Hey, I'm a sourdough newbie and I have a suspicious situation. The thing is; the recipe said that I needed to combine whole wheat flower and water and let this rest for 12 hours. Since there wasn't any bubbling going on after 12 hours, I let it rest another 12: 24 hours in total. Then the sourdough had doubled in size and I discarded all but 113 grams. I feeded it 113 grams of all purpose flour and water and then let it rest for 12 hours. However I checked after 4 hours and it had already doubled in size! Because the pot it was in was getting too small I wanted to devide it, but performed a floating test, just to see what happened. Well, the starter floated! My question is; the sourdough cannot be ready in 2,5 - 3 days right? That's way too quick! It was in quite a warm place, but still. Shall I keep feeding it every 12 hours until it is around 7 days old? Shall I put it in maintenance mode? Or can I bake some bread with this young starter? Thanks in advance!

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