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anonapersona · 02-25-2003, 01:24 AM

Have you searched the forum for Hagen or Nutrafin? It is discussed around here pretty frequently.

Adequate, maybe. How much do you think you want? What sort of filter do you have? What is your water like?

A month, maybe. I get more like 3 weeks of good production, some report a month. That 4th week is pretty low rate and the Algae kicks up so I change.

Some of us are working with new DIY yeast recipes with good results. I just reloaded a 2 liter bottle with a gelatine mix using 1 cup of sugar, 2 cups of water, and 2 packs of Knox gelatine, chilled and cut into cubes, with 4.75 cups of water, 2 teaspoons baking soda and 1/4 teaspoon bread yeast. The last batch on that tank lasted 30 days. The same mixture on a different tank lasted 16 days. I'm still working on the details of what was different between the two situations.

02-25-2003, 01:24 AM	#2 (permalink)
anonapersona Moderator (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,614	Have you searched the forum for Hagen or Nutrafin? It is discussed around here pretty frequently. Adequate, maybe. How much do you think you want? What sort of filter do you have? What is your water like? A month, maybe. I get more like 3 weeks of good production, some report a month. That 4th week is pretty low rate and the Algae kicks up so I change. Some of us are working with new DIY yeast recipes with good results. I just reloaded a 2 liter bottle with a gelatine mix using 1 cup of sugar, 2 cups of water, and 2 packs of Knox gelatine, chilled and cut into cubes, with 4.75 cups of water, 2 teaspoons baking soda and 1/4 teaspoon bread yeast. The last batch on that tank lasted 30 days. The same mixture on a different tank lasted 16 days. I'm still working on the details of what was different between the two situations.