Just finished a three, that's right 3 hour maintenance session in the operation with the wife. We drained all the reservoirs, cleaned them, their lids and the submersible pumps and reassembled. We filled w/fresh water and set the nutrients to the appropriate level, added some stress zyme and finally, set the ph to 5.8. Right now the ph down is in demand, out of the well our ph is 7.4. After we add appropriate nutes, we're around 6.3-6.5. Right now we are still running our Botanicare nutrients with molassas & Advanced Nutrients Hammerhead PK 9/18 in the flower units. The stress zyme is a cheaper alternative to the hygrozyme and other botanical solutions, albeit the stress zyme isn't cheap at Petsmart, but well worth what it does cost.

We recently started using the black mixing pan from Lowes, or rather, "High Density Polyethylene Large Black Mixing Tub", to hold all our reservoirs and they are working out great!! They keep any dripping water contained for easy clean up, the dripping can also be overcome by using contractor bags, but we prefer to capture the little that did leak using these tubs. Before we started using these, I hated walking in and the floor had a puddle. Water and all that light equates to algae, something we don't want or need in our op. All in all I am pretty happy with the set up these reservoirs & tubs. We planned things out from the get go and one of the primary things we spent a lot of time thinking about is WATER. The real, and only in our opinion, downside to hydro. There are many stories online, and I have heard a few from other patients/caregivrs, telling the tale of moldy carpet, ruined subfloors and structural framing from leaking hydro set ups. It is well worth it to plan it out and think it through before taking on a hydroponics grow!

Curing meds look good, still quite wet after 24 hours in the sealed mason jars. We let them air out for 20 minutes this evening and resealed them. The JTR is SOOOOO stinky, and in such a good way :)

Hygrozyme & Hammerhead PK 9/18, From Local Hydro Shop or online. Planet Natural is my local hydro shop, they ROCK!

Stress Zyme, From Petsmart, in aquarium department. 

High Density Polyethylene Large Black Mixing Tub from Lowes, < $12 bucks now, they were $13.xx, price mark down - Yipee (I bough two (2) today, so I know).