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Old December 15, 2015   #88
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Originally Posted by sdambr View Post
Thanks for the updates. Krokotoa has been an educational experience for me.
Thanks.
The other day out of stupid curiosity and against my better judgement I opens it up to see.
At that time I had no idea you wasn't supposed to do this.
To my shock the stones were pushed up out of the brine and almost to the top and very foamy.
I put the lid back on and hoped for the best and it started burping again and has ever since so I know it has pushed the oxygen back out.

This is a good indicator that you are not supposed to ever fill the thing.
You really need to leave at least four inches of space from the top and dont add a bunch of water.
The bottom of the little handles is as far as you want to go.
I hope I dont open it in a few weeks and see a monster.
There is so much conflicting information about these things on line.

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