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I have heard tilapia fry will eat spirulina.

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Anyone managed to obtain starter culture?

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Chelle.

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Any one in Aust. managed to obtain starter culture?
Would be very interested to know ?
Cheers
GTK

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http://www.backyardaquaponics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=26139

any Aussie here that can sell some of their spirulina culture,
I left all of mine to die about 5 years ago when I moved house ... well I hoped they would keep on living in the pond .. as they took over the fish tank easily , it seems they did not do as well in the pond

*edit* face palm of cause our winters killed it ponds not heated

apart from that I will be ordering 4L from the USA
I aint going to pay $1 / ml from the CSIRO I can tell you that much ...

any others in oz interested I will gladly hand out small amounts of startup culture

Gday MasterCATZ

I am really interested in acquiring a small amount of start up culture & would be willing to pay for postage ETC.
Just PM me & let me know what to do when you get your order.
Thanks
GTK

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http://www.backyardaquaponics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=26139

I would be interested in some starter culture Catz.

Customs is apparently stopping cultures coming into AU


so onto the next supplier


as their is interest I might just do CSIRO and be done with it

the stuff multiplies fast enough as gtkmarine,Yavimaya showed interest first they can have it for the price of shipping
at least if I kill mine hopefully someone else can return the favour

what's the cheapest postal method these days I believe they scraped 250g satchels leaving only 500g
from memory a box 1x1x1 cm 10 grams cost about $7 to the next town .... while 500g satchel $8.25 AU wide ...


Does anyone have an account @

http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/i ... opic=37985

I have tried creating some a few times now I don't get the activation email and wanting to hook up with "ace1928"

oh and while I am at it chlorella


and before I forget .. the secret feed recipe labs use

For 500 mL Total Part A

1.To approximately 450 mL of dH2O, add the following components in the order listed while stirring continuously.
2. Bring total volume to 500 mL with dH2O.
3. Autoclave medium.

# Component Amount Stock Solution
Concentration Final Concentration
1 NaHCO3 (Fisher S 233) 13.61 g/500 mL dH2O 162 mM
2 Na2CO3 (Baker 3604) 4.03 g/500 mL dH2O 38 mM
3 K2HPO4 (Sigma P 3786) 0.5 g/500 mL dH2O 2.9 mM

For 500 mL Total Part B

1.To approximately 450 mL of dH2O, add the following components (except vitamins) in the order listed while stirring continuously.
2. Bring total volume to 500 mL with dH2O.
3. Autoclave medium.
4. Add vitamin B12.

# Component Amount Stock Solution
Concentration Final Concentration
1 NaNO3 (Fisher BP360-500) 2.5 g/500 mL 29.4 mM
2 K2SO4 (Sigma P 4042) 1 g/500 mL 5.74 mM
3 NaCl (Fisher S271-500) 1 g/500 mL 17.1 mM
4 MgSO4•7H2O (Sigma 230391) 0.2 g/500 mL 0.81 mM
5 CaCl2•2H2O (Sigma C-3881) 0.04 g/500 mL 0.27 mM
6 P-IV Metal Solution 6 mL/0.5 L åÊ
7 Chu Micronutrient Solution 1 mL/0.5 L åÊ
8 Vitamin B12 1 mL/0.5 L åÊ

I have an account at Shaman, but i have never really interacted with anyone there.

@gtkmarine can you pm me your email please

"Some users couldn’t be added as they have disabled private message receipt."

@Yavimaya
Thanks for posting the message on the other forum if no reply in 1 week I will do my own order

now onto building new system for the culture this house is HOT 45 - 48 deg .... worst idea ever building a HIGH house ... with absolutely no tree in site ....

i'm interested in group spirulina order!

really? but the further away from the radiant heat the cooler?
its the principle that arabs use to survive the deserts, can be 20c cooler on a camel as far as i remember hearing.


hopefully there is a reply, as i said i havent really been on shaman much, i didnt even realise i had 28 posts there. lol, so i wouldnt hold out too much hope that they would help us out, even though they do seem like a nice community.

When I do have culture running ( and I should ordered from 5 places around the world )

I will be selling it on ebay.com.au for $25 plus $10 shipping in AU

backyardaquaponics users can have it for $20 shipped in AU


I will also have nutrients for Growing
final price pending after shipping costs are calculated


Currently ordered
Arthrospira maxima CS-328
Arthrospira platensis

CHLORELLA PSEUDOMONAS
NANNOCHLOROPSIS OCULATA

check health food stores and koi keepers or pet shops.

What for... dead organisms.. I have a kG of Spirulina in the fridge...

Its readily purchased from up Darwin way
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Just a silly question..
Given that I can purchase a kG of processed powder for $150 and that is a massive amount of dead organisms, why would you go to the cost of setting up a grow facility and pay the growing costs..

Ie.. is a dead organism not as good as a live one..
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