I’m afraid I may have killed my starter by feeding it whole wheat flour. I made it using an apple, bread flour and water. It was extremely active the first 2 days. Not doing enough research I did not feed it at its most active on day 2. On day 3 I did a little experiment and introduced whole wheat flour in my feeding in 1:1:1 ratio I combined 50% whole wheat and bread flour. After that it lost all its activity, and developed hooch, which I poured. Then I fed it again but was afraid to change anything. Now it seems more dormant than before. Is this normal? Have I killed my starter and do I need to start over?

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