Ant inside the Airlock

[BlueRidgeBilly]

I worry about everything but I am trying to make an excellent wine. Today as I checked all my airlocks, I found a dead ant in the water inside the air lock. These are in bulk storage so the airlocks are completely still. The type of airlock that I am using is the one with the floating plastic bell that goes over the stem. It has a perforated cap on top of the barrel that lets air escape. I guess this is where the ant got in. My water is heavily sulfited and the ant was dead. It may not have hurt anything but I jerked it off the carboy and refilled it with clean sulfited water. Has anyone else had this problem? Did I do the right thing?

 

[winemaker_3352]

I have found a fruit fly in mine before.

I just cleaned it out - add new vodka to the airlock and attached to carboy.

Make sure you keep your SO2 levels up and you will be fine.

Check the wine - just to make sure one didn't make its way in there - I highly doubt that it did.

 

[jswordy]

I hope you at least said a few words, you know, to the effect that AT LEAST HE DIED HAPPY!



I wouldn't stress over it.

 

[BlueRidgeBilly]

I hope you at least said a few words, you know, to the effect that AT LEAST HE DIED HAPPY!



I wouldn't stress over it.

He died with good intentions!

 

[Brew and Wine Supply]

He would'nt have drank much anyways, you could have shared...lol

 

[SarahRides]

All that means is that the airlock did it's job!!! When I'm fermenting, sometimes I'll check and find 3-4 have died a happy death over the course of a day. Just rinse them out and you should be all set!

 

[portveyn]

No worries! I never sulfited water in my airlocks and all went just fine.

 

[Runningwolf]

He would'nt have drank much anyways, you could have shared...lol

Doug Doug Doug, now what if everyone that raided your wine drank what was probably equivalent to their body weight?

 

[pjd]

Dan, that damned ant just about cost me a computer screen! Funny!

 

[Deezil]

Dan, that damned ant just about cost me a computer screen! Funny!

Hahahaha! Try to squish it?

 

[Brew and Wine Supply]

Doug Doug Doug, now what if everyone that raided your wine drank what was probably equivalent to their body weight?

LOL... thats a weekend in my neighborhood