Hello!
Im building a drain-to-res RDWC setup for winter this year, very basic.
20 gallon reservoir, (4) 3.5gal buckets, water pump to 1/2" line feeding the thru the lid on each bucket, each bucket with a 3/4 to 1" drain tube and a 4 port air pump w a air stone in each bucket incase the pump fails. The idea is to feed water into each bucket and have the excess drain back down to the res.
Anway, im undecided as to what height to locate the big drain hole. When i do basic DWC i usually top off or do a fill of 2 gallons in a 3.5gallon container, 1 gallon in a 2 gallon container and 1/2 gal in a 1gal container. Should i locate it at the 2gal mark to keep the same amount of water in the rdwc as the dwc? Or would it be ok to locate it at 1.5 since the water will be exchanged?
Also, in my setup, should the pump circulate all the time? Is it ok to do so? Would it be better to have it cycle 4-6 times a day for 30 min? What do you recommend?
Thank you!!!
- SubN
Im building a drain-to-res RDWC setup for winter this year, very basic.
20 gallon reservoir, (4) 3.5gal buckets, water pump to 1/2" line feeding the thru the lid on each bucket, each bucket with a 3/4 to 1" drain tube and a 4 port air pump w a air stone in each bucket incase the pump fails. The idea is to feed water into each bucket and have the excess drain back down to the res.
Anway, im undecided as to what height to locate the big drain hole. When i do basic DWC i usually top off or do a fill of 2 gallons in a 3.5gallon container, 1 gallon in a 2 gallon container and 1/2 gal in a 1gal container. Should i locate it at the 2gal mark to keep the same amount of water in the rdwc as the dwc? Or would it be ok to locate it at 1.5 since the water will be exchanged?
Also, in my setup, should the pump circulate all the time? Is it ok to do so? Would it be better to have it cycle 4-6 times a day for 30 min? What do you recommend?
Thank you!!!
- SubN