Diatom culture

Linden.g · Post by **Linden.g** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 3:39 pm

This is the result of a two week culture of a sample taken from a stream. I used a commercial algae culturing solution in a 1L plastic bottle inoculated with a sample collected from a clump of hair algae found in the stream. I provided light and aeration which resulted in a dense culture of several species. 100x olympus S-plan Acromat. DIC flash 2 Frame focus stack.

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:38 pm

Very nice. How long did it take to grow? I have seen these cultures listed and thought about it, but just haven't had the time. Do you have to feed it?

Linden.g · Post by **Linden.g** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:48 pm

I'm using the Micro Algae Grow solution from here

https://3kserver7.com/~frank/secure/agora.cgi?

It took two weeks from a natural stream sample as the inoculum