Paramecium

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You would want a pump of some sort in with that heater to circulate the water around or you won't get even heating around the fermenter. Starsan would be a good choice for keeping out the nasties.

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raymcgill

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No liquids. I am using a styrofoam fermentation cabinet I built. I will get a free craigslist chest freezer later for summer.

SamBrewer

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now I use a small pum to keep the liquid flowing around the fermenter, this set up I think keeps the temperature costant and helps the heat change between the water and the fermenter.

No starsan here in Italy so bleach is the only solution, but I think this is essential only for long fermentation like belgian beers, for a "normal" ale with 10 days of fermentation ( I do not use secondary fermenter) maybe bleatch is not really necessary if the water is continuosly mouved by a pump