Under Current/ RDWC newbie questions! Help!

[FRANMACHINE]

Hey guys! I'm currently designing the next system I will be using which is the RDWC/Under current system. However, there are questions that I can't seem to answer. Hope you guys can help me out!

I will have the exact same setup as this photo attached below. 8x 5 gal Buckets and 1x 5 gal control bucket/reservoir.


1. How do you place nutrients in this system? -- Do I just place it in it's reservoir? (I have 9 buckets of 5 gal which means ill place the total amount of nutrients per L for the 9 buckets directly into my reservoir?

2. How strong of a water pump/air pump should I have in a system like this? Is there a required amt of gallon per minute for this system? Like wise with the air pump?

3. How large of a net pot should you have for this system? Does the size of the net pot matter even though my buckets are 5 gallons? What is the minimum and maximum size?


4. For the pipe line connected to all the buckets, is it wrong to have a 2' pipe line? Is there a difference if I use a 1/2' pipe line and a 2' pipe line? Can the pipe line be too big?

5. Finally, should the net pots be submerged into the water or should it be above the water? How high or how deep should it be?

Help would be greatly appreciated!! Will make a grow journal once my equipment has been gathered.

 

[Snype]

Hey guys! I'm currently designing the next system I will be using which is the RDWC/Under current system. However, there are questions that I can't seem to answer. Hope you guys can help me out!

I will have the exact same setup as this photo attached below. 8x 5 gal Buckets and 1x 5 gal control bucket/reservoir.


1. How do you place nutrients in this system? -- Do I just place it in it's reservoir? (I have 9 buckets of 5 gal which means ill place the total amount of nutrients per L for the 9 buckets directly into my reservoir?

2. How strong of a water pump/air pump should I have in a system like this? Is there a required amt of gallon per minute for this system? Like wise with the air pump?

3. How large of a net pot should you have for this system? Does the size of the net pot matter even though my buckets are 5 gallons? What is the minimum and maximum size?


4. For the pipe line connected to all the buckets, is it wrong to have a 2' pipe line? Is there a difference if I use a 1/2' pipe line and a 2' pipe line? Can the pipe line be too big?

5. Finally, should the net pots be submerged into the water or should it be above the water? How high or how deep should it be?

Help would be greatly appreciated!! Will make a grow journal once my equipment has been gathered.

All your answers are in my signature.

 

[The Doktor]

Agreed Snype. You are going to have to do your own legwork and research on this one unless you are going to be willing to pay for a consultation. Not so sound harsh, but the answers to all your questions are contained in the search bar. For someone that does not understand how hydro or RDWC systems work, I am not too sure just how you are going to be designing a system. The Doktor recommends that you should crawl before you start sprinting in the Olympics and read Snypes very excellent tutorials on the subject. (BTW Snype, there are some photos you are missing on a couple of the build Sigs you have. Maybe broken links?)

 

[FRANMACHINE]

All your answers are in my signature.

Holy crap i did not see your guides after using the search bar. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TUTORIALS. It did answer eveyrthing I needed to know to start this system. Thank you and props for the very informative detailed guides!