G'day all.
I'm an absolute beginner at home brewing - I made my first batch about two weeks ago fom a Copper Tun kit (fermenter & h'ware) with a Mangrove Jack Classic Blonde Dry concebtrate kit. I may have been a tad impatient (or not read the instructions properly ) but I added the finings after only five days, then only gave it about 2 hours to settle before bottling - still seemed pretty cloudy to me, but smelled OK and taste test from hydrometer test was good - so I'll see what happens in a couple of weeks.
OK, that's my history, such as it is. I've just started a new brew - Morgans Australian Mid 3.5. The can says it shoukd take about 5-7 days to complete fermenting. I gather from the earlier replies in this thread that no harm, and probably even some good, will be done by leaving the beer in the fermenter for a longer period. I don't know what racking is so I'll decant and condition in the bottle.