I'm Loooking for a good DWC system

[BillyMumphrey]

I am looking for a good DWC system that I can buy from somewhere and thats relativly easy to put together and maintain. I know I "could" make a DWC system myself but I am really not mechanically inclined so I would prefer to buy one. Anyone care to share any recommendations?

 

[MostHigh]

If you can put a straw in a beverage...you can DIY DWC.

 

[FRANKENBLUNT420]

EBB&GROW you cant go wrong. butif you havent done hydro b4 i would have to suggest doing a smaller version. maybe a tub or a couple buckets.

a small ystem is really not that hard to put together, unless your jsut that lazy then spend the loot and get eh supplies, but learning to DIY certain things will get you through a pinch, and as a grower, we all go through those moments.

im a sure no one is gonna expect you to become bob villa overnight, but its good to have a couple tools on hand, just in case

 

[upgradeshafted]

ice chest and airstone

 

[FreezerBoy]

It's a bucket with an airstone. It's easier to build than pulling the store bought out of it's box.

 

[BillyMumphrey]

Does the icechest with airstone stay cool. I know temps need to be less than about 75 in the resevoir so does the icechest help to keep it cool. Do you have to buy a chiller for it. I think keeping the temp in the resevoir to an acceptible level would be hard with out a chiller. I have no experiance with it so I am wondering how you guys keep the nutrient solution at an acceptible level.

 

[8bitNES]

If you're worried about temps in a DWC then get a bucket and stick a thermometer in it. The reading will be just under what your DWC temperature would be.

I'm a big fan of DWC personally. IMHO, if you're too lazy to make a simple DWC setup then you'll probably be too lazy to care for your plants. Not trying to sound harsh, just trying to make myself clear on how easy setting up a DWC is.

Happy Holidays.
8bit

 

[bazooka]

It's not quite a DWC but similar.

http://www.hidhut.com/catalog/water-farm-complete-system-p-521.html

I use a water farm to keep my mother in. Works well. About as easy as it gets.

 

[BillyMumphrey]

Its not that Im lazy, Ive grown many plants before but only in soil. I plan on gowing like 30-40 plants in DWC under 4k-6k hps lights. If DWC is as simple as filling a bucket with nutrients and putting an airstone in it, I could do that. How would a person deal with high temperature in the resevoir. If I keep ambient temps about 75-81 degrees would the temp in the resevoir be hard to keep cool if it was in a container like a cooler. What could I do to fix the high nutrient temp in the resevoir if it occurs. For a 30-40- plant set up a chillers would not be affordable so how do you keep the solution cool.

 

[MostHigh]

The aeration that occurs in DWC is enough to offset warmer than desired temps. The flow of O2 into DWC is constant.

 

[BillyMumphrey]

Are temps in the ebb and grow system as important as it is in DWC.

 

[MostHigh]

btw...Hempy buckets are hella more forgiving than DWC...and with no pump buzzing up the space, are utterly silent.

 

[ampersand]

just get one of these* and figure out what your going to put in your res every week.


* technically not DWC**

** i think OP just wants buckets

 

[BillyMumphrey]

Ive never heard of a Hempy bucket before. What is it?

 

[MostHigh]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS253&q=Hempy+bucket