Setting up dtw coco 2.5x5 tent

Oh yea…. This aint bad at all… Same size with shelves if they were to work out. With shelves it would be bigger for some reason, just hard to find a shelf that aint too big on one side or etc. About to set up the last 60 gal and start reviewing them.

Heres all them if to go as planned. I dont know what else to put there so might as well be another reservoir. The shelf idea could be neat if it worked out but like I said, it barely saved space. If it were 4 60 gallons then sure but then you could worry about it holding up. If it is too much I can simply take one of the 60 gal down.

This is better, tall height of tents are evened out and the reservoirs sit next to the tents. The 25 gal pic is just a 2x2 for now but it will go down and put up my 2x4 veg tent. Better access to all reservoirs and doesnt take up the same space. Better placement within the room.

It is all hooked up about to put solution in it. The 60 gallons that is. At first it felt off and crammed for the flower tent. It will already be tight reach working in there. I rather not show the whole room but it is way more comfortable this way. Taking advantage of the 17” diameter of 25 gallon tanks.

Handling 40 gallons like it is nothing! Only stopping there since I wont need as much solution yet. 25 gallons lasted 3 days just about with 5 gallons left that I dumped.

Forgot to measure out 5 gallons and then a gallon at a time to see how much is needed to keep pumps submerged but I think it is 5-8 gallons just like before. Peobably a little less since it is not as shallow.

Flood… I drilled a hole near top of reservoir right under the lid when shut. I left lid open and it shot out a gallon or two all over the place. Not that bad but damn. The spout has a slow drip so I need to try to tighten it even more.

No reviews of this happening to people so I think I just did a weak job thinking it will hold like my diy bucket with spout. I guess maybe the thin material is too thin and needs be tightened up with all your might.

If it keeps leaking I will call the store and see what they say. Maybe it can be glued shut. It isn’t bad but still. Wow, I just went through 20 gallons trying to re-dial in the halos. Had plugs to pumps mixed up. That was when I realized my anti siphon hole was squirting like a dolphin!!!

Puddles of water everywhere and on power strips…. It is all cleaned up but wow I freaked out thinking it was much worse but it was a decent flood.

Heck yea! They not only refunded the shelves, they let me keep them! I feel bad about that but hey, returns are needed, all stores do it and people are human.

edit The anti siphon holes near top by the lid spray into zipper seam and create puddle on top of reservoir. My breaker valves need adapters and can still leak. Thinking of returning breaker valves and keep my setup.

Cut a gallon jug out to hang on side and zip around it. It works better when I remove two hoses and pumps and just use the tube port on side like one already is but this will work for now.

The jug handle will be hollow so I melted it into a fold and shut it but water didnt seem to go out that way initially. A little ghetto but hey if you have better idea let me know. Well, aside from making a whole new hose drilled in the inner side of the bend but hose are 20$ so want just rig something up for now.

Heck yea, finally made the switch from h2o2 to pool shock. Peroxide worked ok for smaller reservoirs but this is too large. It was smelly today 3 days later, the whole room stunk like it.

Sometimes I use googles search bar to find stuff on riu as if riu’s search bar isnt as strong or something. I looked everywhere on here and finally found a thread through google on here of what I needed.

The solution dont stink no more. Disolve a gram of shock in a gallon and 5ml per gallon into reservoir.

This stuff must be strong to have so many handling instructions. I think this might just do it! I had like a good 2-3 feeds left so if it last another 2-3 days then I am golden.

If it is that much stronger and longer lasting I wonder if the drain reservoir will hold up better as usually it gets funky faster since it is old discarded stuff.

medidedicated said:

Heck yea, finally made the switch from h2o2 to pool shock. Peroxide worked ok for smaller reservoirs but this is too large. It was smelly today 3 days later, the whole room stunk like it.

Sometimes I use googles search bar to find stuff on riu as if riu’s search bar isnt as strong or something. I looked everywhere on here and finally found a thread through google on here of what I needed.

The solution dont stink no more. Disolve a gram of shock in a gallon and 5ml per gallon into reservoir.

This stuff must be strong to have so many handling instructions. I think this might just do it! I had like a good 2-3 feeds left so if it last another 2-3 days then I am golden.

If it is that much stronger and longer lasting I wonder if the drain reservoir will hold up better as usually it gets funky faster since it is old discarded stuff.

