Culturing phyto

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My little Phyto station - still needs some work

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The beverage containers turned out not so great as culture vessels but are quite sufficient for storage and dispensing the algae that had been cultured in the carboys.
What size of air pump does your system require? Also, where do you guys like getting cultures from? I've been looking for a culture of Thalassiosira to no luck.
 

IF YOU HAD TO OPERATE EVERYTHING ELSE MANUALLY, WHICH AUTOMATED SYSTEM WOULD YOU KEEP?

  • Auto top-off

    Votes: 57 57.6%
  • Automated dosing

    Votes: 6 6.1%
  • Mechanical filtration / roller filter

    Votes: 4 4.0%
  • Automated water testing

    Votes: 3 3.0%
  • Automatic feeding

    Votes: 1 1.0%
  • Lighting schedule

    Votes: 19 19.2%
  • Controller and remote monitoring

    Votes: 4 4.0%
  • Leak detection and emergency shutoff

    Votes: 1 1.0%
  • Automatic water changes

    Votes: 3 3.0%
  • None. I prefer to operate everything manually

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Something else (explain in the comments)

    Votes: 1 1.0%
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