Not really man do it like I did on a budget lol my buckets came from wally world 3.00 with lids they also sell air pumps with stones I say 10 .oo .net cups I original bought ten cups my first grow witch still using 1.00 a pice bout 5.00 bag of lava rocks witch lasted me 3 grows as my nutrients I went with powder bloom n grow from general hydroponics 20 bucks each bag witch added florallicous another 20 bucks armor si 15 .oo ph blah blah as for my lights I cought a great deal on Amazon picked up 2 300 wat a piece led light witch have worked awsome 79 bucks hps 150 wat 75 buy that my set up I helped a friend start his small one plant grow n he spend I thing it was 100 bucks to do a CFL grow but u can get creative with it n dam I wouldn't wait a year lol I would do a micro grow with CFL would really work great