If you want to see a really good hydro setup that is pretty much exactly what you are looking for - click cannabis FAQ at the top of this page, then go to cannabis FAQ + comprehensive FAQ. Scroll down until you see Hydroponics then look for ebb and flow. There is a thread that says - how do I grow single cola sea of green in ebb and flow? Read that thread! The method that he shows is a very efficient hydro method and produces a ton of herbs. Did you used to grow in soil? I did too - and now I do ebb n flow hydro. Its a lot faster than soil but its more work and easier to fuck up. IMHO ebb and flow is the best hydro method - it has the speed of hydro minus all the fittings and hoses of aeroponics and buckets. All that extra shit leads to a grip of cleaning and adjusting and Im just not into doing a bunch of extra stuff. aight then.