room/Mnl/WaterFarmUpgrade.pdf that way you aren't having to pH each bucket separately. They are kind of hard to find, as not many people advertise them and the couple local hydro shops I have been to have no idea of this upgrade kit. I found mine at the site in the above mentioned link. Hope this helps out.
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My local hydro shop carries that so I think I will go pick it up tomorrow. Yesterday around noon I refilled my rez to about 4.9-5.0 in each bucket cause I knew the ph was going to rise real fast. Sure enough at midnight it was already to 7.1.
 
Barron

Barron

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Well I just bought the Waterfarm controller last night. I will let you guys know ,how it works out for me.
 
Barron

Barron

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meltdown213 said:
Good luck Baron. I hope that shit works out for you.
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Thanks bro. It seems to keep the PH from spiking so much wich I am happy about. Its also alot easier to lower the PH. I just adjust it in the controller and put it on a bucket and let it flows into the waterfarms then set it back down and it drops the PH pretty well.
 
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