Going to fish store

[W.S.C.beachman]

I want to get an air pump and stone for my fermenter and was going to use a fish tank set up. You know a little stone with the pump connected to it. The stone usually sits under the rocks at bottom of fish tank.
Is this cool?? Will it add oxygen to my ferments???

[Dnderhead]

its OK in the wash I suppose Id rather see a stanless air stone and either copper or stanless pipe .Iv use a dip tube from a old corny keg
and a stainless stone from a brew shop.

[W.S.C.beachman]

Thanks Dunder,
Ill check them out..I just have a wash that is going a bit slow and need to oxygenate it...I think!!!!

[Dnderhead]

you could use a copper pipe and drill a bunch of small holes in it .then pintch the end shut.

[rubber duck]

The one from the pet store will work, but it would be hard to sanitize and that could be a problem in some applications. Sounds like Dunder has you on the right track.

[W.S.C.beachman]

So all I have to do is have a copper tubing pinched at the submerged end and running the other side out the top of the bucket with a fish pump pumping air in to it, but sealed of course and drill a bunch of small wholes in the submerged end for the air to escape. On it like stink on sh..t!!!
One thing though, I have read that some times it can turn a wash into vinegar...some thing like that???

[rubber duck]

I only pump air into my washes for a couple of minutes. All you are doing is replacing the oxygen you drove off by the boiling.

As far a vinegar I've only had it happened a couple of times, from what I understand fruit flys carry the bacteria that causes vinegar.

[Dnderhead]

aerate before pitching yeast, that is when it is needed. (15-30min.)aerating alcohol mite give you acetic acid but Iv never had it happen.

[W.S.C.beachman]

Well this specific air ration is for a UJSSM so it still has yeast in it prior to air ration. I think though if I was to air rate the backset after it cooled down but before I put it in the fermenter that would work well right..as far as for the UJSSM any ways.

[Dnderhead]

when ever you heat water it drives out the O2 so that when you need it the most.
most on hear just pore what ever the adding from a height so it splashes.