RedStar Quick*Rise Fast Acting Dry Yeast

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invertebrater

invertebrater
Mar 6, 2009
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so.. i bought a used nutrafin co2 natural plant system for 10 bucks yay.
and it had one packet of the yeast and stabilizer left..
so i tried mixing it like the instructions on the unit say to..
well after 24 hours.. it didnt do anything. :(
so i went out to buy some yeast at the store..
well there were two kinds at the store.. both made by RedStar..
one was the regular dry active yeast and the other was the Fast Acting Yeast..
and they both cost the same, so i decide hell ill go with the fast acting one maybe that'll work better..
so i come home and mix it up with warmer water this time.. activate the yeast seperately, add a little baking powder..
and BAM! one hour and a half later i start getting bubbles already!
at first i was getting only a bubble every 30 seconds, now im getting a bubble every 15 seconds!
so my question to you guys is.. is this yeast going to work?
And if so, will it die out faster than the other kind of yeast?
Or will it be active for just as long?
thanks in advance! :)
 
most any yeast will work just fine--- it will all produce Co2

there are different kinds that work a bit better however-- I go to the local brew supply and get the kind that is used for brewing champaign
 
is the champaign kind more expensive? last longer? please elaborate. :)

also my bubble doesnt seem to be getting much smaller as it goes through the ladder/diffuser,
does this mean that it's not diffusing into the water properly? should i get a better diffuser?

Oh and would ketchup work in place of tomato sauce?
 
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Tomato Sauce???

what are you using tomato sauce for?

I just use sugar and yeast....

and yes the champaign kind is more expensive but lasts longer and produces more gas
 
champagne yeast is goo to about 18%...bread yeast is good to about 14%...so all else being equal it will probably get you an extra 3-4 days in your mix. Up to you whether the extra cost and hassle is worth it to you, as not everyone has a local homebrew store conveniently nearby. And yes, ketchup should work fine as a nutrient source.
 
Make sure you "activate" the yeast before you put it into the air-tight container.

I mixed the bread machine version of that yeast in a bowl with some sugar water until it was creamy, and then poured the mixture into the just-sterilized plastic container with the sugar water.

Within 30 minutes I was getting a bubble per second, and this has stayed constant for the last 4 days.

C02 was measuring 34 ppm in a 29 gallon tank last night using the Nutrafin and the Red Star bread machine yeast. Will be interesting to see how long it lasts.

(Note, I was only getting up to 12-14 ppm using the yeast packets that came with it and the bubble ladder they provide... the new yeast + feeding the plastic tube to the intake of my cannister filter seems to be doing a much better job).
 
yeah thanks for the tip tsomzing. ive done everything you listed as far as mixing the yeast, and i have no problems in that area using the RedStar yeast, the packet i got with the used system was probably very old is what i'm thinking or i may have used not warm enough water and not activating the yeast. But all is well now and i'm getting .25bps with pretty good diffusion using the ladder that came with the system.
 
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