Yeah you can try that. That or hydroguard.
Both are the complete opposite of sterile though. Both of those products are water with a bunch of beneficial bacteria. Some have good luck with it for sure. It just didn’t work for me with my tap water, I had to go sterile to have success.
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Uc roots isn’t bennes it has the same thing basically as the pool shock
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Ah looks like you’re right. Just all the wording for that product and the name of the company being “Cultured Solutions” sure makes it seem like it’s not a sterilizer and more bacteria. Hence, cultured but no. I can’t find a single source that says what it actually is, and for the price, why not just use poolshock or bleach?
Your right about the price it is expensive
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Sterile res FAQ?
Took me a good while to get a grasp on the amount a when I was looking into it.
Would be helpful to point to.
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i use the pool shock, I make a stock solution of 2g in a gallon. then add 3ml per gal of that solution.
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I just change out my water(RO) 2x a week and haven’t had any problems. But I’m just running 3 5 gallon dwc buckets. If I were running anything with an independent res tank I’d probably have needed to learn about this sooner 
my roots are good though:man_shrugging: 20201007_152907|375x500
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Yes - be careful which shock you buy or which liquid bleach you use. You DO NOT want any other crap in it.
I just found this out the hard way. I grow AA aeroponics. I am obsessed with fuzzy roots, and they are very delicate. Even a little too much chlorine - or other algaecides or cleaners, etc etc will kill them off while leaving you with nice white roots.
I started using one of the 4-in-1 pool shocks a few months ago and have been unable to get fuzzy roots like I used to. It took me forever to finally realize what was wrong and stop using that shock and now I suddenly have fuzzy hairs again.
Most of the pool shocks now say 4-in-1, etc, so Im assuming they all have extra additives. So, now Im changing over to pure calcium hypochlorite. Its more expensive up front, but more concentrated, so roughly the same cost per dose. This 1 pound bottle will last me years and years.
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I’ve done 1 - 2.5 ml. of 30% food grade H2O2. 1ml is usually good for up keeping. 2ml if you’re trying to deal with an active problem. (can be applied every 3-4days).
At around 2-3ml you may start to burn the leaves a bit. However I did not notice any negative effects from it at all. As a matter of fact, the roots seem to love the extra oxygen.
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These aquarium gadgets are kind of useful.
You fill it with peroxide, you adjust the flow rate with number of ceramic pellets inside or just increasing h202 strength.
The pellet inside the tank reacts with the peroxide, ceramic with iron content I think, which creates pressure that then ejects the peroxide.
Nice n even dosage.
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@HolyAngel when you say to add your pool shock every 72 hours, are you talking about replacing your res every 72 hours and adding more shock or keeping the same res and adding more shock.
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Keeping the same res and adding more shock. The hocl and/or chlorine dissipates quickly with organic nitrogen and just access to the open air.
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My man. You have a particular brand you recommend?
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Everything I’m pulling up on a google search is a 4 in 1 or all in one. I’m not familiar so I’m not sure if there is something specific I should be looking for.
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No I’ve actually been struggling to source more lately. The last pound I got was lab grade Calcium Hypochlorite, not some pool shock off the shelves. The lab grade stuff doesn’t seem available anywhere that I can find so I might just settle for a pound of Dry Tec
I’d definitely recommend transferring whatever cal-hypo you get into a glass jar of some kind.
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Did you like the bleach or the shock better?
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Cool cool cool. I also just saw some drytec thats 73% I would assume you just up your ratio by another 3rd to get to the same power.
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Calcium Hypochlorite is definitely preferred over Sodium Hypochlorite, aka Bleach. You can use the bleach in a pinch for a bit but long term use can cause sodium build-up and burn the plants. They can’t process the Sodium. You can get away with higher quantities of the calcium hypochlorite, especially at hydro ph ranges, as it’s mainly just hypochlorous acid and breaks down to calcium the plants can use and the rest off gases. We generally don’t need much though. 1-3ppm is usually enough to keep everything clean and ph from rising drastically overnight. 5-6ppm if needed and still shouldn’t hurt the plants.
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So then the byproduct leaves calcium for the plant and the rest will off gas? Then instead of sodium buildup it would only have a calcium deposit in a small amount? Then would you need to add mag for balance? @HolyAngel
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I haven’t needed to add any extra mag really to make up for it, no.
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