RDWC plants turning yellow in tops, help please!

watrbug53

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Hi guys, new to growing in hydroponics and just started my first hydro grow 9 days ago in recirculating dwc with bubbler in each 5 gal bucket. I started the seedling with nothing but silica and root booster at half strength. Upped the nutes 3 days ago to 1/4 strength using blue planet 3 part. Also increased led lights to 100%. Plants exploded and looked great until yesterday one of them has light green almost yellowish new growth in the top and I hate to go chasing nutrients and burn my other plants. I did increase the nutes to 1/2 strength at 1.25 ml per gallon today and turned the lights back down to 60%. Is it normal for new growth to be that light or do I have light burn or nute burn or deficiency? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Also the yellow one is a candy kush as well as one more not pictured. The other is a white widow. All are photos.
 

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Hi guys, new to growing in hydroponics and just started my first hydro grow 9 days ago in recirculating dwc with bubbler in each 5 gal bucket. I started the seedling with nothing but silica and root booster at half strength. Upped the nutes 3 days ago to 1/4 strength using blue planet 3 part. Also increased led lights to 100%. Plants exploded and looked great until yesterday one of them has light green almost yellowish new growth in the top and I hate to go chasing nutrients and burn my other plants. I did increase the nutes to 1/2 strength at 1.25 ml per gallon today and turned the lights back down to 60%. Is it normal for new growth to be that light or do I have light burn or nute burn or deficiency? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Also the yellow one is a candy kush as well as one more not pictured. The other is a white widow. All are photos.

2 days have passed now, looked like an iron deficiency by what pics I could find online. Sprayed it with chelated iron foliar spray yesterday and some green is coming back but it is drooping now and some brown spots on the yellow leaves. I changed out my water today and added nutrients 3/4 strength if recommended. Also added kelp, calmag, hydroguard, and vita blue b vitamins. PPM at 592, water was 75 if that. PH set at 5.6, creeped up to 6.3 a few hours later and dropped it back to 5.5. I've attached a pic, do you guys think it's salvageable or should I be starting another seed? Thanks in advance!
 

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