Quote Originally Posted by urbanfarmer
Sounds like you have it pretty much covered.

What's with the bottle of hydroponic nutrients?- I bought the hydroton at a hydropoincs store. They person at the store suggested that I start this as a hydroponic grow until I get everything sorted out. so I put a couple of teaspoons in the water.

You didn't mention fish. What kind of fish are you using? I think when I get to the fish stage I will just use gold fish until I learn more about what kind of fish will work for the Pacific Northwest climate and how to care for them.

My hydroton stopped floating after a while... The air pockets inside the porous space make it float since it's a pretty light aggregate. Unless this system is fairly new, I'm not sure why it's still floating.
I think I will turn the buckets into "global Buckets." and remove them from the system. I bought a deep tray from Lowes today that I think will have more grow space, and just be more simple with just 1 siphon.