phytoplankton culture

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...