phytoplankton culture

  1. Eatfrenchfries

    Phytoplankton Culture 1mL start

    I got some 1 mL cultures of phytoplankton that I hope to grow out and produce for myself in the run. I have some idea of how I will use flasks to culture and upsize it until I have a large amount. But curious if anyone has done something similiar of buying a small lab culture (mL) and working...
  2. How to automate a phytoplankton culture

    How to automate a phytoplankton culture

    How to automate a phytoplankton culture In this article I will illustrate how to automate a phytoplankton culture, automation has been the key to successfully achieving stability in our hobby and with phytoplankton I feel that is no different. There is many reasons on how this could be...
  3. S

    Stable phytoplankton population in reef tank?

    With all of the benefits associated with dosing phytoplankton to a reef tank, I was wondering if it was at all possible to culture and maintain a stable phytoplankton population in the tank. I assume things like protein skimmers and various reactors would need to be disconnected and some amount...
  4. F

    Phytoplankton culture

    I believe my culture has crashed. Here are before and after pics and what I used to start with. I was told this has a multiple strains but can work, it will just kill the bad strains off and I’ll keep the 1 strain. But sure what I did wrong, if it was the fertilizer I used (I used a plant...
  5. F

    Live phytoplankton culture

    I’m wondering if my phytoplankton culture looks good so far? And wondering if the black stuff is normal.
  6. F

    Phytoplankton culturing

    I got live phytoplankton from my LFS yesterday. I’m wanting to culture it. It’s a 6 oz bottle of phytoplankton. Imma be using a 12 oz Gatorade bottle to culture it. I got my saltwater mixed to 35 PPT. My question is how much saltwater I should be in their bottle? I’m only wanting to use half the...
  7. stephanjupillat

    Pennsylvania Dosing Dry Goods SOLD Poseidon Copepod & Phyto CL system and Neptune DOS doser for sale

    Poseidon CL system and Neptune DOS doser. Selling a mostly complete poseidon reef system. I used one podnest which was thrown away but I bought an extra one so you have everything needed, except phyto and copepods. Think I used 3 bags but as you can see there are a lot left. Used for a couple...
  8. TheReefDiary

    New Jersey Live Goods Phytoplankton - North Jersey

    Hey guys I have some phytoplankton for sale. As of now I don't ship, so just for local pickup. I should have a readily available supply within a couple of months, but as of now I have 2 liters available. Price is $10per liter This can also get your own culture going.
  9. A

    Phytoplankton culturing

    Hi, I started culturing phytoplankton. Now on day 8 and I woke up today and my culture has gone a yellow colour but doesn’t smell. Is my culture dead or can I recover it? 3 images - Day 1 light green, Day 6 darker green, Day 8 yellow.
  10. C

    research aquaria

    Hi all, Brand new user here, and praying this gets some traction. I'm embarking on a sort of ridiculous project that it seems like this forum is uniquely poised to help with. I am a PhD student at Duke University studying the functional genomics of how calcifying marine invertebrates (think...
    • cmanner
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  11. DerpFish

    Phytoplankton Propagation Station is ready to get up and running

    Just finished getting the phytoplankton propagation station set up and ready for cultures. All of the "-ade" bottles that my boyfriend drinks finally came of use, as they were the perfect size and sturdy enough to be used as the phytoplankton containers. I just had to drill a couple of holes...
  12. H

    Cultivating Phytoplankton (1st time)

    Hi everyone, I know there are multiple threads on cultivating phytoplankton however I wanted to create my own so I can document along with receive guidance on my journey! Please provide advice if you have experience because I would love to improve my current process! If there is anything you...
    • Habachi_Grill
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    • cross contamination culturing culturing phytoplankton f2 fertilizer fertilizer phytoplankton phytoplankton culture
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    • Forum: Reef Aquarium Discussion
  13. fryman

    Synechococcus as feed for copepods?

    I've been growing copepods (tisbe and tigriopus) using live phytoplankton as feed (tetraselmis, nannochloropsis, and isochrysis). I've noticed that the phyto I use has a big impact on copepod yield. I'm hoping someone, maybe @Reef Nutrition, @AlgaeBarn, or really just anyone with more...
    • fryman
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    • #copepods copepods culture phyto phytoplankton phytoplankton culture
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    • Forum: Aquarium Nutrition
  14. Lou City Reefing

    Phytoplankton Culturing

    Hey All! Just a quick question (If I can make it make sense!). I've started a phytoplankton culture in a 1 gallon jar (128 ounces, or ~3.78 Liters). I started the culture with 1/2 gallon salt water (64 ounces or ~1.89 liters) and 16 ounces of Phytoplankton. Once the phytoplankton is ready to...
  15. C

    Feeding phyto/rotifer culture question

    Hi, Does anyone have any experience keeping a phyto/rotifer culture up in Canada? I'm looking for something to feed a phytoplankton culture but can't find anything. I can't get rg complete or micro algae grow here in Canada and looking for an idea for an alternative. Thanks
  16. Elbereth

    Would flexible LED strips work for culturing phytoplankton?

    This is a question for those of you who culture phytoplankton. I've just set up my first Nannochloropsis culture similarly to the bucket set-up in this thread: www.reef2reef.com/threads/culturing-phytoplankton.59497/ But I was wondering if I could use flexible LED strips around the sides of the...
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