Rio + aqua pump/powerhead 1100
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FilthyFletch
Mr I Can Do That For Half
whats the pumps gph rating?
FilthyFletch
Mr I Can Do That For Half
gpa? you mistype or is that wat it says ? I never heard of gpa other then school grades??
FilthyFletch
Mr I Can Do That For Half
You should be fine with that pump since your doing a flood and drain table correct. Maybe do a test run to see how long it takes the table to flood before the water hits the overflow drain then you ll know how long to set your floods for with that particular pump
420101
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cool sweet ty i'm actually going to use it for a 4x4 table first just wanting to see if it will meet my next upgrade i'm getting my 4x4 this weekend.....now should i buy a resivior? or can i just use a rubber maid garbage can? and yes i'm going flood and drain...was pretty much the best i though till joining here and seeing areoponics seems to be taking over.....
FilthyFletch
Mr I Can Do That For Half
LOL yeah just use a rubbermain. My home made aero setup is using a 45 gallon rubbermaid for a res.You can see a few pics of it in my gallery or in my grow journel
https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/9363-ok-first-aero-grow-journel.html
I use a 1000 gph pump since I need the high pressure for the mister heads
https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/9363-ok-first-aero-grow-journel.html
I use a 1000 gph pump since I need the high pressure for the mister heads
FilthyFletch
Mr I Can Do That For Half
Yeah I built that setup. Cost me about $140-150 us to do it. Everything from loacl hardware stores.Can be fitted to different sizes as needed all setup are similiar in priciple. They sell these prebuilt for like $800 but screw tat building stuff from a picture is more fun lol good luck on the grow