Am I set up for failure already?

[2RedEyes]

If your growing auto flowers then you can just use a smaller grow pot or bag...

 

[Ebbandslow619]

Gonna be using those. For this plant now, would I be better off to lower the water level and run it constantly turning what I have into a NFT with incorrect drainage? Or just keep flooding the eight times? I already added some hydroton to the tray