[bigbubbacain]

For my supplies, I bought 2 aquarium airstone blocks, an air pump, a very small fountain pump, and the corresponding fountain kit. My growing container consists of a black 5 gallon bucket with a 3.5 gallon bucket fitted inside. The 3.5 bucket has holes drilled in the bottom so the water and nutrients will effectively circulate back to the pump. Then I use a fitted lid which has a built in net pot to cover the 3.5 bucket to hold the plant in place with the expanded clay pellets. The 3.5 bucket has a hole removed from the center so the fountain head will spray the root zone, as the fountain and pump are kept in the bottom of the 5 gallon bucket. I decided to place the airstones in the 3.5 bucket. This puts them in closer proximity to the rootzone and also allows for aeration of the nutrient solution as it trickles back to the lower bucket