thanks tikiroom for the reply:
Right now I have one air stone with one pump. I flushed the res with 5.75, thats about the reading coming out of the tap. Ya I really didn't know I was supposed to shut that pump off..... cool, now I MURDERED my babies Needless to say it is off, and the plants are perking up, I have little hope, I know theres a tidal wave of problems enroute for me.

After reading your post, it got me thinking about oxygen levels, res temps, overwatering, etc. I decided to check out my roots, even though I just had 12 hours ago and they were white and awesome, not today, nope.......... root rot.... so good news and bad news. Good news, I know whats up.... if that can even be good news, bad news, I know I have a nightmare on my hands now and will probably lose em, I don't think I have the experience yet to pull 'em through.... i'll trudge on and try though, oh trust me, grumbling the whole dam time too. do or do not. there is no try, right?

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