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Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V3 #216
- To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
- Subject: Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V3 #216
- From: "David Thomas Gauthier" <gauthie9 at pilot_msu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 09:38:56 -0400 (EDT)
- In-Reply-To: <199804210245.WAA26285 at acme_actwin.com> from "Aquatic Plants Digest" at Apr 20, 98 10:45:18 pm
> Subject: Re: Yeast Intrusion
> > From: BUFF HARSH <footwork at earthlink_net>
> > Subject: yeast intrusion
What kind of yeast are you using? I am not so sure that the cloudiness in your
tank is caused by yeast. Yeasties need quite a high concentration of sugars to
keep going and not flocculate out of the water column, and I don't think a
standard aquarium can provide that much. Also, if you did have dormant yeast
on the bottom of the tank, it would take a whopping big dose of sugar to get
them off the bottom again. The fermentor that you use for the DIY CO2 is a
breeding ground for many other types of bacteria and fungi, and I would suspect
something more along those lines for your water cloudiness.
Rgds
D. Gauthier