Hi Vicki, adding too much flour and water certainly won't kill your starter, but it will slow it down a bit. You've essentially given it a larger meal, and it will simply take a little longer for it to process that increased amount of flour and water. I would just look for the starter in your smaller containers to at least double in volume, or you can let them rise to a peak, and then begin to fall. The starter is considered "ripe" when it's at that peak, or just beginning to fall. You'll have lots of ripe starter, so you might want to start baking with it, but just be sure to save enough to offer your new starter its normal maintenance feeding. No harm done! 

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