Air bubbles or crystals? Please help

[Gmartin0123]

I pinned a shot of my test 400 this morning and there was nothing like this to be seen. This evening I got curious how much I had left so I drew remaining back in two syringes. I put it back and the vial and now it's full of what I think is air bubbles or maybe crystals idk. Any idea and how can I fix it?
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[Mountain-Man]

Crystals your gonna have to heat it up bump for all the Brewers out there

 

[Gmartin0123]

It wasn't like that this morning though. How did it suddenly change?

 

[Gmartin0123]

Now all of a sudden it looks like this. Idk what is going on with it.
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[halfwit]

It wasn't like that this morning though. How did it suddenly change?

Turn the hot water on at a faucet and let it get really hot. Swirl the vial under the hot water for 30 seconds or so. If it becomes clear again, it was just crystallization from temperatures being too low for the amount of solvent used. If they're still there (I can't really tell from the images), and there appears to be floating objects - I'd probably toss it.

Air bubbles are common when you draw and inject rapidly as you're aerating the mixture. If they look like little bubbles, think of gels like hair gel, and what happens when you shake it, it should slowly return to clear. I wouldn't reuse the syringes you used though, they're no longer sterile.

My .02c

 

[FL3X MAGNUM]

It probably crashed out. I don't think test that high likes to stay in ester for very long. If that's the case, use the advice you've been given by halfwit.

 

[Gmartin0123]

Yea idk I boiled some water and put it in there for a few and all the crystals w.e they are went away but when I took it back out after a couple minutes it went back cloudy. Sucks I still had about 4 weeks left in it

 

[Gmartin0123]

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[halfwit]

I would advise not pinning it then. You CAN pin it still, and it will still give results - but I assure you that you're in for some real painful PIP in the following days.

 

[Gmartin0123]

Yea I'll probably ditch it. But any idea why it did that all of a sudden? It was fine until I put it in a syringe to measure it then put it back in the vial.

 

[darkwing86]

its not staying in suspension most likely because the brewer placed too many milligrams per ml to keep it suspended or something to do with the preservatives mixed