First DWC Grow,

I Have been gathering together the things that I need to start my first DWC (Deep water Culture) grow, this is intended to be a critique of sorts, although im going to add information into this that maybe someone could use when starting their first DWC as well.
 
This is my current setup, its not done yet i need many more things, but im documenting each step starting now, this is setup in a basement room built under the stairs.  (Currently at 55% humidity, 75 Degrees F)
 

 
What your looking at:
2 - 5 Gallon DWC setups (Airstone inside bucket not pictured), I have not bought the net pots, yet as my local hydro store is closed on sundays, and i got there after they closed on saturday, ive noticed that MANY hydroponics stores close at 4PM, some are open till 7, and most ive seen are closed on sundays.
2 - Lamps, each with a 6500k, 1450 lumen CFL in it, although i am thinking of upgrading to a HPS system.
- The shelf will be where i store nutes, gloves, spray bottle, ect..., it is also where i currently have my humidity/temp reader, i might invest in another gauge, and put one high, and one low in the room as the way the room is shaped, i am thinking that hot air will rise and funnel to the tip top, which is where my exhaust fan is...Its a cheapo from walmart, idk if its strong enough to vent out a room as big as the one i have is, but i am hoping so.
 
A Closer shot of the lamps and buckets (The black stuff around the buckets is Gorrila tape, but you can use contractor trash bags, gorilla tape, or there is this special tape that looks like sheet metal, i cannot remember what its called, but it works, its usually near the gorilla tape in the tape isle of ur local home improvment store, i bought mine at Lowe's. Also that is my heater, I set it to 80 degrees.
 

 
 
Here is a shot of the exhaust fan (being held in with gorilla tape until i can attach it properly)
 

 
 
And another from behind
 

 
 
Next Step for me now is to either cover the walls with Mylar, or paint it flat white, i havnt decided yet...I also need to figure out how much air that fan will pull, because if possible im going to put a homemade CF on it, as it is cool for me to grow in my house, but i have to control the smell to a certain degree, the wood is not flush against each other in all spots on the side walls of the room, so there are gaps/cracks that you can see through, which is another smell control issue...but it will be fun figuring out how to do it. I will continually update this as i progress from finishing building it to actually using it. Any suggestions on what i have so far, or what i should buy first would be appreciated, I have a fair bit of knowledge on growing hydroponically, but ZERO experience with it, Im still learning about nutes, and things like that but my plan is too go nute free for the first 2 weeks. 
 
 
This will be updated every time i get a new object, or any work done on the room, that may only be once every 3-5 days for now, then when i begin to actually use it i will probably update every day.
 
This is my first post, i dont know if i broke any forum rules, or if this is the right spot to be posting this, let me know, sorry in advance.
 
 
Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for more.

 

I will be putting the intake air fan (was going to use a 6" intake air fan) in one back corner, and the ocillating fan in the other back corner, then i am going to replace that current exhaust fan with a 4" exhaust fan with a 4" CF on it.
 
Next im going to be covering the walls in thick plastic wrap, or something else that has heat, odor, and light filtration bonuses too it, if i cannot find something of that nature, i suppose ill go with mylar, but mylar would be a last choice, my plan is too but a thermometer guage/dial thing that the exhaust and intake fans plug into so they turn on when the temp reaches a certain number, say 80, then turn off when it drops down to 75, same with the heater...but turn on at 75, off at 80, This is probably a VERY inefficient way to do this, so any suggestions there would be helpful haha. My guess is running the fans like that will probably cause ventilahtion issues, which will lead to more issues, expecially with this plastic wrap creating a airtight(ish) hotspot.
 
I am going to read about these hempy pots also, as if i cant get the fans to work properly to keep the tempurature in check then it might become my chosen method.
 
mainly i think my problem is going to end up mostly (or the first problem at least), topping off the res inbetween changes, i know that it takes alot of practice to get good at eyeing ur water level, checking ur ppm and just knowing that you need a 60/40 mix or water/nutes, or a 70/30 mix just based on the ratio of water to nutes drank by the plant.
 
I just got back from the local hydro store, i bought a 10" net pot for a 5 gallon bucket, thats obviously too big for a single plant, my question is if i regulate the water level the right way...can a seedling still get water from the res? or would the res have to be so high that the hydroton gets in the way...which leads me to my next question.....
 
 
I have read, and read, and read about bubble buckets, ...and I still cannot grasp the concept of water level...like do the roots dangle into the water, so that part of the root is actually under water? or do they dangle about the water so that no roots are in water, and the water just splashes up into the root ends,...I know how this question must seem to people with many grows completed, lol.

 

I see, so the bubbles ARE the air, which allows the roots to "breathe" underwater.
 
Ill get the 6" exhaust/4" intake/4" cf combo then, and run it all the time, maybe ill go smaller even with the fans as the room is small and has a shape advantage that can be used to make air flow really good.
 
Im still deciding on weather or not im going to split it into 2 rooms for veg/flowering, or just for this very first grow just taking it easy and just growing two plants, through veg, then switching everything over to flowering room, THEN on my second, split the room and start cloning. Im using bag seeds this time, then investing in seeds when i know i can keep them alive.
 
and yea, I have two airstones at the bottom of my bucket, i dont know the L/m but they are the small cheap ones from the fish isle at walmart, the pump is from the same isle, its the one with two heads on it, i might buy another set so both buckets can have two airstones per instead of just one
 
 
Really good advice, saved me from a few costly mistakes already, haha.