Trying to buy the right res size, how many gallon per watts do yall use?

[noobs1988]

I will be starting my girls off under 400w of hid and switch to 1000w hps for flowering and a week later add 400 more watts for a total of 1400w of hps light.

I was thinking I was going to do 9 plants in a 4x5ft area and was thinking about using a total of 60 gallons in my setup. does that sound about right?

 

[Snype]

I will be starting my girls off under 400w of hid and switch to 1000w hps for flowering and a week later add 400 more watts for a total of 1400w of hps light.

I was thinking I was going to do 9 plants in a 4x5ft area and was thinking about using a total of 60 gallons in my setup. does that sound about right?

60 Gallons sounds about right to me. On 4x8 trays I like to use 70 to 100 gallon rez. I've run 4x6 trays with 40 gallons so 60 sounds good for your space.

 

[stoneybud2]

What kind of set up?? Ebb, dtw, nft ???
1 light would more than likely do you. Only problem I see with a. 1k and a 400 together is 1k will be up here n 400 down here to get the usable light from it.
But res size is more to system style and size of plants.

Last ebb run I did with 7 plants 2gal buckets 30gal res. this gave me 1-2 days b4 I had to top off
SB2

 

[noobs1988]

was thinking about doing 9 5 gallon buckets in a RDWC set up? but what im saying is 60 gallons enough for 1400W of light that my girls will be getting.

 

[zero244]

That is over 6.5 gallons per plant that is more than enough. I run a DWC and each plant has about 2.5 to 3 gallons per plant. Keep in mind that 60 gallons of water weighs about 510 pounds. A res in the 50 to 60 gallon range should work nicely.
I also agree that a single 1000 should be enough for 9 plants. But if you want to run 1400 watts it wont hurt anything.

 

[noobs1988]

thanks bro. bc what i was thinking was each bucket would hold about 3 gallons... thats 27 gallons in the buckets and then ill buy a 30 gallon res which will only hold about 25 gallons

 

[TheCleanGame]

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