use the forums as a tool for something irregular, anything else you will learn by reading, watching, listening, I never used these forums to teach me how to grow, lol, seriously the only way to learn properly is trial & error, reading along the way, DEFINATELY DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHAT SOMEONE ELSE IS DOING, worry about your project, that's the only reason you're here, once you master the basics then you move on, AS I was watching studying for my online classes, etc., when you're a beginner you work with the basics then you work your way up to that, A LOT OF THE B/S THEY HAVE IN THE TENTS, GARDENS, ETC, IS NONSENSE, which you don't need, for starters the CO 2 canisters, if you have a wife or another with pets that'll take care of that problem, that's why Ole hippie, aka Keith I know, has his little companions running around has their plants to chew on, etc., he has his set up tight, He's an old grower back in the 70s, went to LEDs a couple of yrs. back but still likes the HIDs better, that's his rule, everyone will develop those rule, the rule is to ignore them & worry about your project & don't worry about theirs when I was telling you about these old growers once like you that started, they were on here once too, I told Keith Ryan & Jason about these forums, they all told me they were once on there as others have to mention here what was about to start killed them from entering.