Well it was slated to be a Flood/Drain system, but I am changing to a
drip system to minimize the recirculated
nutrient solution as much as possible, and in turn minimizing PH fluctuations. I have been talking with some absolutely amazing people over the last week, and their information has been pretty awesome.
I am setting up a main reservoir (air tight, minimizing subjection to external conditions as much as possible) that will feed the mini
pump reservoir and ultimately the rails to the plants in a drip format.
The ends are to be sealed, and very slightly elevated on one end allowing a little draining. The other end has an air pump line being installed on each rail to pump fresh air constantly to the root structures.
There is a lot more, but the two professors I spoke to were an absolute wealth of information, and I am trying to take multiple points from them and GPS's posts and tie it all together.