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Please help, I have a nutrient resevor problem!

tscimeister

New member
Hey everyone, I have a problem with my nutrients in the reservoir I can't figure out the problem to.
I used R/O water with about 20 ppm from a very nice r/o system. I'm using dyna-gro grow with their pro-tekt silicon solution.
Here’s what I did. I cleaned out the reservoir and everything with a water and H2O2 solution. I after added 28 gal of clean r/o water to res. then added the pro-tekt in a 2.5 ml to gallon ratio. I mixed this all in then added dyna-gro grow formula in a ratio of 10ml to gal. Stirred this all up and then added H2O2 in a ratio of 2.1 ml to gal. Stirred this all up and didn’t water any plants or anything with it. On the second day after mixing the new nutrients I woke up to find this sediment at the bottom of the reservoir.
https://www.icmag.com/ic/picture.php?albumid=22167&pictureid=468299
Ok so I was told that I should ditch the H2O2 just to see if thats it, so I did. This time sanitizing everything again with a H2O2 solution and then adding 14 gallons of fresh r/o water. I added the pro-tekt in the same ratio of 2.5ml per gal. Mixed it up and then added the dyna-gro grow formula in the same ratio of 10ml per gal. I mixed up this solution well and the next day it looked great, nice and clear and slightly blue. I watered the plants with this via my recirculating drip system once, for 15 min a few hours after the lights turned on. The next day I woke up to find the resivor looking like this...
https://www.icmag.com/ic/picture.php?albumid=22167&pictureid=468302
https://www.icmag.com/ic/picture.php?albumid=22167&pictureid=468301
https://www.icmag.com/ic/picture.php?albumid=22167&pictureid=468300

My ph was kept within range at 6.0, and my E.C. is at 1.5 milisiemens. I followed the directions given by dyna-gro perfectly and I have an air stone running 24/7.
Thanks so much for any help.
 

PoopyTeaBags

State Liscensed Care Giver/Patient, Assistant Trai
Veteran
i was thinking the same thing sediment is natural.. you should be changing your rez every 7-14 days anyways the sooner the better... i beleive you should be fine.
 

mule420

Member
What media are you running? Hydroton,rockwell,etc...

EDIT: The smell is what tells you something is out of wack! If it smells like fresh lettuce your good!
 
Everything looks normal in your pics.. the sediment you're seeing in the first pic is rockwool particles being flushed from your cubes. The rest of the pics are most likely the same thing (and yes, you'll get little sediment from your nutes as well)..
 
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