O2 stone - did I lose a piece?

[FlyingHorse]

So I went to aerate my brew today, and something seemed funny about the bubbling coming from the O2 stone. I pulled it back out of the brew, and the stone was gone...just the hose and the female half of a compression fitting remaining (explains the funny bubbling)

I found the stone (after sifting through 2.5 oz of spent whole hops -- fun!). The attached pic is what I have left:
- the plastic hose
- the female half of a compression fitting
- the stone

Seems there should be a male half to that fitting as well, but it was nowhere to be found. Maybe I lost it before this brew; to be honest, I never looked at the way the stone was connected before.

I put it back together, and it's a pretty snug fit as is. Just wondering if anyone else who has a similar stone can tell me if I lost a piece, or if this is just the way its set up.

 

[kthorson]

Just wondering if anyone else who has a similar stone can tell me if I lost a piece, or if this is just the way its set up.

I believe I have the same exact setup. Just the tube, stone and one fitting. I lost my stone into the fermenter last time I used it too. There must be a better way to do it. I want one of those inline aeration setups that allow you to aerate on the way to the fermenter.

Kyle

 

[WOP31]

Did you set this up yourself or did you buy it some where? I would think that if you bought it from a store that you could look it up on-line or talk to them. I would recomend a stone with a barbed fitting welded on the end already, than all you need is a SS hose clamp, if that. I belive that they are avaliable at any of the bigger HBS sites.

Cheers