White Widow Auto DWC (First Time Grower)

The first week will include germination and the first week of vegetation. So there might be more info on this week than the rest of the weeks. 1/4/2020- Started yesterday afternoon. I have 3 gallons of water in the bucket for start. Just waiting for the seed to germinate in the rockwool 1/6/2020 - I'm starting to see it germinating! The big dent in the rockwool is my fault. I lost my balance and accidentally dug my thumb in it when I was looking to see progress. 😆 1/8/2020 I was worried because the tap root was growing sideways, but it corrected itself! I had to battle smelly water today, so I think I need another air stone. I'm going to change my nutrient solution to General Hydroponics Flora line because I don't trust the stuff that came with the DWC kit. I'm also changing to a black 5 gal bucket with black 1/4" tubing to get ahead of the algae game. I should get all that in two days. 1/9/2020 Last night I found the tap root poking out from the top of my rockwool. Ugh. I replanted it in another rockwool cube but in the process, I broke the tap root because it had curled upwards. It still looks good this morning, and it's cotyledons busted out of it's shell. I planted another seed just in case the first one doesn't make it. I also plugged the hole to see if it will germinate faster. If they both make it, I will transplant one of them in its own DWC. 1/12/2020 It looks like my new seed is germinating a lot faster then the first one since I switched over to GHE products. Got rid of the rockwool all together and used rapid rooters. I don't think my first one is going to survive (on left in new picture). It has not grow and is yellow. The new one is sprouting so fast I can visibly see a difference when I check on it hours apart from each other. I also switched to the black 5 gallon bucket and black quarter inch tubing. 1/13/2020. RIP to my first seed. Lesson learned. Second one is doing good I think!