I'm hoping someone here can help quickly before I lose everything. I just setup an Aquaponics system ~2 weeks ago. Plants (strawberry) have been and still seem to be growing good. Fish are doing well (Goldfish). I have my water running from my fish tank to the PVC Pipe, then back to the tank, no swirl filter yet. Today I pulled a plant out just to check the roots, and they are encased what looks like "gel" not sure how else to describe it. Pretty sure there is something really wrong and am hoping someone can point me in the right direction before I lose all the plants / fish. See attached image(s).


Anyone know what I should do?
Click image for larger version.  Name: unnamed (1).jpg  Views: 332  Size: 17.4 KB  ID: 5005Click image for larger version.  Name: unnamed.jpg  Views: 310  Size: 18.2 KB  ID: 5006