Slippy One Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Hi to all coco auto feed crew out there, what's the longest you've gone between a full clean down/refresh? I almost made it to 4 weeks by just topping up every 6 days, wondered if anyone has gone longer? I know we're supposed to completely refresh every week, but I've had a mad month and topping up suited me. Plant's are happy as Larry, maybe I got lucky. Very salty in the res, maybe I need a bigger circ pump.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbillybob Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 (edited) who said you're meant to clean out every week?? i did my last grow i never cleaned any of the res out from flip, so 8 weeks, but it did run down a few times, i should have cleaned it out though, as the yeild suffeed as did the ec (way high) and PH Edited October 24, 2022 by badbillybob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsyrup Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 1 minute ago, badbillybob said: i should have cleaned it out though, as the yeild suffeed as did the ec (way high) and PH This. The amount of times I've trouble shot rooms with seemingly "nothing wrong" only to find the pump is trying to pump through 6 inches of salt, or its been ran dry and not cleaned that many times, salt and carbonate is literally flaking off the sides into the water as it fills up Odd time here and there isn't going to hurt anything, personally speaking its a slippery slope though I'd sooner clean it once a week, or at every tank change whatever comes sooner. Plus its physically less work to wipe it down once a week than it is to toil over it between cycles trying to get it clean! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbillybob Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 (edited) 16 minutes ago, GSZZ said: This. The amount of times I've trouble shot rooms with seemingly "nothing wrong" only to find the pump is trying to pump through 6 inches of salt, or its been ran dry and not cleaned that many times, salt and carbonate is literally flaking off the sides into the water as it fills up Odd time here and there isn't going to hurt anything, personally speaking its a slippery slope though I'd sooner clean it once a week, or at every tank change whatever comes sooner. Plus its physically less work to wipe it down once a week than it is to toil over it between cycles trying to get it clean! i totally agree. i wont do it again, promise its definitely not recommended, ill add. i was just not in the right head place for the last grow or two. clean it out regularly and you will have much less issues., as pointed out... Edited October 24, 2022 by badbillybob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippy One Posted October 24, 2022 Author Share Posted October 24, 2022 This got me thinking, what do the pros do reservoirs? I'm guessing super fine filters, RO water etc but do pro grow ops do a weekly clean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsyrup Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 1 hour ago, badbillybob said: i totally agree. i wont do it again, promise its definitely not recommended, ill add. i was just not in the right head place for the last grow or two. clean it out regularly and you will have much less issues., as pointed out... we've all been there mate and I'm no saint, my tanks are clean but only you saw the state of the rest of the room! 1 hour ago, Slippy One said: but do pro grow ops do a weekly clean? Aye, loads of memes about "rezzy scrubbers" 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BushDoctoR Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 (edited) I've building casts for resin recently. Before we pour the resin in we give the cast a spray with a very fine layer of some sort of wax to help stop it sticking. Had me wondering whether something like that could work for salt build up to make cleaning easier Edited October 25, 2022 by BushDoctoR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonDaMon Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 On 24/10/2022 at 8:22 PM, Slippy One said: This got me thinking, what do the pros do reservoirs? I'm guessing super fine filters, RO water etc but do pro grow ops do a weekly clean? personally I’ve been a full grow without cleaning down my reservoir. my res is 60L approx 55L when full as I don’t fill it right to the top. i have a circulation pump running 24h to create movement in the reservoir. At least once a week I add 60ml of 12% H2o2 to my reservoir and I add 25ml to every 25L top up that I do. i don’t use any screens in my inline filter as it’s there for quick disconnection when I need to remove the reservoir etc. my HX8810 has its own sponge filter for removing debris. i don’t consider myself a “pro” and what works for one does not always work for another. i use the following Dutch pro Coco Hydro/Grow A/B (sw) as my water is 0.2EC. i use plant magic MagneCal Epsom salts Mono PotassiumPhosphate pH down Liquid Silicon H2o2 And I also have Dutch Pro Keep it clean (although I have no proof this works at keeping lines clean) Make of this what you will but unless you’re seeing issues with your reservoir such as bacterial blooms or algae growth etc then there’s really no need to strip it once a week to clean it all IMO. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu914 Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 It's not only cleanliness but also the balance of nutes in the res... Plants use nutes at different rates throughout the grow and if the res is continuously topped up there will eventually be a lacking in some elements and a surplus of others which will cause discrepancies and lock-out...(this applies only to re-circulating systems and not drain to waste) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonDaMon Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Fully agree with @stu914 Recirculating systems are whole other question. as Stu has said the recirc will cause issues as uptake happens and doesn’t return an exact amount of everything back. with @Slippy One talking about coco auto feeding I just figured DTW as I wouldn’t really want to recirc coco unless other things were being done to mitigate the way coco holds on to certain elements. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfer Joe Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 On 24/10/2022 at 7:49 PM, badbillybob said: who said you're meant to clean out every week?? i did my last grow i never cleaned any of the res out from flip, so 8 weeks, but it did run down a few times, i should have cleaned it out though, as the yeild suffeed as did the ec (way high) and PH Lol...I guess you answered your own question, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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