badflash and JCO can help you with the cycling questions and how long you might have to wait for bacteria.

Sir you have a fine looking green house farm there, we salute you for the diligence. This is awesome and I curious to see how well each siphon works for you so I am watching this thread as you progress.

You might have a few kinks down the road and some leaks here and there but that's OK
we all learn from it.

GOOD JOB!...and also it must feel good to "plug it in"