<— beginner whoopsies this guy right here! Haha thank god for this forum and all you helpful people 
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@Graysin hey! Big question, as you see I’m doing 6 single buckets. I know now that condensing into some totes would be a lot easier. But anyways, do you have a method you use to determine how much water is actually inside your buckets? Like when I pop the net pot up and peek inside. I can’t hardly ever tell if I’m looking at 3” gap or 1”. So dark in there lol hard to get a decent depth guess.
I’ve been filling with 3 1/2 gallons and sometimes 3 3/4 gallons. So when I go to top up, I just stick a tape measure in to try and get some sort of idea. I’m sure you’ve got some super secret easier method 
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What I did is take a 5 gal bucket measure 1/5 gal at a time and pour it in the 5 gal bucket.
Mark on the outside of the bucket every half gal you add. That way you have a mark every half gal.
Take a piece of aluminum and stick it inside your res.
Put a mark on every gal you pour in. Fill til level with the netpot, and then drain enough water till you’re 1.5” below the netpot and make another mark on the aluminum showing you where your water level should be an 1.5” below.
I’m sure there are probably other ways but that’s what I did. 
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Wish I did. I just measured my net pot from under the lip down to the bottom, and used a knife to cut a notch in my bucket to mark that measurement on the inside of the bucket. Then measured 3” below that notch and cut a mark there, too. I keep my water levels in DWC buckets lower than I would in RDWC and just crank the air way up. The airstones bubbling at max power is plenty to get water droplets to the air roots of your plants once they grow roots down into the reservoir.
I use cuts in the plastic because I can just reach in and feel where my water is. Above the lower notch but well below the upper notch is golden.
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@HappyHydroGrower man! Thank you for that. I had a somewhat similarish idea. But thank you for the detailed explanation. Working on it as i type this
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@Graysin thanks again graysin! I just changed the nutes on girl Z again this morning. Didn’t add any cal mag, for some unsuspecting reason I don’t think she likes it or is ready for it right now. Just a test theory. And I’ve got it a solid 1.75” below net pot! Since I asked you yesterday I can already see new root growth peeking out of the bottom edges of the net 
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She still looks hideous, but the roots look ok for now haha.
The ppm’s are very low, around 320. Going to just let her soak for a day and see what happens
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@HappyHydroGrower @Graysin @Caligurl one last thing I promise and I’ll stop bothering all of you 
But this is way beyond me. Inspected plants this morning. And just happen to notice these very small very random slits in some leaves.
My first guess, is maybe from when I had been spraying the leaves every few days it maybe dried them a little bit, and between the fan blowing on them and me messing with them they slit? Idk how that could be possible but just a guess. Anyone run into this ? (Absolutely zero sign of bugs or anything)
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Hmmm.
This is the most likely culprit. I have had leaves take on strange appearances when my fan was blowing too hard or too directly. My suspicion is that your leaves are rubbing against eachother in the breeze and causing damage
The other thing to consider strongly is inspecting your leaves for pests. A jewelers loupe or macro lens attachment for your camera (or a microscope, I’m just not steady enough for those) will help you inspect. Most cannapests are invisible to the naked eye or damn close. Always check the under side of the leaf.
I’m not convinced it’s bug damage since it’s pretty uniform, but it’s better to look anyway.
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Thanks again for that! I did a very through check on as many undersides on all 6 ladies and nothing out of the ordinary that I could see.
Haha it’s wild how we encounter all the small things that could go wrong, but a simple preventative measure saves the day!
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Just looks like physical damage… most likely when/if you move the plants or something like that
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