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DIY Hydro System:
What you will need for a 2 bucket system (this can be made as big as you want)
6- 5gal. buckets
2- T valves
2- Funnels
2- Feeder lines
1- Water pump
1- Rezorvoir
1- Air pump
1- Air stone
1- Hose clamp/bib
2- pot containers (pun intendid)
About 2 five gallon buckets of hydroton
1x2 feet of door screen
10 feet or so of half inch black tubing
Tools that are needed:
Drill
Drill bits - a 1 inch bit (for the nipples, put the bit up to the nipple to make sure its the right size for what you are using)
a quarter inch bit (for the drain holes)
and a key hole saw about 2 inches big (for the stands)
and a half inch bit for the drain holes into the rez
Glue gun with altleast 4 glue sticks
1st drill 1, 1 and a quarter inch hole in the bottom of 2 of the buckets.
2, drill 1, 1 and a half inch hole in the bottom of 2 other buckets and then on the sides, once you drill both sides of each bucket take some tin snips and cut a big enough hole to get your hand in so you can run the drain line through
3, drill a bunch of little drain holes in the last 2 buckets, be carefull not to go outside of where the funnel will be, then glue the funnel to the bucket, in other words all the water draining from the top will run down through the funnel and directly into the line, any holes outside of the funnel will not drain and wont work.
4, put the line together with the T valves
5, put nipples in 2 of the buckets
6, run the line through the bottom of 2 buckets
7, connect the top bucket with the nipple to the drain line with a little 2 inch hose connector
Once all thats connected it will look like this
8, put the bucket with the funnel, inside the other bucket with nipple, the funnel fits snug right into the top of that nipple, then add the screen
9, next add hydroton into the bucket (you can fill the whole bucket up with hydroton if you are trying to grow monsters or you can add a little pot as i will show
10, puncture 2 holes in the feed hose and add the feeder lines
11, run the drain line into the rez and hook the feed hose to the water pump and run it through the top of the lid or somewhere
high as in the 4th pic to the right, it shows the feeding hose coming through the top
12, make sure everything is tidy mainly the end of the feed hose which needs to be sealed,
This is what the system should look like when done. Except you will notice i had a zip tie on this one, however the hose above is the safest.
and if height is a problem either tying down or breaking the stems takes care of this and also makes for a more even canopy. Peace on the Planet
DIY Hydro System:
What you will need for a 2 bucket system (this can be made as big as you want)
6- 5gal. buckets
2- T valves
2- Funnels
2- Feeder lines
1- Water pump
1- Rezorvoir
1- Air pump
1- Air stone
1- Hose clamp/bib
2- pot containers (pun intendid)
About 2 five gallon buckets of hydroton
1x2 feet of door screen
10 feet or so of half inch black tubing
Tools that are needed:
Drill
Drill bits - a 1 inch bit (for the nipples, put the bit up to the nipple to make sure its the right size for what you are using)
a quarter inch bit (for the drain holes)
and a key hole saw about 2 inches big (for the stands)
and a half inch bit for the drain holes into the rez
Glue gun with altleast 4 glue sticks
1st drill 1, 1 and a quarter inch hole in the bottom of 2 of the buckets.
2, drill 1, 1 and a half inch hole in the bottom of 2 other buckets and then on the sides, once you drill both sides of each bucket take some tin snips and cut a big enough hole to get your hand in so you can run the drain line through
3, drill a bunch of little drain holes in the last 2 buckets, be carefull not to go outside of where the funnel will be, then glue the funnel to the bucket, in other words all the water draining from the top will run down through the funnel and directly into the line, any holes outside of the funnel will not drain and wont work.
4, put the line together with the T valves
5, put nipples in 2 of the buckets
6, run the line through the bottom of 2 buckets
7, connect the top bucket with the nipple to the drain line with a little 2 inch hose connector
Once all thats connected it will look like this
8, put the bucket with the funnel, inside the other bucket with nipple, the funnel fits snug right into the top of that nipple, then add the screen
9, next add hydroton into the bucket (you can fill the whole bucket up with hydroton if you are trying to grow monsters or you can add a little pot as i will show
10, puncture 2 holes in the feed hose and add the feeder lines
11, run the drain line into the rez and hook the feed hose to the water pump and run it through the top of the lid or somewhere
high as in the 4th pic to the right, it shows the feeding hose coming through the top
12, make sure everything is tidy mainly the end of the feed hose which needs to be sealed,
This is what the system should look like when done. Except you will notice i had a zip tie on this one, however the hose above is the safest.
and if height is a problem either tying down or breaking the stems takes care of this and also makes for a more even canopy. Peace on the Planet
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ty and you got it
Thanks for sharing your build!
