I might just stick to a single bucket airstone setup for now. After explaining my reasoning I now see that I am just making it more complicated than it needs to be for just experimenting. Got a bunch of GH nutes in the deal too and I have some Cutting edge solutions 3 part. I will probably start after this week when the temps go down.
Controller is Bluelab Guardian. Has a temp/ec/ppm probe and a ph probe that sit in the reservoir to constantly monitor. I can still run it in the single bucket.