Dwc and rdwc are great methods but can be a giant pita for maintenance and I wouldn’t recommend it for a noob especially if your planning to move them tent to tent.
Have u considered just trying a simple soil or soilless ?
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I feel like soil is gonna be a pain for a perpetual grow? I want to be able to harvest often me and my friends smoke a lot, and I mean a lot.
How do you do RDWC with no pumps? How do you circulate the nutes without a pump?
Im mostly still a noob too, but I have some experience and I read a LOT 
I just finished my first hydro grow/experiment.
I’m working on building a new system now which will probably be low pressure Aero/NFT mix of some sort.
As far as moving plants from one tent to the next, I dont think you want to change the system. I think it would shock the plants too much. From what I have read, the plants roots develop differently depending on the ratio of air to water in the hydro system and how much time the roots spend under water or in the air.
With a system like DWC or RDWC part of the roots are always under water and part are always out of the water. Going from DWC to an aero or ebb/flow would be a radical change and I think it would stress the roots.
Thats a good point as far as moving things from one tent to another. Hempy buckets would be the simplest hydro I think that would also be easy to move.
Any type of hydro is also absolutely going to require decent PH and EC/PPM meters.
Guy on another thread said he used them for years and now he doesnt and they grow fine apparently, said the pressure from the waterfall is enough for the plants idk I’ve never tried. And I kinda thought something like that might not be good for roots but that’s why I asked.
And hempy just doesnt sound attractive I want something that’s gonna put out, need less maintenance, and is easy for perpetual I want top dog equipment.
Eventually I’m going to end up buying automatic controllers for nutes ph co2 and all that fun stuff I’m just gonna start with the basics and add every thing I can to make it better as I go.
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Not if you add extra perlite or something similar to your soil, I’ve been growing perpetual for 5yrs now (every day) and know soil isn’t for everyone, but I’d recommend you try soil (pro-mix or all mix etc.) you have a better chance of “getting to know what’s what” etc… you can recycle your soil too…
If you’re gonna go with the hydro just do that in your 3 tents, then there’s no major changes to plants etc…
Hopefully you’ll figure it out, and hempys ARE probably the simplest way for hydro ; as @Torontoke says above 
Good luck with your decision and hopefully your perpetual will be up n running soon…
Gaz
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Fulvic acid, amino acid. b-vit, molasses crystals 12/12 get a de humidifier for rdwc
Friends don’t let friends grow DWC or RDWC. You can also add UC systems to that list.
It’s gets no easier than EBB.
Lots choose DWC because they think going in this is cheap. Then you find out temps are getting out of control and you need a chiller.
Fact is they are a germ factory and an issue waiting to happen. If it were the way to go commercial operations would be running them and no one does.
:my2cents:
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Funny you say that, I switch from DWC to LOS because of everything you mentioned.
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I really dont want to deal with soil period not at this time at least maybe some point in future. Ebb and flow was on my list but I read something about nutes getting left behind in pots and you gotta make sure they’re all washed out that’s why I turned to dwc cause it seemed like the right choice.
What’s LOS I cant find that?
Living Organic Soil or Recycled Living Organic Soil
If you read enough threads, you will see a trend. Lots more folks do DWC/RDWC, etc for the exact reasons @LED_Seedz mentioned above. Its the most popular system so more people see it talked about and THINK its the “best”. But 0 you will also see that they seem to heve the most issues with root rot, etc.
The aero folks have technical issues - especially the hi pressure and fog-ponics folks. Lots of technical challenges there and it gets more and more finicky as you go higher tech.
Ebb/Flow - Flood/Drain in all its variations, fall in the middle between DWC and aero and those folks seem to have the fewest issues from my reading. Well, the exception would be hempy buckets or similar systems. Those really are the least trouble and simplest and most reliable hydro systems.
I know they are not sexy - thats the ONLY reason Im not doing hempy Well, actually I am doing hemy with two “extra” clones I had from my first hydro grow. I stuck two clones in small plastic buckets filled with perlite and stuck them in my bath tub and forgot about them. I water them when ever they get super droopy and they get very very little light - 14 watts screw in led on 24 hrs a day. The stupid things look GREAT and are bushy as heck. They are barely growing, which is exactly what I want for now. Im going to use them as mothers while I learn how to clone.
Point is - nothing is as simple or easy or reliable as hempy. Its just not sexy
As far as nutes getting “left behind” that would tell me the nutes were not dissolving properly and were not suited for hydro use. That issue would apply to DWC or any other hydro setup just as much as Ebb/Flow. If you use crappy nutes, that dont dissolve, you will get crappy results.
There are a number of NFT setups that might be suitable for a beginner, but I think Ebb/Flow would be a better place to start than DWC for a newbie if you cant stand the thought of doing hempy
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Plus - if you really want to move plants between rooms, you could do E/F with the plants in pots. Use Cloth or net pots filled with hydroton sitting on a flood tray. Then its easy to move them from one room to another.
I also wonder why you really need to move plants between rooms. If you do the same lights in each room, just change the settings/timing as needed and never move a plant.
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Lolol yes I agree partial reason is its very unattractive @anon32470837 and I just dont want to spend a bunch more money later upgrading cause I can pick with my stuff I want it to be just right and something bothers me out ya go. And the reason to move rooms is because in my veg tent which would be 4x8x7 it would have 2 HLG 550 V2 4000k LED and in the flower I want the 8x8x7 with 4 HLG 550 V2 3000k LED and the hempy thing again I feel like I’d do the same thing just throw a couple clones in later down the road just to see what it’s all about I just want to get established with a nice setup and not waste bunch of money buying different stuff.
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@LED_Seedz I was eyeing up the active air ebb earlier think I might grab a couple when time comes
Edit: Er idk maybe I should get the titans they come with 4 gallon buckets instead of 2 gallon like the active air? I’m thinking I’m going to veg for a month and flower for 2 months once things are up and running. Figure I’m gonna try and harvest 12 plants a month cycling 24 plants in flower at a time and 12 in veg.
I’ve been running perpetual for about a year and a half. This method has been dubbed “Simple Hydroponics” or “Capn Style”. All it is, is top feed over rockwool (RW) mini cubes. Normally the pot would be filled with cubes, but I ran short last month and needed to get her into bloom to stay on schedule. Because it’s RW, it retains a good amount of nutes while also draining well and holding a lot of air in the root zone. If I forget to turn a pump back on, I won’t see her sagging for about 2-3 days, and even then they always bounce right back as if it never happened. I too have a veg closet and two bloom rooms and take a pound off these Kush girls every month. Previously with Bubblelicious I was taking 20 ounces every month. Irregardless of which method you choose, I highly recommend using Beneficial Bacteria, even in R/DWC, especially in R/DWC as those systems are known to lack O2 in the water usually due to elevated temps. In my system, I don’t have to aerate or worry about nute temps as that’s not my source of O2. I also just recently switched to the COBs from 600 watt HID and I am IN LOVE. Much more trics, and they finish quicker for some reason. Maintaining PH is needed for every system to be successful.
If interested, Google search “Capn Syle” or “Simple Hydroponics”. There’s some literature on 420Mag forums and also Dude Grows.
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Shoot I was reading part 1 of the cap’n style, sounds really interesting really excited to read more into that tomorrow! And glad to hear led added more trich, I wonder if anybody here uses UVB bulbs in flowering? Solacure swears it’ll increase trich production. 