And many other undesirable lifeforms. Also, cooler water holds more dissolved oxygen. I try to keep my temps between 68-75F, which equals out to 9.1-8.6 mg/l of O2.
This is good advice. I use a cycle timer on mine, and can I control the temp of the cloner by varying the on/off times. In the summer, I’ll run a longer off cycle, and I shorten it in the winter.
For keeping everything clean, this is my go-to product. I think everyone who uses a cloner should use this. It’s cheap, it works, and it doesn’t harm the plants.
There are 2 formulations of this, one’s in a blue package, the other is red, make sure you get the red. Put 1 gram in a gallon of water, and you have 1 gallon of Clear-Res. I add 3ml per gallon every 3-4 days. Between that and keeping the temps lower, everything stays nice and clean.
After each run, I wash off the cloner, collars, inserts, and airstones with soapy water to get off any chunks of old leaf or other smegma that may be on them. Then I fill the cloner up with tap water, add 2 grams/gal of pool shock, dump the collars, inserts, and stones into it, cover the top with a piece of plexiglass to prevent flooding, and let it run overnight.
The next day, I dump the water, but I don’t rinse off the inserts. I put them back in the collars with the pool shock solution still on them, and let them dry. @Gpaw. I’ve been using the same inserts for 4 years or so now, and I’ve never had a problem.
Anyway, that’s my $0.02 worth. I’m sure you’ll get it back on track man.