Help with hydro system please!

[beach]

I am currently using an ebb and flow system with 12 plants. They are in transition stage. I have 8x10 Room with with an L section that is 6x5. The L section has 2 8 bank t5's and the 8x10 has 2 1000 MH one blue on red. I have pineapple and AK growing ranging from 2ft to 5 ft. my growing medium is hydroton. Theyare on a 30minute on and water 4x's daily.

Yesterday I found small white Larve looking bugs in my water and then tonight I found the above bug in the water in the growing medium.

I applied h2o2 tonight to each plant while in between cycles.

Did I do right? I have always called these potato bugs but all pics and references to potato bugs did not look like this.

Any help would be great. I am on the coast so dampness is always an issue for me.

 

[OC80]

A rollie pollie???

 

[deepchunk]

a sow bug

 

[beach]

I have called it that too but still couldn't find any help? Have you ever seen it in a hydro system? actually in the hydroton. I have dealt with a lot of issues here but have not seen this before.

 

[blowwhole]

Thats a sow bug, it,s not going to hurt much. The larve in your water could be lice, but i'm a soil guy so you will have to wait for the hydro pros.

 

[WeedChuck]

well those things breed pretty quickly and their young are white so thats what may be floating in your res. But what their doing in a hydro grow is way beyond me. crazy little pill bugs.

 

[motofox16]

Rollie Pollie's

Rollie Pollie's

haha thats funny. I used to have these things allll over the place. they like damp places, i could see them loving some soil or something but a hydro setup!? ha never heard of that before.

 

[beach]

It's Crazy! Thanks for the confirmation on the type of bug. I waited until I was on a complete drain cycle and then water each one from the top with H2O2 and it has stopped them in their tracks. Also upped the de-humidifier.
Thanks for responding. Love this site

 

[Proteus]

crazy that they would breed in a water system.. usually find them on the bottom of pots outside!

 

[beach]

I am struggling with the damp environment. The things that seem to be happening to me are crazy and wierd. I am really glad that I found this site! It has been a tremendous help.

 

[sarek]

be careful next you might have snakes on a plane......