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Hey everyone!! This is my first thread here on ICMag, and I wanted to show you guys/chickyz my heavily modded Waterfarms. 
I first started making this system a while back while following alot of Heath Robinson's high flow style grows. I loved the idea of using vertical lighting and low plant numbers. So, I decided id super mod my waterfarm kit and instead of growing a couple trees, grow all 8 smaller bushes and drop a couple 600w's in the middle of each set of 4.
So its 8 Waterfarms..
Connected by 1 1/4" PVC to the stock control bucket w/float valve to stock res..
1800gph Magdrive from the outside of the control bucket pulls water through 3/4" pvc down the line of buckets with T's then reduced to 1/2" to a ball valve then into each bucket..
The nutes enter the bucket right under the inner bucket with a 45* elbow with a plug in the end and holes drilled in the plug like a spayer. I got this idea from Lightning Bug and his "My Buckets" grow. I was planning on just shooting the water straight out of the elbows, but the buckets filled faster then they would drain so I ended up putting in the drilled plugs to even everything out..
I actually split up the return and have 2, 1 1/4" returns going into the control bucket. 1 for each 4 buckets..
Pump runs 24/7..
Nutes are chilled by a 1/5hp chiller at 68f
Using Lucas Formula all the way through. Flora micro/bloom 8/16..
Strains are Bubba Kush X Master kush and Green Crack. They were all the BKxMK but had a problem early on and didnt fill the inner buckets full enough with hydroton and had nutes splashing all over the lil clones and had to pull 6 out of the 8 that where in there and to use a couple GC's I had to fill 2 spots. So 2 are ahead by about 5 days or so..
I vegged for 4 weeks, first 3 weeks were 20/4, and last week was 18/6. They were flipped to 12/12 on the 15th of this month so they are about 10 days in..
Room is 10' x 10' x 8'. Cooled by a 10" maxfan through a bigassfilter(dont know the brand off hand). Passive intake coming from under the house so it is very nice and cool. Temps mid 70's/40-50%rh lights on and mid 60's/50-60%rh lights off..
No problems as of yet other than the splashing in the beginning. I know better now to bury the rings in the hydroton next time. No leaks(knock on wood). Hope smooth sailing from here on. Ill post alot of pics and keep the thread updated. I wasnt able to get any Root Porn in yet, need somone to help me hold a plant up. But ill have some up in the next day or so.
The rings have been off on the girls ever since the roots hit the bottom bucket. The Magdrive is supplying the plants with all the DO that is needed.
Any and all advice or questions are more than welcome. This is the first time ive run this system so there might be some surprises along the way. Hopefully big fat stanky ones!!!
Thanks everyone for your input!! And Stay Frosty!!
Air cooled lights lol
BKxMK
GreenCrack
I first started making this system a while back while following alot of Heath Robinson's high flow style grows. I loved the idea of using vertical lighting and low plant numbers. So, I decided id super mod my waterfarm kit and instead of growing a couple trees, grow all 8 smaller bushes and drop a couple 600w's in the middle of each set of 4.
So its 8 Waterfarms..
Connected by 1 1/4" PVC to the stock control bucket w/float valve to stock res..
1800gph Magdrive from the outside of the control bucket pulls water through 3/4" pvc down the line of buckets with T's then reduced to 1/2" to a ball valve then into each bucket..
The nutes enter the bucket right under the inner bucket with a 45* elbow with a plug in the end and holes drilled in the plug like a spayer. I got this idea from Lightning Bug and his "My Buckets" grow. I was planning on just shooting the water straight out of the elbows, but the buckets filled faster then they would drain so I ended up putting in the drilled plugs to even everything out..
I actually split up the return and have 2, 1 1/4" returns going into the control bucket. 1 for each 4 buckets..
Pump runs 24/7..
Nutes are chilled by a 1/5hp chiller at 68f
Using Lucas Formula all the way through. Flora micro/bloom 8/16..
Strains are Bubba Kush X Master kush and Green Crack. They were all the BKxMK but had a problem early on and didnt fill the inner buckets full enough with hydroton and had nutes splashing all over the lil clones and had to pull 6 out of the 8 that where in there and to use a couple GC's I had to fill 2 spots. So 2 are ahead by about 5 days or so..
I vegged for 4 weeks, first 3 weeks were 20/4, and last week was 18/6. They were flipped to 12/12 on the 15th of this month so they are about 10 days in..
Room is 10' x 10' x 8'. Cooled by a 10" maxfan through a bigassfilter(dont know the brand off hand). Passive intake coming from under the house so it is very nice and cool. Temps mid 70's/40-50%rh lights on and mid 60's/50-60%rh lights off..
No problems as of yet other than the splashing in the beginning. I know better now to bury the rings in the hydroton next time. No leaks(knock on wood). Hope smooth sailing from here on. Ill post alot of pics and keep the thread updated. I wasnt able to get any Root Porn in yet, need somone to help me hold a plant up. But ill have some up in the next day or so.
The rings have been off on the girls ever since the roots hit the bottom bucket. The Magdrive is supplying the plants with all the DO that is needed.
Any and all advice or questions are more than welcome. This is the first time ive run this system so there might be some surprises along the way. Hopefully big fat stanky ones!!!
Thanks everyone for your input!! And Stay Frosty!!
Air cooled lights lol
BKxMK
