Alga-Gro is a sterile enrichment for adding to fresh or saltwater to produce an almost universal algal medium. It is recommend to use Alga-Gro for culturing Anabaena, Chlorella, Dunaliella, Scenedesmus, and Volvox. Each 20mL tube makes 1L of medium.
How to use:
- For Alga-Gro Freshwater Medium: add 1 tube of Alga-Grow to 1L of bottled mineral water. Transfer to suitable sterile containers and cover with foil to exclude dust. Add algae when cool.
- For Alga-Gro Saltwater Medium: add 1 tube of Alga-Grow to 1L of sterile natural seawater or sterile artificial sea water. Transfer to suitable sterile containers and cover with foil to exclude dust. Add algae when cool.
- It is important not to over-dilute your algae as this may allow any contaminant algae to grow and compete for nutrients. Therefore we advise starting your culture with no more than 250mL growth medium per large algae jar, or 100mL for a small algae jar. Place this near to a light source.
- If your algae settles to the bottom then it should be agitated once per day by swirling, or an aquarium pump to continuously agitate it.
- Allow the algae to thicken before adding more medium.
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