Sorry for not following up on this. For some reason my notifications didn’t work on this thread.
I have pictures of my Kitty Litter Cloner. I’ll post some pictures of the bigger one too. I’m not real good about documenting things. So, I can’t remember where I got the pump, but it’s a small one. I got the net pots, the sprayer nozzles, the inserts, and a Fountain Kit, all at Amazon. I got the fountain kit because it has several types of connectors for various sizes of PVC/tubing.
This is one of all the pieces, the pail, the pump, (it’s sitting on a piece of Plexiglas I cut to fit the bottom of the pail so the suction cups would have something to attach to), with the 1/2" PVC connector, manifold with the sprayers, the lid, inserts, and net pots. I cut the net part off of the net pots.
This one is of the manifold connected to the pump.
The pump connection is a double threaded connector with a threaded 1/2" slip fitting that the stand pipe fits into.
The manifold is 1/2" thick wall PVC. This is important because the sprayer threads won’t bite into the thin wall pipe. The sprayers require a 5/32" hole. I have a tap & dye kit, and I used a 5X0.9 tap for the holes.
Here’s the lid,
And with everything in.
I have an airstone, and an aquarium pump too.
I love it man, I kinda screwed up the alignment on my lid holes, and my OCD won’t allow that to continue, but we have another pail that’s almost empty so that’s fixable.
I really think the info from Permaclone on how to “season” the water, is what’s made it work. I have some tweaks to do, my roots aren’t long, and flowing, they’re short, and spiky, I ran across something that made me think I’m using too much KLN, so next time, I’m gonna use 2.5ml per gallon, as opposed to 5ml.
The “Pool Shock Clear-Rez” is just HTH pool shock from Walmart. Get the non PH buffered type, and mix 1 gram of pool shock to 1 gallon of water. This will make almost an exact replacement for a bottle of Clear-Res. Once it’s mixed up, use 3ml per gallon, every 3 days direct into your cloner. I know I said once a week in the OP, but I’m going with every 3 days next time.
I found a more detailed document on Permaclone’s process here. I’ll get some more pictures, and a list of tools and things I used. I’m really excited to have got this working. As long as you clean your cloner good between uses, and hit it with that Clear-Res, you have an excellent chance for success.
Water temps are tricky too. Water holds the most dissolved oxygen at 68 degrees. Running a cloner at 68 degrees, it will take a month to get roots. 75-80 is what I shoot for, you can get as high as 85, but you’re on the line at that point.
I just saw a post from a guy who runs a heating pad under his cloners to keep his temp at 80 degrees, until he starts to see hairs, then he shuts off the heat, which lowers the temps, and increases the dissolved O2 in the water.
All of this is based on nothing but my personal study, and experience, so Caveat Emptor. I’ll post some pictures of the larger one later. Thanks for the interest, and the kind words. 