Okay, so I filled my reservoir, which is a 45 gallon rubbermaid trash can (with wheels) that I picked up from Wal Mart for pretty cheap.
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All I did was drill some holes in the lid for my water lines, the power cord and my air lines. As you can see, I've got 2 6'' air discs at the bottom which do a pretty good job of keeping things fresh.
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Just a cheap air pump I picked up from Wal Mart that's rated for 20-60 gallons.
I did a test run of the ebb n flow controler, and things worked pretty good. I had one small leak which is easily fixed. One problem I ran into was the fill line ended up with a siphon, which caused the controler to continue draining constantly. However, I think that is as a result of unplugging the fill pump just afer it turned on (essentially priming the pump). I won't know for sure until the silicone dries (for the leak).
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Using 160 gph pumps, it took 23 minutes to fill the 7 buckets, and I estimate it would have taken around 20 minutes to drain. There is about 2-3'' of standing water in the bottom of the buckets, but that won't be a big deal as the plants will suck it up once the roots get that long. I plan on flooding every 5 hours. Now I'm just waiting for my beans to crack so I can get them in my cubes.