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can you use just plain water instead of perlite?
    #12028007 - 02/14/10 02:53 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

wouldnt the FC be more humid if you had actual water at the bottom instead of perlite?  im just curious for opinions?


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Re: can you use just plain water instead of perlite? [Re: omnia]
    #12028053 - 02/14/10 02:59 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

No, it would suck balls.

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Re: can you use just plain water instead of perlite? [Re: badman]
    #12028088 - 02/14/10 03:04 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

yes thats how i did my first grow but i put my cakes on top of
my jars

i like perlite better tho

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Re: can you use just plain water instead of perlite? [Re: gkipz]
    #12028095 - 02/14/10 03:05 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

wait and your saying it worked fine? you submerged the jars and put cakes on top?


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Re: can you use just plain water instead of perlite? [Re: omnia]
    #12028107 - 02/14/10 03:06 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

yep but i dont do that anymore i just buy perlite

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Re: can you use just plain water instead of perlite? [Re: omnia]
    #12028112 - 02/14/10 03:07 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

no no no! get perlit. water in the bottm of the FC is bad and you need holes in the bottom of the FC anyway.


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Re: can you use just plain water instead of perlite? [Re: gkipz]
    #12028124 - 02/14/10 03:09 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

dont, its a great environment for contams and you dont get enough humidity,
but if you insist, get an aquarium air pump and a bubble stone, perferably the long one and weigh it down directly below the cakes,
it increases FAE and humidity.

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Re: can you use just plain water instead of perlite? [Re: mushking]
    #12028133 - 02/14/10 03:12 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

yes perlit or lava rock or hydra stones work well to


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Re: can you use just plain water instead of perlite? [Re: feelfunny]
    #12028161 - 02/14/10 03:19 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

standing water is an open invite for contams.  plus, it wont even keep your fc as humid because it has less surface area for water to evaporate from than perlite


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Re: can you use just plain water instead of perlite? [Re: MOPE]
    #12028241 - 02/14/10 03:34 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

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MOPE said:
standing water is an open invite for contams.  plus, it wont even keep your fc as humid because it has less surface area for water to evaporate from than perlite


:thumbup: Exactly


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