I know that first post is a bit of a ramble but now that we're in real time my next order of business is to get some basket drippers and work on my drip system. I have a problem trying to get the plumbing to work though. My pump flows out a 1/2" male SPT to a locking nipple on 1/2" flex tube up to my botanicare ebb fitting which is a 3/4" thread hole with a 1/2" barb/hose fitting in on the bottom and a 3/4" female threaded opening on top inside the table. I believe the top is threaded for FHT. Now every drip manifold I've looked at has a 1/2" female to 1/2" male sprinkler riser fitting. I would like to screw a 3/4" sprinkler riser about 6" tall (male/male) in to the fitting, and then I would need to reduce the top 3/4" male end to 1/2" male so the drip manifold will screw on. This is proving to be more difficult than I thought. What is the "best" way to plumb a drip system from pump to manifold? I already have the ebb/flow holes drilled in this table so I'd like to utilize the fittings that fill them if at all possible.