The prescribed second starter did the trick. The gravity's down to 1.017 now so it looks like I'll be racking to bright tank soon for some bulk aging :)
Thanks CSI, that link's very helpful. If I've done the maths right on my swirl-as-I-walk-by starter I pitched only about 200 billion. Starters are more complicated and important than I thought. Still, learning new stuff is good :)
Is there anything I can/should do to get the gravity to where...
Made up an extract batch of this as my first adventure in doing something more complicated than a kit. Thanks to HuRRiC4Ne for the recipe :D I love Belgian tripels but living in the UK I'm never likely to see any real Final Absolution.
Made up a starter with a single smack pack of Wyeast 1214...