Help with my first reservoir dwc. Few questions

Hello. Now that I’ve got dwc bubble buckets I’d like to try a less time consuming model and use a reservoir. I have a few questions

I use 4-5 5 gal buckets. I’d like to somehow connect them to an external reservoir where I can do daily ph or nute changes at. How would I go about this? Would I use a 30 gal container for the res and somehow route hoses to each bucket?

Also how do you connect everything? If anyone has a good write up or a few good ones I’d love that. I tried one on GC and the buckets were leaky AF!

So I bailed and did the bubble buckets. But daily refills and individual ph and ppm readings per bucket seems to be excessive when it can all be controlled at a res

Its a RDWC (R = Recirculating)

Roots like to plug up the lines so using large diameter pipe like 2 or 3 inch is common. Bulkheads or uniseals. Using sites that have flat sides like the HDX 27 gal totes people use is the way to go for plumbing the large diameter lines.

Example of bulkheads

https://alliedaqua.com/equipment-and-supplies/plumbing-and-fittings/bulkheads-and-uniseals/2-inch-bulkhead-fittings/

Go to Pa Hydrophonics he has you tube channel really good at step by step diy vids