Double Grape & Toofless Alien | DWCooler

(actually entering this on 7/30) Ok, ya'll...I almost didn't want to post this, but I will, to help document and aid future DWC growers. Sit down my friends, and let me tell you all about how I royally fucked up while on vacation. The day before I left for vacation I did a res change and had the extended coolers set up. Everything was perfect, and the plants were responding well (even Giselle was improving from before). Well, I wanted to make sure the water was "extra cold" to help keep the water well-oxidized, and I dumped a bunch of ice in the external res'. I accounted for the pH difference. What I didn't account for was how much water volume the melting ice added. Well, for both plants, this was enough to drown the air roots and keep them drowned for my entire 4 day absence. There wasn't much I could do remotely to remove water, so I just watched on my camera as they wilted away, and prayed that I'd be able to resuscitate upon my return. Zormond (TA) was able to start perking up by the last day, but was definitely affected, and some of the lower leaves needed to be defoliated. Poor Giselle...she's been through so much. Her air roots being submerged led to lack of oxygen and minor root rot by the time I was back. I carefully washed the roots (had to cut a couple bad ones) gave a good dose of hydroguard, and she has finally started coming back around as of 7/29. Today (7/30) she is making an amazing recovery, and even though she is stunted as hell, I don't feel as bad kekeping her around for science. I will 100% have to re-grow both of these strains to give them the proper justice they deserve. Zormond is still pushing out fresh white roots and developing with LST despite my abuse. Preflowers are in full effect (i'll add more pics shortly) The lesson is: auto seedlings are very sensitive to bubbles and high water level in DWC. I'm still learning how to optimize the water level in my system (which is already different from last grow). I'm realizing a larger gap (even more than 2 inches) is better to give more oxygen and keep air roots from being drowned. ---- Thanks for following 🤙 Always appreciative of tips or suggestions