The baby came yesterday morning four and a half lbs. tiny little thing. Taking care of her while wife takes short 2 hr naps between feeding. Baby care is hard

Had a couple hours this weekend to start my hydroponic Deep Water Culture lettuce raft project. Every year when it gets cold and my garden dies back I get the itch to grow stuff indoors and this year right on schedule in time for the 28degree weather I've got the itch again. This will be the 3rd hydro iteration for me. The first one was a bubbler blueberry plant. The second was a pretty elaborate rain gutter tomato system. This one is going for middle ground 2'x2' lettuce raft under florescent lighting. Ill post pictures once I get the foam cutout and the plugs in. I ran into some issues with the air pump being way too loud and the airstones being more porous than I like (causing the bubbles to be bigger than Id like). Im looking for a better (quieter) air pump and some finer air stones, im thinking woodstones atm but if any of you guys are aquarium geeks and have suggestions im open to them. Tying to keep things simple/cheap this time, using a 1part nutrient solution form General Hydro, and going back to paper PH strips. Its always tempting to buy more gear/tools/stuff but past experience has shown me that a lot of that stuff is unnecessary and just adds cost.