it looks fried... aqua? and the shock of whatever caused it... i believe, stalled it. even if it was dead, it would essentially look like that, for some time, would it not, fellas? I'm thinking... if it's important to u, to have a specific amount.. u could pop a new seed and surpass that one, whatever its destiny... if that is one month.
i find various techniques TO STALL so it's not unfamiliar, nor necessarily undesirable territory, but as far as expedience... u could probably lap that one, before it even recovers; if... it recovers.
judges?
just depends on YOUR goals...
you'll get the phonebook, far as answers to subjective questions like: which soil... which medium... and once YOU choose... aquaman and the rest, can help u to finesse what u do end up with, as opposed to 10 people, suggesting 10 diff mediums that all contain their own, time learned secrets to the growers personal preferences n habits
and then he/we can b of more use going oh... u went with
promix... aerate with xxx item... that'll b of more use to u than saying: roots, dr brix... dwc... etc. and these same folks will still b loitering, like only potheads do... with the right answers to the right questions.
stick around. start a journal. share your budporn. you're doin great, so far so don't b discouraged. apparently you're amongst friends and in a good place, to grow... POT. let's see some more of those pics! my seedlings require bporn inspiration. the lil bastards have gone on strike, on me, too!