Would these lights work well for growing phytoplankton?

leonardomanzano · May 26, 2023

I'm looking for something low-power/cheap but strong enough to do the job!

Amazon product ASIN B092R2BR2C
Amazon product ASIN B0B588LPPY

sunken3 · May 26, 2023

yes.. I grow it very easily on a jar with these lights. Amazon product ASIN B01LMSSHO4

Kasrift · May 26, 2023

sunken3 said:
yes.. I grow it very easily on a jar with these lights. Amazon product ASIN B01LMSSHO4

Yeah, led strips is the way to go, but I guess it depends on your culture vessel.

CasperOe · May 26, 2023

I grow mine in jars on the window sill using a very powerful and cheap light called "the sun" ;) Shame I live on the west coast of Scotland with frequent outages :p

TangerineSpeedo · May 26, 2023

Second the window sill....

leicalux · May 26, 2023

I use this from Amazon, very effective...

Amazon product ASIN B08R85163P

djf91 · May 27, 2023

I grow my Nanno in a window in my garage and it’s never done better. I always had trouble with it under LEDs in the house but growing it in the sun seems to have made the cultures bulletproof.

RC51 · May 27, 2023

TangerineSpeedo said:
Second the window sill....

Yea sunlight seems to work well

I had mine just sitting in my back yard when it was warm outside

leonardomanzano · May 27, 2023

clownfish81 said:
Yea sunlight seems to work well

I had mine just sitting in my back yard when it was warm outside

How do you ensure that the photo is kept suspended? Do you run a long power cable through your yard for the air pump?

RC51 · May 27, 2023

leonardomanzano said:
How do you ensure that the photo is kept suspended? Do you run a long power cable through your yard for the air pump?

I have plug outside. Installed one for yard work
I just had a regular old air pump in those water proofing boxes for outdoor lighting installations
Had a bunch of them so botched one together

Idk what happened but after a few months during winter it got messed up but
it worked well