if been following your project for a couple of months now being incredibly fascinated by your superb automation and doing some research myself. Now I reached a point, where I planned out almost everything. So next week Ill start ordering all the necessary parts and start building.
But before that I have a couple of questions which I hope you guys got the answers to.
1. I was thinking about a slightly different Reservoir Setup. From what I remember from the videos, LEDGardener had his Fertilizer-Mix-Reservoir below his freshwater Reservoir. The waterflow from the freshwater Reservoir to the Mix Reservoir was created using gravity and a solenoid valve.
To fertilize/water the plants he used a pump sitting in the Mix Reservoir.
I haven’t yet understood how he prevents the pumps from running dry while at the same time draining the whole fertilizer mix. Therefor I was thinking about setting my Reservoirs up in the way you can see in the picture.
- Concept Sketch of my System
- Hydro Halo Setup; Credit to CocoforCanabis.com
So, what do you think about this setup? Have you tried something similar? Am I missing out on something in LEDGs system, which makes my concept obsolete?
2. My second question would be if any of you have tried air stones or aquarium wave makers instead of pumps to generate the waterflow in your reservoir. I was thinking about using either of it due to the lower cost, maintenance and “water temperature generation” compared to a stirring pump.
Looking forward to hearing from you and thanks in advance
