Hi all,
Sorry if this has been addressed previously, if it has been I couldn't find it. I've been looking for information about the effects that built up pressure has on yeast.
I have your typical diy yeast based setup with a newly made diffuser based on Toms design (thanks Tom). But my issue is that my powerhead is a not so great one by 'Red Sea', it pumps o.k, but you can't turn it off otherwise you have to literally go into the tank and move the impeller by hand to get it to start moving again.
So to stop the co2 at night I installed valves onto my yeast containers and at night close them.
What I don't know is if the built up pressure overnight may have an effect on the yeast (like killing them), I actually like this setup cause in the morning when I turn my co2 on there's a bunch of built up co2 that piles into the diffuser and really kind of jump starts getting co2 into the tank.
I'm just wondering if this setup may be shortening the life of the yeast and making me have to replace them more often then I would have to otherwise. It seems at about 10 days or so I need to redo the canister (1 liter bottles)
Thanks for any insight on this.
Sorry if this has been addressed previously, if it has been I couldn't find it. I've been looking for information about the effects that built up pressure has on yeast.
I have your typical diy yeast based setup with a newly made diffuser based on Toms design (thanks Tom). But my issue is that my powerhead is a not so great one by 'Red Sea', it pumps o.k, but you can't turn it off otherwise you have to literally go into the tank and move the impeller by hand to get it to start moving again.
So to stop the co2 at night I installed valves onto my yeast containers and at night close them.
What I don't know is if the built up pressure overnight may have an effect on the yeast (like killing them), I actually like this setup cause in the morning when I turn my co2 on there's a bunch of built up co2 that piles into the diffuser and really kind of jump starts getting co2 into the tank.
I'm just wondering if this setup may be shortening the life of the yeast and making me have to replace them more often then I would have to otherwise. It seems at about 10 days or so I need to redo the canister (1 liter bottles)
Thanks for any insight on this.