AFternoon all - hope someones about who can help

I've got a small NFT grow about to go into flowering, and because it's a scrog, i can't really lift the lid and stir round the nutes when i'm mixing them up each week. The pump feeding the plants is on for 15 minutes every hour - i'm guessing that this isn't enough to keep the water particularly oxygenated *. So, do i need to run a water pump which keeps the mixture constantly moving and does it also need to oxygenate the water?

* - The pump i've got aerates the water as it is feeding the plants so not sure if the reservoir needs to be as well.


Thanks for any help


B8

Another small pump in there will benefit mate.Either a small water pump moving the water or a small air pump to bubble it

I put both in and run em 24/7 and then its got the best of both worlds

Owd

Thanks Owderb - another plug socket reserved

Can anyone recommend a strong, silent type (water pump)?



B8

i cant pick a name brand to say right now but how many gallons is your resivoir??? take that into consideration with your purchasing your water or air pump... you wanna go for something around 200+ gallons per hour... and you wanna make sure the air pump is suitable for your resivoir also...

(1st post YESSS)

i've got a 5 gallon resivoir and i use a airpump for 5-15 gallon tanks, and my water pump is about 175 gph