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what is on top of that fermenter? Black thin

I was going back over the many pictures in this thread and I have to say, even as a home-brewer I am VERY impressed with the vast creations people brew. I truly wish I could sample each and every one of your brews as they are truly delicious looking. :tank:

I felt the big fella rise a little when I saw that!:mug:

I see this is very old but I wonder if CLR will work, I only have the typical brown stuff on boil kettle. CLR is advertised to clean coffee pot so thought that may work. PS I suspect you have hard water to get that scale on a fermenter is my 2 cents.

I would have to think some jewelry draped over the necks of those carboys may just make them more acceptable looking. :D

could be full ass wiring

Now that sounds like a good possibility.

Yes it is after fermentation i have been talking about, I just also mentioning that I saw it happen overnight few times when I specifically lowered temp before kegging.

I am convinced it is temp drop, I was strongly trying to make my point earlier but truth is it happens more with 05 yeast as it seems to get a very aggressive fermentation going, likely raising temp of beer inside over ambient fermentation chamber 19-20 c. Mind you I brew 80 percent with 05...

I have scratched my head many of days opening the chamber, I typically have 11-12 Gallons in the fermenters.

Well my experience is in my fermention chamber my 18 Gal stainless Steel fermenters ( I have 3) suck 1 liter of fluid back every time ( from 2L coke bottle through silicone hose) as soon as fermentation stops, it was so bad that I went to simple carboy type airlocks so as to not suck so much...

Air does get past any air lock, as the fermentation stops and there is a temp drop it pulls air back into fermenter through the airlock in opposite direction so that could introduce airborne mold spores. And really addresses a good concern for all of us as I noticed black mold on my ac unit...

I found this nice list that has really helped me understand what each grain adds to my beers and how I can focus brewing the styles of beers I really like. You may find helpful too. I could have printed and posted but not sure if this is copy-write so see link and print yourself...

Not pretty but large plywood box that works great. Everything in here is full

3 full fermenters 2 6.5 Gal carboys and a wack of full kegs.