I threw a couple of air stones in the res and it went up to 75 degree. Should I be worried about this, or just dump the air all together? My room is closed and kept at 75. Id like to keep more water in the res, but at 75 in the res Im not sure I want it in there very long. Im using CNS17 and I dont notice a funky smell now. I have had a funky smell after about a week without stones. I cleaned the hell out of my res recently and Im not sure if the stones are helping or not. My PH stays stable either way though.

[Blaz3]

Lets say you wanted to run ~40 plants..how much dekc and patio kits would you need?..How does it work setting up large numbers of plants?

[Mister_D]

Blaz3 - if you want to run 40 plants just buy the 50 pack of blumats from sustainable village. Much cheaper than buying the deck and patio kits.

[Blaz3]

Do you need multiple reservoirs for large numbers of plants?Can you,for example,do a 50 plant system,using ONE reservoir,and ONE feed line.Do you have to split it?

[Mister_D]

Short answer is no, one res is fine. I'm feeding ~50 plants (will be 64 when the system is full) in a vertical rack setup with blumats on one res (redemption thread in my sig). You might want to go to 1/2" ID feedline and 3/32" kent system fittings to feed that many plants off one line though. Do yourself a favor and read the blumat auto watering thread. It's long, but should answer just about any question you might have.

[Blaz3]

Yeah thats what got me interested in this system..for sure Ill invest in them,Im surprised more people dont use them.

Would you say growth rate,in say,coco,is on par with full hydro (dwc,nft,ebbnflow)?

Also Tyga VERY nice meter,is that the BlueLab combination meter??Looks very nice and high tech,I mighth buy two of those ;}

Sent a friend request too man.

[Mister_D]

Honestly I havn't used them long enough to say one way or the other. Got a gro bro using 300 of them in coco, and says it's the closest he's come to full on hydro without all the headaches . I did alot of research before I bought mine, and have no doubt i'll be using them for a long time to come.

Too many rats

[budman678]

my system just arrived in the mail.

will i need to use two blumats for a 5gall smartie?

i have 6 plants and twelve carrots...i can feasibly do it if recommended

[Kit Kat]

Two per would be better for a 5gal on opposite sides from each other.