Wednesday, May 22, 2013

CO2 recipe #3



05/21/2013, a new CO2 recipe started, almost identical with the last one, but this time I have 2 bottles:

  • 1/4 teaspoon of EC-1118 Wine yeast
  • 3 cups of sugar
  • some milk, did not measure, just pour some in
  • 1ml of baby multi-vitamin 
The first bottle is started on 05/21, a new one added to the previous exhausted bottle. Then the old bottle is renewed on 05/22, same recipe. 

The difference I did this time is to better start the yeast. I measure the yeast into a cup, then add some warm water, and SOME SUGAR. Let them sit for like 10 minutes while I mixing everything else into the bottle, then pour the yeast into the bottle and let it sit for like 5 minutes before connect it back to the CO2 pipe. This way the bottle seems start faster stronger. 

05/22 pm, it is producing 1.5 bps. It is day 1 for the first bottle, and it is counted after the second bottle is renewed. A fast start.
05/23 pm, it is producing 2.7 bps. Now the water is PH 6.6, KH 5, so CO2 = 38ppm. Just went over safe level. Maybe need to run air stone during the night.

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