"Lum Eisenman" > wrote in message
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> "Ceri Jones" > wrote in message
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>> Ok, taking the lid off the fermentation bucket seems to have helped!
>> Since
>> replacing it it's perked up and is now pliping once every 16 seconds or
> so.
>> I think it was an issue of not enough oxygen for the yeast (I did put the
>> airlock on early according to the recipe I put it on after a few days
>> whereas it suggested to "cover and leave for a week" or somesuch).
>>
>> Thanks again
>> Ceri )
>>
> Or, perhaps the cover was not completely sealed before it was removed and
> replaced??
>
>
I suppose that it's possible however I find it difficult to believe as my
partner put it on (as I'm fairly weak with Multiple Sclerosis) and I took it
on and replaced it.
I would have been willing to bet it was the other way around and that I put
it on wrong but then the airlock it showing that it is on.
If that is what has happened then we had a lucky escape - I dread to think
of all the nasties that could have got in there, good old SO2 huh?