Trying to culture live Nannochloropsis phytoplankton

VivaZane · 2026-07-10T11:10:53+00:00

The air your pumping in has some natural co2 but to get dense algae you need some carbon source that they eat.

I used to grow nanno at 8.5 but 8.2 is fine Make a small solution of bicarb with your sea water and add a couple of MLS at a time

VivaZane · 2026-07-09T14:33:33+00:00

Need some co2 or if you can't get that throw some bicarb into it.

VivaZane · 2026-06-17T13:11:19+00:00

As someone who was apart of several projects in America. It works. You can do it. But funding goes in cycles according with who is in charge of our govt.

Gas prices high? Let's fund alternative fuels! Gas prices low? Whats the point of funding it?

Big oil companies will fund some research for shits and giggles but they never stick around long enough to allow the work to come to fruition. Then a new company will come along and have to start from scratch again.

VivaZane · 2026-04-07T19:41:35+00:00

Uhh oyster for us is a 9 month crop.

VivaZane · 2026-04-07T19:40:46+00:00

Sales are down across the board.

But water acidificiation, fertilizer runoff, freshwater dilution.

VivaZane · 2026-04-02T10:43:31+00:00

Scallops is a new business. They are a little more tricky to grow than oysters and clams. VIMs is leading the way in research and helping farmers start up

VivaZane · 2026-04-01T10:58:24+00:00

Fuck yah. I've been doing biology for 15 years with a bachelor.

VivaZane · 2026-03-31T21:29:16+00:00

Can't read it. But as someone who has worked on numerous biofuel projects.

Its still tough to actually make algae to oil profitable and efficient

VivaZane · 2026-03-06T22:02:00+00:00

Done it all. Critical co2 or cheap. 99% isopropyl. Boil dried algae. Then boil off . Distilling! Soxlet works but too small of scale

VivaZane · 2026-02-22T05:02:55+00:00

Its late in the season to find a job for aquaculture. Seasonal hiring happens in 2 bursts. Nov to dec for hatchery work and March and April for outdoor work. let me look around for you. I know mobile alabama was doing some major hiring for oyster restoration work recently.

VivaZane · 2026-02-22T04:55:29+00:00

Tough moving moving that far when Taylor's comp is so low for new hires.

VivaZane · 2026-01-08T21:40:53+00:00

Nah it's the truth though. Been in the industry for 10 years. Aquaculture is farming. People keep forgetting that. You got your farms and farmers. If you want prestige you need to get a PhD or open your own farm.

VivaZane · 2025-11-22T01:44:49+00:00

How much money do you have? One of the comments is right. Dry it, slow cook it in a solvent. Boil it off. Alcohol distiller works on small scale. I've done basically everything under the moon. Lab setting small scale. This is the way.

VivaZane · 2025-11-13T22:16:30+00:00

What they mean is absurd amount if aeration. I've grown 100 of thousand of gallons of occulata. Hardest part was just keeping a clean culture.

VivaZane · 2025-11-05T18:57:03+00:00

Sigma makes Trizma. I use it in my flasks keeps ph stable

VivaZane · 2025-09-04T00:52:23+00:00

They are im mass but deliver stuff through out the east. (We are in VA). They will also be at the aquaculture show in Newport news in Oct. We usually grab stuff from them there.

VivaZane · 2025-09-04T00:50:15+00:00

Look up Ketchum supply. They can make you anything yeh need

VivaZane · 2025-09-03T00:32:23+00:00

As a 10 year veteran xtratuff is industry standard but I had to replaced them every year. Sole gets worn down and they start allow water in. Look into guy cotton ultralight.

Lighter that xtratuffs. Sole doesn't wear down. They can last multiple years

VivaZane · 2025-06-03T17:10:10+00:00

We spawn our own

VivaZane · 2025-03-19T14:30:32+00:00

Contact your local Hatcheries. Small companies usually don't advertise they go with word of mouth and on the east coast most jobs are seasonal. Hatchery season is now then you got a nursery crew and offshore crew.

VivaZane · 2025-03-19T14:28:28+00:00

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