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Old 01-07-2008, 09:46 PM   #6 (permalink)
A Hill
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This thread should not have me laughing !

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Originally Posted by Church View Post
Why are you trying to get the bottle sterile? It's not like you're trying to culture mycelia or quarantine some microbe that fell from space... you're making this a lot more complicated than it needs to be. Just rinse out the bottle and add your sugar, water and yeast. I never add Amquel or anything to mine.
Lmao! I agree you don't need a clean bottle at all basically add your sugar water and yeast

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I decided to just go for it. Rinsed in hot tap water until it smelled like nothing but water. Got it all set up by about 9 last night. It's 12:30 now. I'm getting 1 bubble per 1.5 seconds now! SO COOL!

I figured boiling was overkill, but I tend to specialize in overkill. You should see how many wall brackets I have on my ghetto light fixture.

Now if I could just figure out why my heater set at 77 keeps the tank at 80, I'd be all set. Time for a new heater, I think.
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