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Anyone know any interesting algae to culture? I'm doing common ones currently- chlorella vulgaris, pyrocystis fusiformis (bioluminescent fun!), Spirulina (stupid easy to grow), Nanocholropsis Oculata, Isochrysis galbana and Porphyridium cruentum. All the greens are doing great.
I found several vendors with a ton of additional strains. I was looking at Closterium because of the neat cell shape, and was just curious if anyone had any other types of algae they like.
>but why
Same as gardening... trying to learn to do it well. And they do have purposes such as food uses and fluorescent dyes. Though it's mainly just a hobby for me. They can be very easy to propagate. You put a couple ml in a gallon grow tank and shortly later you have enough algae to start hundreds of gallons of grow tanks.
>but why
I'm enjoying it more than watching cabbage moths eat my plants. No pests. Fun to setup. Interesting to maintain optimum growth conditions (salt ppm, ph, temp, etc.) And I have 4 aquariums so I can use the algae as feed sometimes if needed.
