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HYDRO Root Rot or Dyed Roots!?!?

They look great and when I say massively ball That was a bad choice of words . Your going to have a root ball , that’s what you want . What I mean is like a mushy slimy mass of roots that clumps together and becomes like a mushy ball ( will add pic below ) but your roots look good . Your nutes are going to stain the roots there isn’t much you can do about that . Once you get root rot you will know trust me , been there done that got the t-shirt. I’m no expert tho . I’m very new to hydro . I have just done a lot of reading on the topic over the last few weeks .
 
This is root rot . As you see all of the roots are brown . But your rot will likely (not always ) start below the waters surface and spread . And good sign is when you see browning forming on the lower end of the roots but the roots above the surface look healthy . This is still not 100% accurate . Odor is your best sign . If it smells bad there is likely a problem . Your roots should have an earthy smell and you should have to get right up to them to smell it . If you open your pot and you can smell it just sitting infront of you it’s a good sign there is a problem . The smell was best discribed to me as broccoli that has rotted in the trash can for a week. Just a really pungent bad odor . If you catch root rot early enough you ca. Stop it before it causes major problems . Another good sign is murky water . If your water isn’t clear there is a reason . As your roots rot there is bio matter left in the water and makes its cloudy . Hydroquard and orca solve this problem pretty well . They are both beneficial bacteria . Hydro guard has Bacillus Amyloliquefaciens which helps your roots grow and take in nutes as well as protect then from the bad stuff. Orca is a liquid mycorrhiza it has 4 types of Endo mycorrhizal and 14 types of beneficial bacteria . You can use just one but I use both. H2o2 is good too but can not be used with the beneficial bacteria as it will kill them . But it is good for sterilizing your reservoir between changes just make sure that you dry it out well or allowed to sit for 30 minutes before you refill it . 30 minutes should be good because H2 O2 is very unstable so it breaks down very rapidly after 30 minutes there shouldn’t be any issue adding your beneficial bacteria .If you’re not using beneficial bacteria you can use H202 in the water at the sterilizer to keep bad bacteria from growing this also will help increase the oxygen in your water as H202 breaks down it releases an unstable oxygen ion that I if you’re not using beneficial bacteria you can use H202 in the water as the sterilizer to keep bad bacteria from growing this also will help increase the oxygen in your water as H202 breaks down that releases an unstable oxygen ion that ion needs to stabilize itself so it attaches itself to oxygen molecule in the water once this process has taking place ( 30-90mins) you can add your beneficial bacteria to the reservoir but I choose to air on the side of caution As Hydro guard an orca can get a bit pricey so I don’t take any chances of killing them. I change my reservoir every three days so I never have to add more but you should be adding Hydro guard orca H2O to whatever you’re using every three days if you’re not changing your reservoir that often . Some people choose to change once a week which means that you will need to add that beneficial bacteria into the water about twice between changes .
 

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Great information right there! @DankwingDuck
Now i understand what you mean with the roots, that doesn't look good at all. 🤢
Reading thru your post I feel more and more sure and proud of how healty my roots seems to be for being my first grow in a custom made RDWC. No odor, no slime, clear water, pleasant earthy smell.

The only thing I use for my roots in my system is Ultra Enzyme:
"Enzymes are natural process catalysts. Gold Label Enzyme contains enzymes that break down dead root material into nutrients that will benefit your plants and make room for new root development. You can regard them as the cleaners and recyclers of your medium."
Do you reccomend that I start using H2O2 or beneficial bacteria? Maby there is no need since everything is going well?
My water have an average temperature of 22 degrees.
 
How old is the plant you posted roots of . I’m new to hydro myself and that root ball makes my roots look like they don’t exist. My girls just started veg about a week ago
 
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