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Chlorella vulgaris tank design help - newbie

jamie_algae

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Hello, I'm new to aquatic plants and would like to culture some Chlorella vulgaris. I have an old fish tank that I wish to use, with lid and light. I was wondering, does the tank need to be air tight for optimum growth? The lid has a few prefabricated holes for wires to run through, would I ideally need to seal these?
Many thanks
 
Hi all,
would I ideally need to seal these?
No, you just need an air pump or power head to keep the cells in suspension. You need to watch out for "boom and bust", so you need to sub-culture them fairly frequently. Old tank water should give you enough NPK, although you can use an ""all in one mix" if you don't think they have enough fertiliser.

Are you going to feed Daphnia with them? <http://www.reading.ac.uk/web/FILES/biosci/Culturing_Chlorella_156KB.pdf>.

cheers Darrel
 
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