Fish Tank hydroponic growth success!

The flow rate of the water was plenty, I needed very little water to keep the plants hydrated. The cups filled up quickly, the perlite gets damp within a few seconds of the water being on. I took a picture of the growth everyday for about 2 months with my GoPro. Here is a time lapse of the pictures I took. The lettuce and basil really exploded early with the mint coming on later. I turn the light in the fish tank on when I got up and turn it off before bed so it was on for roughly 16 hours a day. As you can see the fish tank did a great job of keeping the humidity up. The water heater kept the temperature very nice and warm and the plants still thrived in the dead of Chicago winter!

Also important to note that I did get some white fluffy fungal growth on the sides of the tank and in the water. As you can see I also had some green algae of some sort grow on the perlite itself, although this never transitioned to the water below.