Auto cloner upkeep

[HobbitGDF]

Hey family. I just recently discovered auto cloners. So I want one. Man they are expensive to buy. Read the reviews to multiple. Read best rated ones. This and that. Well they all seemed kinda like junk when I read the reviews.
so I did some research and built one out of a 5gal craftsman container. 160gph submersible pump, 4 sprayer tips and some PVC. I got some inserts and pump and sprayers at garden store. Rest at lowes.
it's so easy. Works really well.
I havent used it with my clippings yet because I just made it.
My questions are this....
1. What do I need to add to the water?
2. What problems could arise?
3. Will the water breed bacteria of the bad sorts?
4. Do I need to add an air stone and pump for it?

Petty questions. I'll probally have more.
Any advise or tips will be helpful. Thanks.

[Poppa]

Love this idea @HobbitGDF I started looking at them after last weeks email. And I'm interested in the responses you get to your questions. But I have 1 for you knowing there will need to be a certain amount of pressure to hold the pucks in place what is the difference between the puck and hole diameters?

[HobbitGDF]

Thanks. It's so easy.
Built to last.

[HobbitGDF]

Hole is 1 3/4. Inches
pucks are 2 inches

[SoOrbudgal]

Well that is one fine cloner setup congrats on your future babies

[HobbitGDF]

Thanks gal-pal !
I am very proud of my self for this and the speed in which its done.
I feel like it is going to be better than one I could of bought. I didn't want to chance getting one that was whack!.
Do you know what to add to the water? CloneX? Any kinda of nutrients?
I have 'cloning and grow' nutes in one. Should I add some of that liquid? I add it to foliar spray and use that to spray the pellets.
Shoot I should market these on Ebay, with my mycology supplies I make on there. Lol.
Thanks again. Should be lil easier for me. I rooted some somango in the cloning done in 12 days. Remember the jolly rancher gelato clippings that wouldnt root well till like 4 weeks or more.. I believe it was the plant not my fault.
Regardless this should increase that time.

[dphipps1020]

The main thing I had a problem with was my sprayers got clogged pretty quick. Otherwise the system I built worked great. I ended up just drilling small holes so the water sprayed the pots.

[HobbitGDF]

I'm soil grower
I still am going to do it.

[dphipps1020]

I usually take clones, put them in a 1 gallon pot, water and throw a freezer bag over it and leave it alone for a few days. I've found that to be the easiest way to clone in soil. Very little work and they usually start growing in about a week to a week and a half. You can always try both methods and see what you like better.

[HobbitGDF]

I've been getting 12 days from pellets In a dome