Nannochloris starter culture?

[mwp]

Well, eBay guy (David) cultures Tetralsemis, Nannochloropsis and Nannochloris all together, so there's no way to start a pure Nannochloris culture with what he currently has.

Still on the hunt...

Matt

 

[aomont]

Did he said that ? Thougth he cultured them separetly and put together to sell...
Anderson.

 

[mwp]

Hope not to get anyone in trouble or anything, but straight from the email...

At the current, I dont have a seperate culture, but will be ordering new cultures this weekend....I used to keep them seperate, but I have found they all grow well together, so I have been doing it that way. Much simpler than keeping seperate.

So the jury is out...maybe he has a line on Nannochloris, and maybe we can do a trade for some T-Iso.

I also received another avenue to try this evening...will try it in the morning!

Matt

 

[Kathy55g]

trouble with culturing together, is they all compete for the same resources, and the strongest culture will win. When you got 3 green phytos, how will you know what you have?

 

[Kathy55g]

In fact, this summer I was growing some of Matt's Isochrysis, and it turned from golden to green, so I knew the jig was up. I had an algal contamination that I would not have noticed in a green culture, which is everything else I am culturing (green colored algae).

I am thinking of carrying an iso culture at all times, to be the canary in the coal mine, and tell me when I need to start over with fresh cultures.

 

[mwp]

LOL Kathy, I'm more than happy to get you re-seeded with the T-Iso. It seems to have so many uses

Matt

 

[Luis A M]

What made you wish to culture Nannochloris in the first place?.

 

[mwp]

You mean the first time around? It was actually a "misorder" on the Florida Aqua Farms website - I meant to order Nannochloropsis as the time Of course, now that I want it, I'm having a terribly hard time finding it!

Matt

 

[Luis A M]

That´s what I thought,Nannochloris isn´t especially good for anything,that I know.Only that it´s size and name make people confuse it with Nannochloropsis,the well known "Japanese Chlorella".Otherwise the two algae aren´t even related.But how come you´re now trying to obtain again the "wrong one"?

 

[mwp]

Mandarins Luis, Manadarins

Matt

 

[Kathy55g]

If memory serves, and it rarely does these days, nanochloris is not as nutritious as nannochloropsis. Are you thinking that the mandarins eat it unpackaged in a rotifer?

Or is it just to nourish a smaller pod, like a copepod larvae, that may not be able to eat larger algae?

 

[Kathy55g]

If i guess correctly, you have to tell me! YOU did not spill the beans, Matt.

 

[mwp]

Kathy, I dont' know the answer to that, but I suspect the later - it may help with the nutritional profile of a small "larval cope".

Matt

 

[mwp]

LOL, we're getting off track here...what I still need is a NANNOCHLORIS starter culture

Matt

 

[spawner]

Generally copepods will die on Nanno of any type. You can feed copepod nauplii, RHO, THAL or any of the other large micro-algae, they eat them all well.

 

[Luis A M]

Why so?a hunch?part of the "secret"or Nchloris has some real virtue?
Nopsis is high in EPA and it´s use is widespread for rots.Funny thing,I heard Nchloris offered for sale is just misspelled Nopsis

 

[mwp]

Hmm..interesting thought. For now I've been putting in T-Iso and Tet in my copepod soup tank.

Matt

 

[ryano]

I have a Nannochloris starter disk if intersested. Maybe we could do a trade or something for some iso? PM me if interested.

 

[mwp]

WHOOO HOO! Nannochloris, not Nannochloropsis, right?

Matt

 

[ryano]

right... Its Nannochloris.