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Algae Research Supply Salts Spirulina Alkali Media, Makes 5 Gallons, Perfect for School Science Fairs/Projects, Experiments & Classrooms

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  • ALGAE CULTURE: In our labs in San Diego we grow algae and zooplankton cultures for most habitats on our planet (and perhaps Mars!) We carry freshwater, brackish, marine, and extremophile cultures of algae. They grow to exhibit colorful pigments of red (phycoerythrin), orange (carotenoids), brown (fucoxanthin), blue green (phycocyanin), and our favorite->green (chlorophyll). Our algae strains have been selected because they are grown well in bottles and flasks.
  • SCIENCE PROJECT: Teachers, parents, and students - grow algae easily and get great results for inquiry-based projects. Because algae grow FAST experiments take a fraction of the time as land-plants (and algae is cooler!) Great experiments: toxicology, light quality, environmental changes, algae blooms. Blog posts detail science-fair winners and other projects. Students have sent our algae into SPACE THREE TIMES (would have been four, but the rocket exploded.. we still love you Space X.)
  • WHO WE ARE: Algae Research Supply is a small group of teachers and scientists with a mission of educating the next generations on aquatic science. Over 50% of the planet's oxygen comes from algae, however we are not emphasizing algae's importance in school- our mission is to make it EASY, AFFORDABLE, and REPEATABLE to teach algae in classrooms.


Our spirulina salts are a modification of the media from Aiba, S. & Ogawa, T. (1977) and Schlösser 1994. Using this media you can achieve good rates and maintain pH control.


L
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2020
I got this to replicate their smaller "brainy brine" kit, where you raise adult brine shrimp to adulthood. I emailed them to ask instead of the spirulina mix, if i could get the saltwater algea mix, which makes the perfect conditions for the shrimp. Not only did my brine shrimp grow to adulthood, but they lived on in my 5 gallon bucket for well over 6 months. (at this point, I think i may have crashed the culture by feeding too many to my fish!)A+ customer service and product! If you're looking to raise brine shrimp, message them and ask for the saltwater mix instead!
Heather
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2016
I originally bought their small kit to start our spirulina growing journey and it did beautifully. So I had to purchase this Culture Salts to expand that tiny culture. We are now in a 4 gallon square tank and the algae is growing so well. This purchase says it will make 5 gallons total. So far we made up a gallon of the mixture and it's lasting pretty well. Within a few weeks our spirulina was such a dark green and very healthy. It's almost time to start harvesting.I tried to get a picture, but the glare on the side of the tank was just too bad.
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