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re: DIY yeast reactors
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>From: "Roy Parker" <Roy.Parker at ix_netcom.com>
>To: Aquatic-Plants-Owner at actwin_com (Aquatic Plants Digest),
>Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 22:04:11 +0000
>Subject: Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V2 #797
>
>> From: lwb <lwb at kuentos_guam.net>
>> Subject: Re: DIY CO2 generator
>
>> The DIY CO2 generator is simplicity itself. A half gallon (2 liter)
>> bottle with a small opening (glass is preferable), a one hole stopper to
>> fit (a drilled air tight lid will work), airline tubing of proper length,
>> an optionalairstone, one cup of sugar, one liter of water, and 1/2
>> teaspoon of yeast. Those are the basics.
>
>After a couple of years of homebrewing, and a DIY Yeaster myself, I
>want to make two comments. First, make sure that the CO2 outlet tube
>is as close to the top of the reactor as is possible. Yeasties
>sometimes get into a fermentation craze, depending on what you add or
>what nutrients may be in your water. It can cause a foaming problem
>if the CO2 outlet tube is too close to the water. Probably not in
>the case cited above, as long as you add no yeast nutrient, and for
>DIY CO2 you don't want to anyway.
>
>Second, stay away from glass bottles as much as possible for safety
>reasons. If you do use glass, don't use a twist on cap of any kind,
>use a drilled rubber stopper to seal the top. If you use a twist on
>cap and it plugs, the glass bottle can explode with rather
>disasterous results. A 2 or 3 liter pop bottle is a better choice.
>Even if the line plugs, the worst that will happen is that the
>plastic splits, thus relieving the pressure. Yes, you could have a
>mess to clean up, but at least no glass shrapnel.
>Roy Parker, rparker7 at ix_netcom.com, regardless
>of what Netcom puts in the "reply to" field....
>Buckskinner, Brewer, and semi-Handyman
>Booshway, 1998 Original SW Reg'l. Rendezvous
>
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