Project Reject - Design help wanted

[Hephaestus]

A metal cab...I like it!

You know Heph, if you ever wanted to sell that thing down the road, I bet you could get some decent $$ for it from the right buyer...

Yep, I like to work with what I know... Aluminums a bit of a learning experience for me; but a little closer to my normal than wood... I can't do wood... crowns, grains... bah!

LOL - don't suggest that, I've got enough to make 5-6 more of these - and I learned a lot off this one Who wants to start the bidding at 100$

 

[Hephaestus]

Well getting further along



Xbox fans installed for some air movement... Nice coat of white paint inside...


Ventilation done - 3/4" pvc feeds light area, and passive intake sealed up.


Starting to work on mounting the bits n pieces for the growshield... Having to redo the keypad mount... Dangit - slighly misaligned... It'll drive me nuts...

 

[Hephaestus]

I love sundays... Productive days


Got some wiring done, got some tubs in... Fans were powered up (xbox fans had to be flipped around) - toshiba 2amp 12v wall wart - more to come on that, see if I can scavenge up a terminal strip tomorrow... 5way gang valve mounted; penetrations almost all done (just RDWC feed/drains left)


Yes those are outlets up top - Cut up a nice 10ga extension cord to supply that...

Maybe tomorow we'll have her up and running if all goes well...

 

[ambertrich]

I just had to stop by and say you do beautiful work with that metal. Looks so smooooth

 

[Hephaestus]

Heh - Between you and me, I'm a really good photographer... Good from afar but far from good Or I'm just OCD... Quite possibly the latter, cuz I've seen my vacation pics...

 

[Hephaestus]

Went into operation yesterday (in semi - temporary form). Installed a 2x55w coralife fixture for now (slid right into that 2" space for the lights). Plants in Tubs previously pictured. RDWC & aquaponics plumbed in.

Fan vibrates the front door off. Guess I'll have to put a lock/latch into the mix.

Going to have to upgrade the primary drawthrough fan; air temps are hitting the mid 80s with just the 2 55w in. DWC tubs however are staying 72-73. So perhaps that's ok - but when the 4 bulbs go in... We'll have issues (though I'm wondering about that - as ballasts will be in the utility area; not in flower chamber below - should reduce that heat a bit)

Almost flooded yesterday - roots... RDWC... Drain plugged - caught it just in time...

 

[Hephaestus]

And it begins

And it begins




Aquaponics tied in... RDWC right now is running a 20/20 schedule; mostly because thats the minimum on the timer - arduino will let me change that out to 2 on 20 cycles or similar...

Girls take up residence!

Still gotta get proper lighting installed, finish up the monitoring, and utility area... Get that arduino running the works...

 

[Hephaestus]

Well got things pretty much finished except for the arduino controls...

Lights in - pair of 2700 and pair of 4100s



Plants in and happy:


Will have to upgrade the ventilation - temps running in the 85-88F range when closed up... Leaving the front duct taped about 1" open to keep temps down...

 

[#1cheesebuds]

this looks super dooper ooper great. what I love most about hydro is how clean it is.

 

[Hephaestus]

I'm liking it Aquaponics is the way for me I'm thinking...

Almost Killed off the other big one last night; decided it wasn't showing pistils yet - had to be male... Luckily I got couchlocked Today it was showing pistils! Repotted the smallest of the girls - She was massively rootbound. Had a brick of coco - decided to give that a whirl. Got some random leaves curling down - think I got the nutes a bit too strong, so did a 3-4g water change). pH is holding REALLY nice and steady with the new setup; have only added 1/2ml of vinegar since setup - to hold in the 6.2 range.

Going to have to do something more here about smell - Not sure why but the place is reeking of maple syrup (Dunno if you guys have ever heated maple syrup in a frying pan - but that's the smell - exactly!). Carbon isn't cutting it - my therapure 300 (google it - uv, ionizing + hepa; rather expensive do all filter) isn't making a dent - last grow it kept the skunk smell down to nothing (and it's got a new hepa filter now).

 

[Hephaestus]

Much more gooder!



Root porn

 

[Hephaestus]

 

[ScrubNinja]

That's looking ace, dude. How do you raise the P for flower? Wouldn't it kill the fishies?

 

[Hephaestus]

PO4 is one of those common nutrients in a fish tank... I'm boosting by feeding frozen mysis - in juices (usually in the aquarium you try to rinse off the juices to avoid the phosphates).

Since I'm still figuring out the details, finding I need to give things a bit of a boost here and there... So to some extent I've been using other sources... flowering I've been using the occasional dose of shultz cactus & ??? (2-7-7 liquid fert - clearance .97$ at walmart )

 

[Hephaestus]

That first cab got plumbed in today - Running 2x25w CFL and a 42w CFL... Mostly for vegetables; well... And some strawberries

Trichs appearing on two of the original plants to sex...

Next generation is looking good - Third gen... Not very happy, didn't like a FIM + repot (coco)... Luckily she showed her sex this week - was about to scrap her as a male...

 

[disfunktional]

absolutely killer man!!!! Im all about metal work and yours is top notch, well done sir. Im pulling up a chair.

 

[#1cheesebuds]

they looken good from here.

 

[Hephaestus]

Don't know about being top notch - more of a good from afar but far from good Definitely happy with how they've turned out. I'm not a big fan of wood working; especially when water is nearby or humidity is high... Still have a bit of work to go, Noticed a few light leaks on the veg box I'll have to deal with... Using some thinner PVC in the recirc feed - and it's letting a lot of light over into the flower box; and out the bottom where the drain is. Thinking duct tape on the drain (no other good way) and a aluminum shield (painted white) over the Recirc feed... To try to keep it down.

Bright side of the day - noticed the PLL's have radically dropped in temp output; I can close up the front face without temps exceeding 85F now. That's a positive improvement!

 

[Hephaestus]

Well few new shots for today...


Full system setup; veg & flower cabs side x side...

My first clone to be re-introduced to the system! You'll note it's in Coco - using a wick to help get nutes into the young plant until it's roots drop down into the DWC

More clones coming I hope...

Rest of the Veg Cabinet... Another SWC tub... Yes those are tomatoes; lettuce and those lil green spots are strawberries Along with a few more plants/clones on the go...


Full Flower chamber shot...

The big girl... Gotta figure out why the new leaves are suddenly curling down like this...


Root porn... Spread/separated - nearly 2' long...

 

[pease]

Root porn... Spread/separated - nearly 2' long...

o lawdy


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