Afternoon everyone,
I did post this in the novice forum but it was missed so i decided i would come to the correct forum and hopefully some of you guys can help me suss it.
I am torn between either the IWS flood'n'drain system or the 4pot bubble pots.
Now what i am needing help with is to understand how they work... i have done lots of reading and have come up with this, as far as i can see..
The IWS system uses the large res and brain pot to basically flood the 6 buckets? now are there any airpump? or airstones on a F&D system? and how does the nute get pumped back into the res?
With the bubble pots i can gather that the pots and constantly filled to just below the net pot with nute solution?
The bubble pots each contain an airstone which is on 24/7? with 2 airstones in the main res?
Now how does the water get to the pots to keep them constantly at the same volume?
Am i right in thinking that the IWS F&D is a re-circulating system? so pumps into the pots. then drains back to the res? or the brain pot? if so does it use 2 pumps? and am i right in thinking that the bubble pots have a feed pump into each pot, an airline and nothing else? so water can only enter the bubble pots where it is aerated then topped up when needed?
Sorry if these seem like silly questions but i am having trouble getting my head around it all so figured it would be easier to actually ask people who use these things.
Many thanks guys
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