Awesome, Thanks for the support and the pictures!.Im currently putting together a step by step picture tutorial on diy dwc but thse pictures have it all. I think this thread is going to be very helpfull to those just starting out hydro growing.I just think i may have started it in the wrong forum tho! Dunno what i was thinking, maybe to get some of the pros on here to offer up some of thier wisdom and help. I figured i was at the right forum for that i guess.
Anyhow i am going to try to keep my answers short and to the point.
The tube coming out of the bottom of the bucket is nothing more than a water level indicator. With a ten bucket system u are definetely going to want to incorporate that to ur setup.
U are going to want to start ur water level a half inch below the bottom of ur pots, once u have achieved that, mark the indicator with a marker so u can monitor ur levels easier.

The only thing u are going to time are ur lights!

The most important component to dwc is ur air supply!

There are a million variables for this. Only thing u need to remember is without a 24/7 constant air supply ur plants are going to die! Its that simple.

For ur setup i would incorporate 2 pumps, for this simple reason!

If one pump accidentally dies, gets unplugged or whatever, u will always have another supply of air in ur reservoirs.

Run one air hose and stone from each pump to every bucket in ur set-up!

I hope that was helpfull, when i was just getting started and looking for info, there was so much out there and it can be very overwhelming i guess. I tried to keep it to the point. once again thanks for the support and i know there are some pros in here that can or have already explained time and again why air is so important, if anyone has any links to anythiing on that put them in here.

thanks