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Airlock are temperamental. Leave for two weeks and then take a reading
Unless you have a decent stainless or glass vessel airlocks are mostly decorative and mean nothing.
yeastinfection
Landlord.
Could be affect by temp or a poor seal.or both. Leave it be.
1. As other wiser folks have already said, leave it alone 
2. I wonder if one could "help" an imperfect lid seal on an FV by running some sellotape round the rim, or even cling film???
3. I did my first two brews in a big (6USGal) FV I got with a kit - both times the airlock went like the clappers for the first 48 hrs then literally not a sausage! Persuaded by the wise sages here, I left AG#1 alone for 3 weeks, bottled it yesterday and it was perfect :)
4. For AG#2 I had bought a new smaller 15L FV & airlock. Apart from more hops it's the same recipe & yeast as AG#1, but even 1 week after pitching it's still bubbling away now and then - for whatever reason I guess the new FV just seals better.
5. Speaking as a newbie myself, it *is* really confusing! It's really hard to believe this amazing bio-chemical process is progressing normally when there's no apparent sign of activity - and that's the value of the voice of experience you can find here :)
2. I wonder if one could "help" an imperfect lid seal on an FV by running some sellotape round the rim, or even cling film???
3. I did my first two brews in a big (6USGal) FV I got with a kit - both times the airlock went like the clappers for the first 48 hrs then literally not a sausage! Persuaded by the wise sages here, I left AG#1 alone for 3 weeks, bottled it yesterday and it was perfect :)
4. For AG#2 I had bought a new smaller 15L FV & airlock. Apart from more hops it's the same recipe & yeast as AG#1, but even 1 week after pitching it's still bubbling away now and then - for whatever reason I guess the new FV just seals better.
5. Speaking as a newbie myself, it *is* really confusing! It's really hard to believe this amazing bio-chemical process is progressing normally when there's no apparent sign of activity - and that's the value of the voice of experience you can find here :)
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