Curdled white labs

[farmer brown]

Hey all,
I just cracked open a fresh wlp007 yeast to make a starter. I noticed it looked a little curdled but carried on as usual. For the few few hours it fizzed away and has now just kind of stopped and it looks a little lifeless? Any ideas? Ill leave it overnight to see if anything happens but it's not looking great.

I made around 500ml of 1040 solution using granulated sugar

Thanks

 

[PD]

see my post Mar 6 at 6.55pm

viewtopic.php?f=21&t=36461

 

[wilsoa1111]

you did use sugar... bad idea for starters- they forget how to chew up maltose in beer and its low in nutrients so they pass out a bit easy... know for next time- probably ok tbh
just leave 48hrs and see if the wee blighters wake up a tad, maybe some nutrients would help?
tbh i dont see why peeps bother with starters if brewing a 1.05 ish beer and using yeast in the sell by dates, seems to just introduce errors, mind u im generally after the yeasty compounds and ram all my cold break in for extra nutrients (shame the chill haze is ridiculous)

 

[farmer brown]

Thank you for the info chaps, it seems to be active again thank god, also just added some nutrient. I usually use Spay malt but I didn't have any, should have just used my wort ug :|