Smell the roots
If it smells then yeah look into the cure to root rot aka how to breed beneficials, it will be the quickest and best way out. pretty easy too don't be scared of the ingredients you'll need
A last resort is h202 bath and less waterings/more frequent waterings(dep. on situation) then running small amounts of bleach or h202 in the reservoir, and cloning it when it finally gets some healthy growth to save the genetics
sometimes roots initially die because they were underwatered, then watering frequency is increased and that dead root is what spreads to the rest of the plant, in a sterile environments you'd be checking the roots out daily so it won't happen but with organics (which you should do now) it will eat that dead root and stop the water from becoming bad so quickly.
sometimes its only because you are overwatering the plant,