ken,  As you  being new to algae cultivation my personal advice will be to concentrate on growing and harvesting the algae. Making the process efficient...
What about the approach of putting the organic matter, be it compost, plant material, manure, etc, into a porous bag, then dunking it in a drum of water, and...
Hi, Many of the links(in the links section on yahoo) for suppliers of algae-based media, etc. are dead and it's hard to find other sources of media that, for...
I am prototyping a dual-mode algae growth system, where the algae is grown both in phototrophic and heterotrophic modes. Solazyme operates their fermentor in...
Hello, Can you just put miracle grow plant food into the algae and make it grow faster ? seams like it is cheap enough if it works. Â Wes ... From: anand...
there is going to be two conferences in India http://www.geocities.com/krishalg V Sivasubramanian ... -- Dr V Sivasubramanian Director Vivekananda Institute of...
Nevada,  Dual mode is a good way to go as you can benefit from the excessive growth from heterotrophic growth as seed and volume production in raceway, but...
utex and other algae supplyers provide specific media for the strain. Miracle grow has high copper and trace minerals so works only in low dose. Some of their...
Wes, Reports are that it may make the algae grow or it may kill it. MG contains cooper, which is used to kill algae. I am hoping that we can find a MG...
Unfortunately, these all seem to be oriented to business opportunities rather than growing algae. Bobby ... -- Toward freedom, Bobby Yates Emory Unfortunately,...
Yes, one would offer (this could include Webminars) courses and conferences for growing algae or make biofuel from algae, including the DIY way. Regards. ...
Ken - Welcome! I'll look forward to your experiences. We seem to have similar goals, more self sufficiency than trying to save the world. Free fuel for my...
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Bobby/Anand, Thanks. I've got an order in for B. braunii and am working my butt off to find everything I'll need. Anything specific I should be prepared for ...
A bit of fodder from my 40 years of experience:  As I explained in a previous posting, I am an environmental consultant/microbiologist. I have worked in...
I agree with other folks on here that Miricle Grow may be detrimental to growth of algae, though some strains dont seem to mind. One potential source of algae...
Xi, I'm glad to hear you have a lot of experience with growing (and killing) algae! Can you give me some tips? If you can share your experiences with us,...
Hedy, According to the Rodale Press, fresh Horse manure has a maximum N-P-K content of 1.63-1.54-0.85. The quantity of available CO2 would vary, depending...
Rob, I feel that we will not need greenhouses for the production system, but it may help to keep your development process more stable. There is an improved...
hi friends, Im dinesh and im new to this group. Anybody could please tell me the procedure for the extraction of oil from algae. I have tried a lot for the...
Eric, I don't know the answer, but I have heard that F2P is a good place to start with many algae species. It is mentioned here - well down the page, but seems...
We have established a scaled up phycoremediation plant at SNAP Industry India to correct acidic pH and remove sludge very effectively. The plant was ...