Should I bother culturing this phyto

[ileolai]

Already tried contacting the vendor twice to no avail. this doesn't look like healthy nanno to me. should i even bother trying to culture with it?

 

[EnterName]

Already tried contacting the vendor twice to no avail. this doesn't look like healthy nanno to me. should i even bother trying to culture with it?

If it's Nannochlorpsis salina it can likely be recovered. I have done so many times and am very lazy with my cultures. You can learn about my very simple approach here if you are interested: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/another-phytoplankton-culture-tutorial.1165682/