Hydro can be a blast once your dialed in. It's full of learning curves but very rewarding. Not the route id suggest for a new guy but like I mentioned pick a method an roll with it. Some will be harder than others and one thing I can guarantee with them all is...problems. They are gonna happen. They happen to all of us. Ya just don't give up till she's dead from neglect or harvest..lol Let's hope that's harvest.
Lots of hydro system. What you considering? Ebb flow, drippers n blocks, good old bubblers? Even coco is considered a hydro approach and a very very good one.
Ya mention no bugs with hydro. I'll let ya know now that is fake news. I've run soils, bubblers, peat, and coco. Ive had gnats in every medium. I don't have that issue today but I do keep a close watch being in peat. Ya know a good mix of peat and perlite give you another blank medium to play with on a hydro type level.
You are welcome. Your helping all of us here and ya don't even know it. New guys bring questions. Which in turns keeps new and old methods current in our head. Many here will help you along without hesitation. It's pretty obvious your reading a lot of info. Your curious about advanced stuff.
Building a grow room...dude please start a thread for that. Would love to see ya lay that out. I grew before tents were popular. Ya had to make your own space. If I could choose between a tent or build. I'd build. Ya can customize and it's solid.
I'm a lil stoned n rambling this morning. I'm glad ya joined us. It'll be fun watching that green thumb grow.