20 to 30 minutes “the norm”?? Virtually anywhere I’ve read about this states about 5 minutes. To be frank, I like to do processes in home brewing that work based in fact. I see people in the forums that follow that and others stating an opinion or spitballing what works. If the Wyeast guy (much more knowledgeable than me) thinks 5 minutes with an aquarium pump is adequate, that works for me. As far as I can tell, he promotes shaking a carboy for 45 minutes if one doesn’t use pure oxygen simply because he seems to think 5 minutes is a long time. Five minutes out of my brew day is nothing. I have found the tanks highly inconsistent one to the next with how many uses I can get out them.
Thanks so much for this. I had time to cancel the one I ordered and just placed one for the Tetra. I like your idea of aerating in the brew kettle after cool down — just seems easier.
So what stone do you use? or do you
gotcha, I will check my place out. They are usually much cheaper than amazon on most items but for some things they dont carry much variety so they may only offer expensive units. I know like the stir plates there they only have a 65 dollar setup when i was looking for a cheapy. Same went with their pumps so thats why i went to the amazon. I didnt think to check for something simple like a stone there.
