phytoplankton culture

I bought some live phyto from my lfs it's pretty smelly probably dieing now, wondering if it would still be ok to feed to copepod culture and tank or should it be thrown out?

Started my phytoplankton culture and was wondering which placement of the light would be better. Right against the phyto or on top?

I've recently begun culturing phyto (unknown species) but my air pump isn't quite strong enough to prevent some settling at the bottom of the container. Is it safe to use a small powerhead/pump in a phyto culture or could it potentially harm the cells? Thanks in advance!

Hi All, I just bought a new phyto culture disk from Florida Aqua Farms, through a UK seller (ZM systems). I bought the Nannochloris oculata marine microalgae 1.5 - 2.5um through their website. I bought it because it has 'oculata' in its name and I assumed it is the common phyto of 'nanno...

Hi, I have been culturing phytoplankton (nanno) for a few weeks now and following strict sterilization steps. I have managed to harvest a few times already so all has been going well I think. I use f/2, dosage on the higher end. I use rigid airline with boiling bubble rate. Today, a culture I...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...