bottles, yeast, diffusers, & stuff ?

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:confused: ok, after uncountable hours of research, wasted sugar & yeast, this is what i ended up with & it seems to be working quite well. 1 2 litre pop bottle, 1 small pop bottle {seperator}, 1 small plastic diffuser from an old powerhead. drilled out bottom of intake on 2nd smaller hob filter to fit hose attachment, mix is 4 cups sugar, 4 cups hot water [allowed to cool before adding yeast] 1 package flieischmanns rapid rise yeast . now i get an audible clik from my little hob, simaller to an old time pendulum clock, for each bubble :dance: i can get almost 2 weeks with this set up :thm:now a question, i have a 2 gal betta bowl that i run a air stone from a small pump dumping what i dont need through a gang valve, what would the results be if i put an airstone in the bottom of the yeast mix with just a trickle of air:huh:
 
I'm not quite sure what you're asking, but if you run air through yeast mixture, then you would lose all your CO2. 4 cups of sugar? That's a lot, I usually only do about 1/2 cup of sugar per liter, and that lasts me 2-3 weeks.
 
this is for a 55 gal, which seems to be the normal mixture only split between 2 bottles, since the 2 bottle mixture will fit in 1 bottle, why have 2 ? i have seen talk of shaking the bottles to increase life of mixture so i was thinking a very small amount of aggitation might be benifical. thanx for the reply, DOC.
 
I have my DIY CO2 bottles going for about a month for each bottle and all I do is shake them once in a while. You don't need constant agitation. Actually, I think constant agitation would shorten the life of that batch of DIY CO2. I think DIY CO2 is best used when it is steadily and constantly producing CO2.
 
MrGoodbytes said:
As I understand it, yeast will only ferment in anaerobic conditions. Adding air to your mixture will cause your CO2 production to bottom out.
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actually i remember i read something about the airstone method a while back.. from what i remember is that yeast makes co2 better in aerobic conditions or atleast its at a more constant rate.. Dont fully remember how it went.. perhaps sploke can come in and throw his expertise.
 
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