The problems of the first week in the bed. What's wrong?

[Roman Rytov]

Just started the system and planted a few young herbs (purchased in a local store) - removed soil and inserted into the bed. The system is the constant flood - water is short 1" off the top.

The pictures show to me some kind of deficiency - on all of them the leaves look very weak and some even dropped. In addition, on one of them there are bug eggs I guess?

Is it just a shock of the new system and I should give them few days to adopt it or I need to treat it somehow? What to do with the insect eggs?

The water shows very normal I guess (only ammonia/ph at the time being). What is wrong here? Or is it just the shock for the plants of being in the new environment?

The pictures are here: https://plus.google.com/photos/11767855 ... 5433284289

[Alex Veidel]

You said you just started your system? Where are you at? Have you cycled your system yet?

Regardless, aquaponic systems just take time to mature. 6 months is the magical milestone. When that time comes around, your plants will be doing fine and dandy. The first few months are always a struggle with the plant side of things. Word of advice: don't rely to heavily on what you learn regarding what works and what doesn't work for the plants in your aquaponics setup until after you reach the 6 month mark.

[Keith Rowan]

with a constant flood system, i've found it's better to lower the water level to 3 or 4 inches below the surface..

[Roman Rytov]

thanks to both of you! will keep you posted