Hey Irish just 2 cents from the peanut gallery... I know you have temp issues in the summer. You might want to keep tabs on your water temps cause pythium/root rot or whatever it's called in your neck of the woods don't play. It's for real a thread stopper! On the other thing I have heard of growing with fish before, read something about it some years ago. Goldfish weed? LOL, the thought of the taste leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Hello my Friend. Here's my 2 cents worth.
Feeding with the dripers looks like it should do just fine.
I do worry about if the water just being filtered by the perlite, but the thinking seems sound. Are you going to test it out before going full bore?
You've sure have put some work and effort in this. I wish you good luck!
.Hey Irish have you heard anything about lights by Advanced LED Lights?
They seem like they make a high quailty products. They have a 740w light w/ 3w diodes thats 2200 dollars. But it only has a 6 band spectrum not the 11 that yours has. Still it comes with a 3 year warranty. And its made in the USA so it probably easier to get it fixed if it did have issues.
Sorry to sound like a pitch... but maybe you can get them to give you some lights to test as well. They also make some super bright 360 watt Extreme Flower lights 3w diodes its has 5 band spec.
you could do A.L.L. vs G.H.L. in the two sizes and see if the spectrums really make that big a factor.
I like your vacation DI buckets bro
i just had a bad time with my side x side, its too hard to keep everything fair, then at the end their always a group of people saying this and that, just not worth it to me. 
