Im in the process of building a DIY Co2 maker using a 2 liter soda bottle. My question is this: From searching through many of the threads on this forum, I've seen a couple of mentions of a tank of water to put the soda bottle in. Is there a temperature the bottle should stay at to keep the yeast alive and producing CO2 or would it be alright to just keep the soda bottle around room temp (74*F on average). Thanks guys!
DIY CO2 Holding tanks?
- Thread starter corvettekid82
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Warmer temps mean higher yeast activity, which means more CO2. You'll get more CO2, but a shorter life of your CO2 mixture. So you will be making CO2 every week instead of every second week. For all the trouble of setting up a heating pan, why not just add a second bottle in line with the first bottle, or use a larger bottle? Then you could make two batches at a time, or just a larger batch each time. I use a 4 litre bottle for mine in a gelatine mixture and it lasts about two months.
Thanks for the advice! Im just now starting to experiment with CO2 and I used a 'jell-o recipie' as well. We'll see how it goes!
Whoa!! Within an hour of being mixed and attached to my tank.. the Jell-o Mixture is pumping bubble into my tank already! I never expected it to react so fast AND build the pressure to make it into the tank. What a pleasant surprise!
Recipie:
2 Packs Jell-o (Lemon & Lime)
4 Cups water
1/2 tsp Active Dry Yeast
2 Cups sugar
I mixed 4 cups of boiling water in with the jell-o and the sugar all in a large bowl, then once mixed... poured it into my 1 liter soda bottle. Let it set up over night.
Then I mixed 1/2 tsp yeast in with about 1/4 cup of water @ 106*F (measured with a candy thermometer). Stir well and add a pinch of sugar into the yeast to start its fermentation process. Let stand for 10 minutes. Add to your Soda bottle and tightly place cap.
Attach to tank and wait for the little buggers to do their thing They're off and running at the ambient temp (74*) in my room.. so it looks like I've found a successful mixture. Now just to test my perameters tonight and find out just how much Co2 Im producing.
Recipie:
2 Packs Jell-o (Lemon & Lime
)4 Cups water
1/2 tsp Active Dry Yeast
2 Cups sugar
I mixed 4 cups of boiling water in with the jell-o and the sugar all in a large bowl, then once mixed... poured it into my 1 liter soda bottle. Let it set up over night.
Then I mixed 1/2 tsp yeast in with about 1/4 cup of water @ 106*F (measured with a candy thermometer). Stir well and add a pinch of sugar into the yeast to start its fermentation process. Let stand for 10 minutes. Add to your Soda bottle and tightly place cap.
Attach to tank and wait for the little buggers to do their thing
They're off and running at the ambient temp (74*) in my room.. so it looks like I've found a successful mixture. Now just to test my perameters tonight and find out just how much Co2 Im producing.