Airpump & Airstones for brewing Tea - Help Please

bought this Active Air Pump (7.8 liter rated) and two 6" airstones. doesn't seem to bubble alot. Is this pump sufficient to brew 5 gallons? And do airstones need to soaked or something becuase i see no air coming out of the stone just out of the part where the air tubing connect to the airstone.

Help Please!

yeah, you definitely got a problem there. the air will bubble out of the stones if working correctly. try cutting the line an inch or two and reconnecting so that it goes on as far as possible. and i think the air stones i bought said to soak them first. i didn't and they still worked.

is my 7.8 Liter per hour air pump good enough?

yeah a fish pump with 2 air stones is plenty. I raise worms and brew tea a-lot for me and my clients.

tell if this pump should be good enough...researching tells me i need an aquariam pump; something more heavy duty.

http://www.hydrofarm.com/pb_detail.php?itemid=7640

this pump seems to hardly blow air...what to you think...a 3 watt pump?

Get a bigger pump and see the massive difference, get one with a duel outlet so it can fill teo airstones atleast 30l rated min for max oxygen

thanks; 30 is the number to remember!

if you want a professional class brewer check out pondmaster air pumps. for a 5 gal brewer, use the ap-20. you will not be dissapointed. you could even use this up to a 10 gal barrel

I got a commercial air pump, highly recommend. cause I brew up to 20+gallons at one time. I works so good... its like a Jacuzzi.

Thanks, just finished setting up my new brewer. I went with a small commercial pump from active aqua (hydro farm) and a 8.5 round air stone from sun leaves. This pump is rated for 45L/m and is 20W. iNstalled a water heater from an aquarium shop to keep the tea warm...researching on this the net and found that the bacteria really thrive in a warm environment and right now my average water temp is 62f...too cold for these microbes. This heater has got it now at about 78 but not sure how warm is too warm...will keep researching... Found some real interesting articles from what seem to be reputable sources...will share in another post once I get to my own computer...so hard to this from a damn iPad.

I was surprised to see how much air this releases at the top...I had the lid on for about 1 min and went back to take it off and it nearly popped like a champagne bottle...so word from the wise on anyone building your own, make sure you drill a hole for air to escape

see i told you bigger pump was the resolution ! well done

Hey Dante. 1 liter of quality microbial tea can treat over 500 sq ft as a soil drench so for most indoor gardens 1 liter of tea is plenty. For a brew that small a 3 watt pump will do the job. With your new setup you can supply all friends and then some

I brewed up a simple tea of 2 cups of worm castings, 2 ounces of molasses and an ounce of seaweed extract for 30 hrs. Probably should have let it brew longer but good for a first run. It seems that brewing duration has a correlation to aeration and this pumps kicks air in 5 Gallons damn good, I figured that at least 1 day would be ok. It had a ppm of 430 and a ph of 6.02. I fed it full strength and so far so good.

One thing I'm not happy with though is the hose connection to the air stone. It loosens to easily.