Originally Posted by matt18e

When doing my research on how to do hydroponics I read about the possibility of algae in clear containers so I spray painted the one black. I decided to keep the second one clear just to see what would happen and so I could watch the roots. So far I havent had any problems with algae and its been well over a month. I do have to change the nutes in it around once a week cuz they're sucking up the water so fast.

I'm using Maxigro 10-5-14 for all of them now with the PH between 6.5 and 7.