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[shrimply]

No matter how often I tried I had gas escaping from my plastic lid and the amount of time I have tried to reseal it was unbelievable so my dad got out a whole load of old wine making equipment. The set-up looks much better and is completely sealed without silicon. There is also a whole load of other stuff which will make change overs and such like so much easier. I have my doubts as to how good the yeast culture will be after so much moving but we will see. I have also got a KH test cheap on ebay so I will soon now exactly how much CO2 is in the water. My DUpla test still says the CO2 levels are insufficient but it is only a matter of time I hope

 

[pseud]

That's a rather big bottle.. and a lot of airspace above the water level. You realise that all of that air has to fill up with CO2 for the pressure to build up to push it through into your tank right? I'd raise the water levels...

 

[shrimply]

That's a rather big bottle.. and a lot of airspace above the water level. You realise that all of that air has to fill up with CO2 for the pressure to build up to push it through into your tank right? I'd raise the water levels...

Yeah I know will raising the water level without adding more yeast effect how well it works?. As I say We have other equipment to set-up on top of the bottles which we will swap over, there is equipment that doesn't allow air in but when the pressure builds up you can see buy it bubbling through the thing of water on top. I don't think that makes sense but I don't know all the proper names so it is the best I can do.

 

[pseud]

Yeah I know will raising the water level without adding more yeast effect how well it works?. As I say We have other equipment to set-up on top of the bottles which we will swap over, there is equipment that doesn't allow air in but when the pressure builds up you can see buy it bubbling through the thing of water on top. I don't think that makes sense but I don't know all the proper names so it is the best I can do.

My dad used to make wine so I'm familiar with the equipment. I understand what you mean.

I don't think it will affect the efficiency in a negative way. If anything, it will make the solution more dilute. The alcohol will be less concentrated and will be less acidic, so if anything it might last a little longer.

 

[shrimply]

I can't believe it. I am getting bubbles in my diffuser already. One half of the mixture had been sitting in the plastic bottle for a few days and the other was new today. I had expected to wait a good while before the pressure built up ecspecially after you advice but sure enough it is already putting bubbles into my aquarium. What a good result.

Maybe more gas than we realise escapes out of our plastic bottles.

 

[pseud]

Sounds good. Hope you achieve some good CO2 levels!