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Bio-Bucket Specialist Moderator
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Well everyone it’s getting a little difficult going to OG to update my grow/thread documentation when I spend all of my time here at IC, so in order to keep up with every thing I’m going to go head and move it so as to better document as I go.
Introduction:
In conclusion: This system is NOT A TOY SYSTEM, but well rapidly produces fast growing plants with the most ease of maintenance. I well provide some links to the various different types of bio-bucket system styles, enjoy!!! HurtBack as far as I know he is the one how came up with the principles and design of the Bio-Buckets, although I love the principles behind the bio-bucket system I did not like the design of the system. So I set out on a journey which took me several mounts to complete. So here's what I did, and some of the things I kept.
And here's some of the things that I changed.
That's just a few things that I did....To bring new ideas to the system, you know what they all ways say, a picture is worth a thousand words, so here you go. The Bio-Bucket Concepts:
I well try to explain some of the concepts of growing in a bio-bucket system, and sense a lot of people have never heard of "bio-buckets" I'll start with what makes it "bio," I am not referring to the nutrients! I am referring to the beneficial bacterium, there is good and bad bacterium, the good bacterium if put under a microscope is a "short chained bacteria" which are the good one's and feeds off of the bad bacteria which is a "long chained bacteria" which grows when something is non moving and steal and stagnate, that’s way they say to only drink out of fast moving streams because long-chained bad bacteria well build up in a non moving system, so the idea here is to have a recirculating system. The use of beneficial bacteria populations that can decompose organic sludge as well as bacteria that can convert ammonia and nitrites into nitrates, reduce BOD (biochemical oxygen demand), bind excess phosphates, prevents algal blooms and maintains a microbiological equilibrium in the system. This process has been studied for many years in the water treatment industry and recently has been introduced in aquaculture with very encouraging results. (I well discuss this in more detail later on) so that there is NO DEAD SPOTS in the design of your system. Now how do you get the beneficial bacterium started in your system, well that's the essayist part of all, you need to give them a home to live in, sense this is a DWC type of system in the bottom of my lid I use an 8" net-pots, DO NOT USE CLAY BALLS, the beneficial bacterium cannot penetrate the heard clay balls, so you won't to use something like "lava rock" or some kind of pumice rock that has tiny little holes in it were the good bacterium can live, Now that you have that just fill up your system with tap water or RO water and live your pump running 24/7 for one week, NOTE: (any thing over 100 gallons, live for two weeks) mine is a 205 gallon system so I fill the system and let it run and in the min time I take my cutting's and by the time thy are rooted the system is ready! Recap:
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Bio-Bucket Specialist Moderator
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Before I get into the design of the bio-buckets, lets talk about some of the benefits that I have personally experience with this kind of system?
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Looks great
But I wish the photos were a bit larger, any way you can arrange for that?
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Bio-Bucket Specialist Moderator
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Sorry about that, I believe I have that fixed now.
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Awesome Big Toke
I love the info and the pics. This is some killer work you've done here man. I want to use this method in the future on a project and love to gleen as much quality information as I can from post. I'll be following with open eyes and mind Tex |
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Awesome BigToke!
I read all the Hurtback and subsequent posts on bio buckets. It looks like you got this thing down. I'm in on this thread. Very professional... How much $ have you invested thus far in your system? |
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Bio-Bucket Specialist Moderator
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The Bio-Bucket Concepts:
I well try to explain some of the concepts of growing in a bio-bucket system, and sense a lot of people have never heard of "bio-buckets" I'll start with what makes it "bio," I am not referring to the nutrients! I am referring to the beneficial bacterium, there is good and bad bacterium, the good bacterium if put under a microscope is a "short chained bacteria" which are the good one's and feeds off of the bad bacteria which is a "long chained bacteria" which grows when something is non moving and steal and stagnate, that’s way they say to only drink out of fast moving streams because long-chained bad bacteria well build up in a non moving system, so the idea here is to have a recirculating system. The use of beneficial bacteria populations that can decompose organic sludge as well as bacteria that can convert ammonia and nitrites into nitrates, reduce BOD (biochemical oxygen demand), bind excess phosphates, prevents algal blooms and maintains a microbiological equilibrium in the system. This process has been studied for many years in the water treatment industry and recently has been introduced in aquaculture with very encouraging results. (I well discuss this in more detail later on) so that there is NO DEAD SPOTS in the design of your system. Now how do you get the beneficial bacterium started in your system, well that's the essayist part of all, you need to give them a home to live in, sense this is a DWC type of system in the bottom of my lid I use an 8" net-pots, DO NOT USE CLAY BALLS, the beneficial bacterium cannot penetrate the heard clay balls, so you won't to use something like "lava rock" or some kind of pumice rock that has tiny little holes in it were the good bacterium can live, Now that you have that just fill up your system with tap water or RO water and live your pump running 24/7 for one week, NOTE: (any thing over 100 gallons, live for two weeks) mine is a 205 gallon system so I fill the system and let it run and in the min time I take my cutting's and by the time thy are rooted the system is ready! Click for Larger Image Click for Larger Image Click for Larger Image Click for Larger Image Click for Larger Image Click for Larger Image Click for Larger Image Click for Larger Image Click for Larger Image Click for Larger Image Last edited by BigToke; 09-30-2004 at 10:54 PM.. |
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Holy Chit!!! You were talk'n 16 Five Gallon Buckets in my thread... LOL... Awesome!!! I am going to be right there with TK, examining every word of your posts, and every pixel of your pics!
Way Cool!!! -BuzzBob Last edited by BuzzBob; 09-29-2004 at 04:38 AM.. |
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Texas Kid,
Thanks for the props, I’ll do my best on the quality info but coming from a stoner!! I would keep both eye’s open. Maistre, Hurtback, did some body say Hurtback!! Ya I’d like to set down at the table and chew the fat with that fellow, but since he is not around any more? I’ll do the best that I can. I don’t have the total cost of this system, so I’ll guess around $2.5k I’m sure you could get buy with less but I was in a hurry to put it together, so I bought every thing new!! Buzzbob, Sorry about that it must have been a typo or something, thanks for stopping by. |
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Don't worry BT, I read with stoner eyes.lol
Tex |
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