will be using a mixture of peat moss and perlite for my medium. may throw in some brand of organic potting soil, perhaps schultz or miracle grow, not a lot - my medium is still going to be mostly peat moss and perlite, and no I wont be using miracle grow fertilizer, i have fox farm stuff. will be using compact fluoros. i currently have two that are 23 watts, 1600 lumens a piece; i know thats not a lot, but I will be buying at least 2 more of those for a total of just under 6500 lumens. and of course i have my 250 watt hps for flowering. the clone is currently in enough perlite to hold it upright with water to keep it moist, perhaps even a little too moist. but surprisingly enough there is no hint of algea even starting to form, and its been 7 days. might this have anything to do with the fact that i am using distilled water? in any case, the thing is growing roots and i have no algea, and this is my first clone that has ever gotten roots, ive never really done it right. thanks go to Gen, i believe, on the perlite and water method