steelhead

When my Co2 comes on my fans turn off. I have it coming right out of the p-tubing & lays right on the plants. Am I doing this right? Any help would be nice thanks!!

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Rumpleforeskin

It should be the other way around. Sounds like the same thing but its not. Your CO2 should only come on when your room does not require cooling/ventilation. Always hook your fan/ventilation to a thermostat and only turn it off when the room has reached it's preset temp. Don't turn your fans off to inject CO2.

Better to have a cool room then a CO2 enriched one.

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steelhead

Thanks alot I figured drilling holes in the p-tubing above the plant instead would help the gas drape the plants. I have seen a considerable amount of growth since the last week i've been there. How much should I water now that i'm injecting co2? I would assume more but i'm not quite sure, 3,4,5 times a day? Thanks guys

Rumpleforeskin

If your room is hot you would be retarded to turn your fans off. This is why a controller is important and most of us use them with a correctly installed CO2 system. Never hook your fans to a timer.

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bagabones73

as for drilling hols in tube - you can get tubing with microscpoic holes - no need to drill them

as for water sched. - many factors but usually 3 or 4

3 in rockwool - 4 in pellets

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bagabones73

you guys are saying 2 different things and your both correct in a way

1) you dont want to suck co2 out so you wouldnt run fan while running co2
2) you dont want to let your temps climb out of reasonabe range in order to provide co2

you would need to keep temps in range and only need to run fans in intrevals and you need to achieve a good amount of time between fans turning on and off - its hard to get room cool enough to do that with little venting and no a/c unless you live in alaska-

personally i wouldnt run co2 if i needed to vent at all - you are going to be changing that
co2 tank 2x per week or more - its gonna get expensive and be a pain

if you want co2 - seal room 100% - add a wall unit a/c to cool room and dont vent anything ever

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Bongo Banger

i've never had a co2 set-up with a controller, but everything i've ever read said that co2 comes on and the fans are stopped. you also have the tubing set-up above the plants so it will fall down onto the plants, since it's heavier than air. you don't want fans blowing it all over the room or pulling it out of the room. if the fans are off for a bit and the temps rise it's not a problem. running co2 allows you the ability to run higher temps.

bagabones73

higher temps with in range - personally i wuldnt go over 85 max or dump the co2
they say you can run high temps (95) but the question is do you really want to run it that high- i wouldnt

you do want some air circ. under canopy so an osc fan is good -

correct fans are stopped when co2 comes on but if the fans need to run evey 5 minutes to keep the temps in range your going to burn through alot of tanks in a week

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