Well thank you for looking over my set up. As for the nutrients, I never thought about that, I would think that as the pump comes on and off it is pushing the water and all around the system. I figure I will do a water change out every two weeks and right now I am only using a 1/4 of my nutrients per info from other growers. And no question is a dumb question, hell, I'm new at this and asking questions from everyone lol. For keeping the water from leaking out I lined the top of the container with closed cell foam gasket tape and made a liner (water guard) out of a plastic bag to go around the inside top of the lid.