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    I just began my 1st ever DWC grow, only a couple of plants for now. I put them inside my tent (80x80x180cm) a couple of days ago, just under two weeks after they sprouted. And the roots immediately began turning black/brown. The water temp is high (25-26°C) and that's the only thing I can think of? I've brought some hydroguard to see if that helps but only time will tell. I attached a picture but it's hard to get a good shot.Click image for larger version. 

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    Yeah unfortunately you've got root rot, hydroguard will help but nothing's better than getting those temperatures down. You may need to buy a chiller if that's the way you want to grow, you can also get a case of 1 l bottles of water and throw them in the freezer and then just trade them in and out of that reservoir until you're done.

    Or you could simply ditch your hydro set up and go with Coco you can probably get by with the same nutrients. You just need one good pot and a little bit of coco fiber, you already have the rest of the supplies.

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    I got some big ice blocks but they float instead of sink, forcing the roots out of the water. I even tried tieing 2 together but they still floated, strange because they're quite heavy too.

    I've only done 1 grow in the past and that was with a 4 pot Wilma dripping system and that went great, maybe after I see how this goes I'll revert back to that. Abit annoying cuz I had to buy buckets air pumps etc.

    Hopefully the hydroguard fixes it. Ain't got that money for a chiller right now, they're quite pricey if I'm not mistaken. I could do without any extra noise aswell.

    If the hydroguard don't work ill defo have to look into going down the coco soil route tho. Cheers mate

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    I'd get rid of one of the dwc tbh, 2 will be far too hard to handle in that small space. I use the same size tent and I struggle with one in there.

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