CO2 Nutrafin

DarrylR

DarrylR

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My friend gave me a CO2 Nutrafin system but I don't understand how it works.

It says fill it up with sugar till the 1st level, than add the 2 packets than water.

But the sugar never dissolves in the luke warm water and the instructions didn't say anything about dissolving the sugar. Just Fill with sugar, add the packets, add water, put the tubing on and stick the bubble counter in the tank.

2 days later, no bubbles and nothing.

I had it beside the tank, and now I redid the mixture because I opened the compression canister and now I am hanging on my tanks wall.

At the moment, I am waiting for it to bubble. But can the CO2 still start even if the sugar hasn't dissolved. Also anyone using this product?
 
I am assuming so... if the expiration date is on the packets, it says L0233 Del 01-2003. I have another box of these packets and it says L0115 Del 01-2005.

If these are expired, what about the sugar though? Do I need to dissolve it manually even though it doesn't say, or just let it be?

Also, what is the effects of using expired packets? It just won't activate?
 
And it still won't activate, without manually dissolving the sugar first, right? Or mix all ingredients add water and that dissolve? Also how long does this last, a month?

I have 2 boxes of the nutrafin packets :/.
 
DarrylR said:
And it still won't activate, without manually dissolving the sugar first, right? Or mix all ingredients add water and that dissolve? Also how long does this last, a month?

I have 2 boxes of the nutrafin packets :/.
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when you fully dissolve the sugar the water solution becomes at equilibrium (each amount of water has the same concentration of sugar). I would suggest first making the solution of water+sugar, then pouring off the water into a cup and adding the activator(yeast) mixing it and leaving it for 15minutes, after 15 minutes mix the yeast again and add it to the bottle with sugar+water, add the stabilizer (baking soda) and mix once again. The yeast will have equal amounts of food (sugar) no matter where it is in the bottled mix and therefore will give you a balanced output of CO2.
From what i heard is that with the nutrafin mix the co2 lasts to about 2-3 weeks if not less. Obviously less than a regular diy with 2L bottle.
 
bk828 said:
when you fully dissolve the sugar the water solution becomes at equilibrium (each amount of water has the same concentration of sugar). I would suggest first making the solution of water+sugar, then pouring off the water into a cup and adding the activator(yeast) mixing it and leaving it for 15minutes, after 15 minutes mix the yeast again and add it to the bottle with sugar+water, add the stabilizer (baking soda) and mix once again. The yeast will have equal amounts of food (sugar) no matter where it is in the bottled mix and therefore will give you a balanced output of CO2.
From what i heard is that with the nutrafin mix the co2 lasts to about 2-3 weeks if not less. Obviously less than a regular diy with 2L bottle.
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This part kind of confused me, after mixing the sugar and water how can you pour out the water to add with the yeast if dissolved with sugar.

if that is not what you meant, than it means sugar+water PLUS another container with yeast+water than added to the sugar+water than added yeast?

People having problems with it as well:
http://www.arofanatics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=170690&page=3
 
DarrylR said:
This part kind of confused me, after mixing the sugar and water how can you pour out the water to add with the yeast if dissolved with sugar.

if that is not what you meant, than it means sugar+water PLUS another container with yeast+water than added to the sugar+water than added yeast?
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sorry if i wasnt clear. The purpose of leaving the yeast in a different cup for 15min is so that it hydrates and will give you faster results when you add it to the actual bottle.
So let me change some steps
Dissolve sugar in water> pour some of that mix into a different cup>> pour the yeast on top and wait 15 min>> after 15 min add it back to the bottle and mix it with the entire solution. close it up and wait 30min to an hour (depending on temperature of the water)
 
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