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rev 766
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different approch to monotub garbage bags
#9776665 - 02/11/09 01:53 AM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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so my friend has been fed up with cleaning out his monotubs lately. bits of substrate or casing material always find their way underneath the trashbag liner at the bottom. living in an apartment forced to clean with the little hose on the kitchen sink is a recipe for a sloppy mess. spawning to the tub can be a hassle many times as well. the sides of the bag tend to fall at the wrong time, spilling spawn or substrate to the bottom.
recently my friend stumbled upon a solution to both of these problems that has had great results so far. he discovered that the large 30gal glad forceflex bags, with a bit of elbow grease, will fit snugly around the rim of the rubbermaid 18gal medium tub (and most likely other similar sized tubs). to solve the problem of airflow, you simply poke holes with your finger where the monotub holes are. then you stretch these holes out with polyfill so they are roughly the size they should be. when doing this it is important you have opened the bag at the bottom, as it tends to stick to itself. if not it could shift if it gets open while you're spawning and move the hole to the wrong position.
as far as my friend is concerned, the effort it takes to maneuver the bag onto the rim is worth the loss of frustration trying to find a good way to hold the bag up out of the way while dumping spawn onto it. plus, when you pull the bag off when your tub has run its course all the holes are well above the substrate and you can just tie it off below them and take out your garbage.
anyway, hope this is helpful to a few people. so far 3 out of 3 tubs have performed the same as tubs prepared the usual way with my friend's soon to be extinct clone culture. here are a couple pix to explain it better.

-------------------- praise "Bob" did you mean shmooed-R.I.P. "drought besets the mind, decay besets the man"-me
Edited by rev 766 (02/11/09 02:05 AM)
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Kupo
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Re: different approch to monotub garbage bags [Re: rev 766]
#9776758 - 02/11/09 02:55 AM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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Fucking I know exactly what you're talking about.. glad you did something about it
Props to your friend and yourself fo rpostingt his
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BlazedChillin
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Re: different approach to monotub garbage bags [Re: Kupo]
#9776841 - 02/11/09 04:03 AM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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What about dunking? seems like the bag would make that a whole nother process?
And isn't the bag usually cut off at substrate level so the drips from the sides run down under it instead of back into the sub? here they are most certainly going back into the sub.
I had no problems taping half a garbage bag to the sides of the tub for mixing and after I just cut with a sterile razor right at the top of the sub and removed leftover bag and tape all as 1 unit.
If I'm wrong please correct me Just another NooB here going off of possibly incorrect info.
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rev 766
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Re: different approach to monotub garbage bags [Re: BlazedChillin]
#9776869 - 02/11/09 04:31 AM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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as for dunking, my friend doesn't dunk. however i do know you usually change the bag after dunking, so i would guess just do that. as far as drips going away from the sub, i've never heard of that being an issue and i don't think it really is. in fact, a few tiny drops of water dripping on the sides of a fully colonized substrate, keeping it moist, seems better than the drops collecting and becoming standing water underneath. plus, if you're taping your bag to the side the water is going to the sub anyway. if you happen to mist your tub every once and a while plenty of water lands on top of your sub, and causes no harm.
that's cool if you don't mind the usual way, my friend just got sick of certain elements that this corrects. like i say, so far performance has had no decline from the usual way, this seems to be working the same on all fronts so it's either 3 tubs of luck or this method is a safe alternative.
-------------------- praise "Bob" did you mean shmooed-R.I.P. "drought besets the mind, decay besets the man"-me
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BlazedChillin
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Re: different approach to monotub garbage bags [Re: rev 766]
#9776876 - 02/11/09 04:37 AM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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Haha it worked for me once, might be a bitch the next time. I take in all the info I can from this place so if/when I do have issues hopefully I will already have a solution.
If it works, awesome just brainstorming possible issues with something I might try down the line.
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Kupo
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Re: different approach to monotub garbage bags [Re: BlazedChillin]
#9777822 - 02/11/09 11:52 AM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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Just replace the garbage bag when you dunk your sub. Be sure to clean your monotub out during the process.
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Shr00mZ
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Re: different approach to monotub garbage bags [Re: Kupo]
#9777886 - 02/11/09 12:08 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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Why even use a garbage bag? I dont dunk them.. thats what they are there for. Just tape the bottom of ur tubs if they're clear, if you dont like them.
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