"Dunter Powries" fech.redcap@spedlin wrote in message
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Maqua wrote in message
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Ok, here's what I've noticed after doing a do it yourself co2 injector
set up.
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You, my friend, have been engaged in some kind of intensive
wheel-reinvention.

Memo: Check krib FIRST.

The essentials: Use a juice bottle - they are less likely to collapse (or
tip over!) than a soda bottle. Do not use very hot water as it will
weaken
the plastic bottle as well as killing the yeast. You only need a pinch of
yeast - maybe an 1/8 tsp - it is a living organism and will multiply
(provided you haven't killed it with hot water). I find that 1/8 tsp
yeast
to 1.5 cups of sugar will last from one weekly water change to the next.

Still, nothing like learning the empirical way, eh?

kush

That's the recipe I use, but I add a tiny bit (1/16 tsp?) of
baking soda. It neutralizes the acid waste from the yeast
and seems to prolong their lifespan by several days, IME.

-coelacanth