Ah advanced system
1 buy a few books
2 read post in the non advanced boards
Well as a plug and play simple system.
1 use a gravity ebb and flow system, the normal 80-120 gallon supply. My first system was a 100 gallon system. Thats good for a start
2 start out with 20-30 bucket system , then move up to a medium system.
3 use the donut buckets , and normal 1/2 in garden hose
4 plant the tank in the ground , for the drainage after filling
5 make sure to use mag drive pumps , no problems with oil leakage from pump
6 stay with the 1000 watt bulbs a MH works through the full cycle of growing
Or you could get a 5 gallon bucket , cut a hole in it to fit a beach sand bucket with hole in it. fill with 3/8 gravel , a aqua. pump and air stone, some tomato growing ferts, some bloom ferts. and 3 gallon of drinking water. This is a bubbbler system, but not shown in the advanced section.