Exploring yeast as shrimp and plant food

[AverageWhiteBloke]

I think I use to use Potassium Sorbate when I was home brewing wine and beer after fermentation had completely finished to stop secondary ferment and so it would keep when bottled. That's what made it stand out for me.

 

[rebel]

This gives me an idea how to sterilise plants from snails..... One could incorporate the sugar method into their quarantine from snails .

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

When I looked through the list of ingredients potassium sorbate was in the frame. From what I understand its used to prolong shelf life of products so wondered if this had killed off the beneficial bacteria and caused a spike maybe

It is in the Vimto to stop micro-organisms growing, but it doesn't have much effect on bacteria. Potassium sorbate is <"E202">.

use Potassium Sorbate when I was home brewing wine and beer after fermentation had completely finished to stop secondary ferment

It is much more effective on yeasts and moulds.

Vimto itself is fairly low in sugar by soft drink standards, <"4.7g in 100cm3"> (although it may have been more sugar rich in the past, but now has a sweetener added as well, possibly because of <"changes in legislation">).

Still not over it, I loved those fish.

I was going to suggest that an interesting experiment would be to pour the present formula and "diet" versions into identical tanks and see if they have the same effect, but maybe not.

cheers Darrel

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

This gives me an idea how to sterilise plants from snails..... One could incorporate the sugar method into their quarantine from snails .

You could try carbonated water, it doesn't tend to kill the snails, but it gives a quick "knock down" effect so that you can remove small snails from moss etc.

cheers Darrel

 

[AverageWhiteBloke]

Maybe an interesting experiment Darrel but I would suggest not doing it with a breeding pair of £400 blue cobalt Discus like I did.

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[tiger15]

Hi all, You could try carbonated water, it doesn't tend to kill the snails, but it gives a quick "knock down" effect so that you can remove small snails from moss etc.

cheers Darrel

Amano discovered accidentally that CO2 can enhance plant growth one day returning home from a bar and poured a can of carbonated water. I don’t think carbonated water will knock down snail selectively. With sufficient concentration, it will knock down both fish and snail. It’s not hard to remove snails if you can locate them, best done by laying out food trap.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

With sufficient concentration, it will knock down both fish and snail.

Good point, it would kill all the fish first.

I should have said that this is only for plants outside of the aquarium, where you can seal them in a container of carbonated water.

cheers Darrel

 

[rebel]

Hey guys when I sterilise plants for quarantine, there are no fish to worry about. Need to kill snails selectively and keep plant safe.