Now that I'm deep in thought over this hood rat hydro bucket, it dawned on me that the gh waterfarm was it's evolved design.
Gh bumped the pump and created the drip ring Halo, using a 5watt air pump to syphon water to the base of the plant. From there gh linked the buckets and added a controller and res bucket .
They adapted a smaller rectangular bucket with more space to hold more air/water. Complete with a tube on the side to read water depth.
Retrofitted to rdwc, these waterfarm buckets do work!!. Will b setting it back up asap!!.
Lb plants from these liddle itty bitty buckets..not easy but possibly.