If you can, check your roots. They should be crisp and color should be white or beige, texture should definitely not be slimy; smell should be clean and cucumber like. If they smell sour or swampy and there are dark squishy or slimy sections; you have rot. Use a weak nutrient solution with H2O2...
TDS (total dissolved solids) is a value based on EC (electrical conductivity). Hydroponic pH UP is usually potassium based, a mineral salt, so it increases the conductivity of your solution. Using other substances, not specific to gardening, to adjust pH, can lead to other problems, such as nute...