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Check your math, 5ml of 1g/G Pool Shock concentrate per gallon is not enough to be effective

Assuming 1 gallon to treat, using a 50% pool shock concentrate of 1g/Gal:
1 ounce of the concentrate would yield 1 ppm free Chlorine
5 ml of the concentrate would yield a mere 0.17 ppm free Chlorine


500mg CalHypo/128 oz = 3.9mg/oz
3.9mg/3.785L ≈ 1ppm
I.e. 1 ounce per gallon of concentrate ≈ 1 ppm free Chlorine

500mg / 3785ml = .132 mg/ml
.132mg/3.785L = .0348 ppm
.0348 * 5 = 0.17 ppm
I.e. 5ml per gallon of concentrate yields 0.17 ppm free Chlorine

Billy the Mountain said:

Check your math, 5ml of 1g/G Pool Shock concentrate per gallon is not enough to be effective

Assuming 1 gallon to treat, using a 50% pool shock concentrate of 1g/Gal:
1 ounce of the concentrate would yield 1 ppm free Chlorine
5 ml of the concentrate would yield a mere 0.17 ppm free Chlorine


500mg CalHypo/128 oz = 3.9mg/oz
3.9mg/3.785L ≈ 1ppm
I.e. 1 ounce per gallon of concentrate ≈ 1 ppm free Chlorine

500mg / 3785ml = .132 mg/ml
.132mg/3.785L = .0348 ppm
.0348 * 5 = 0.17 ppm
I.e. 5ml per gallon of concentrate yields 0.17 ppm free Chlorine

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I don’t understand, how many grams to one gallon tap water should I use? Youre saying using an oz instead of a gram of one gallon water to make solution?

By the way my reservoir smells fine but the smell of a bad reservoir still lingered and still is a little bit but fading away. Not sure why because solution smells fine but it is very cloudy which one said could be fall out.

If youre saying 1 oz per gallon then I understood that and was overthinking it.

medidedicated said:

I don’t understand, how many grams to one gallon tap water should I use? Youre saying using an oz instead of a gram of one gallon water to make solution?

By the way my reservoir smells fine but the smell of a bad reservoir still lingered and still is a little bit but fading away. Not sure why because solution smells fine but it is very cloudy which one said could be fall out.

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I tried to show the math to make it simple to follow.
1 oz of the 1g/Gal solution, added to a gallon, will provide 1 ppm free Chlorine

Billy the Mountain said:

I tried to show the math to make it simple to follow.
1 oz of the 1g/Gal solution, added to a gallon, will provide 1 ppm free Chlorine

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Sorry, not good at these things. What ppm should I have? How much dry weight of pool shock to a gallon of water should I use? I have a 60 gal reservoir to hold about 40-55 gallons solution. Should I have more than one gallon pool shock solution? If so what dry weight to how much water?

I tried to understand that but just cant. I cant understand if you gave the answer or was just saying how much my solution was doing at the moment. If you can break it down as simple as how much dry weight per amount of water to then put in reservoir Id understand, I suck at math.

I was lost at one ounce, an ounce of what, the solution? if so then ok, you are saying it is weaker than I need. I thought I read I need about 4 ppm and following what I did would get that.

medidedicated said:

Sorry, not good at these things. What ppm should I have? How much dry weight of pool shock to a gallon of water should I use? I have a 60 gal reservoir to hold about 40-55 gallons solution. Should I have more than one gallon pool shock solution? If so what dry weight to how much water?

I tried to understand that but just cant. I cant understand if you gave the answer or was just saying how much my solution was doing at the moment. If you can break it down as simple as how much dry weight per amount of water to then put in reservoir Id understand, I suck at math.

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A few ppm, so a few ounces of the 1g/G concentrate you mentioned
It's a 1:1 ratio of ounces to ppm, so it's easy to get the ppm you want without any math.

Billy the Mountain said:

A few ppm, so a few ounces of the 1g/G concentrate you mentioned
It's a 1:1 ratio of ounces to ppm, so it's easy to get the ppm you want without any math.

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So should I be adding more dry weight to that gallon or are your saying to use more of the solution I was already using per gallon of fertilizer?

medidedicated said:

So should I be adding more dry weight to that gallon or are your saying to use more of the solution I was already using per gallon of fertilizer?

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No, Yes

Billy the Mountain said:

No, Yes

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An ounce of the solution I already have? An ounce is 29ml. So a few onces of the solution per gallon fertilizer would yield a few ppm of what I want in my reservoir? I hope I got that, I really feel dumb right now haha.

medidedicated said:

An ounce of the solution I already have? An ounce is 29ml. So a few onces of the solution per gallon fertilizer would yield a few ppm of what I want in my reservoir? I hope I got that, I really feel dumb right now haha.

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Billy the Mountain said:

A few ppm, so a few ounces of the 1g/G concentrate you mentioned
It's a 1:1 ratio of ounces to ppm, so it's easy to get the ppm you want without any math.

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I take that as a yes. Thanks for helping me figure that out.

That would be about 90 ml per gallon which sounds off, like a lot of solution to add to fertilizer. 55 gallons which would be 4950ml. So I still am not getting it. 1 oz per gallon fertilizer would be 1595ml for 55 gallons.