How to Culture and Harvest Phytoplankton

In todays video, I give my step by step process for how I setup a phytoplankton culture using a water bottle, airline tubing, air pump, light, fertilizer, and live phyto. The genus I’ll be using is Nannochloropsis sp. you should not dump any of this phyto into a drainage since it may survive and cause an algae bloom in both freshwater or saltwater. This setup is specifically for marine phytoplankton to be fed to marine filter feeders.
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To see how I feed my marine filter feeders, watch this video:
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Materials list:
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Airline tubing:
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Rigid airline:
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Airline tubing adaptor:
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Air pump:
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Light:
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Pipettes:
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Others include: drill, water jug, and water bottle

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Dear Joel:
OK, I’ve been proceeding from several, false assumptions, so I did some research, once I realized that the algae you are culturing is marine.
Phytoplankton, also known as microalgae, are buoyant and float in the upper part of the ocean, where sunlight penetrates the water.
“Green water” is the water held in soil and available to plants. It is the largest freshwater resource but can only be used in situ, by plants.
Freshwater ponds turn green, due to an abundance of algae. There are several thousand different species of algae belonging to several different taxonomic groups, but most freshwater algae belong to the green algae group.
So, Daphnia magna can only consume free-floating microbes (especially what, in the hobby, is mistakenly called “green water.”) Daphnia would not tolerate the introduction of phytoplankton, as the saline would kill them.
I appreciate you producing this, descriptive and fascinating video, on culturing phytoplankton. However, what I’m trying to do is culture freshwater, free-floating algae, to feed to my Daphnia magna. Whenever I accomplish this, by setting buckets of water, outside, in warm weather (with some nutrient), I am able to get an explosion of Daphnia magna. When unavailable, spirulina powder (in solution) and brewer's yeast, keep daphnia cultures going.
Thank you, for all you do, for the FishFam Community.
Sincerely,
E. J. Brinegar

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That’s very interesting 🤔 I was reading about the genus I’ve been using: Nannochloropsis sp. and found that they are common in both freshwater and saltwater environments. Of course they are likely different species but grow in similar environments. I wonder if freshwater Nannochloropsis can be cultured in the same form as marine. Thank you for clearing any misinformation I appreciate it! thank you for watching and your continued support!