It's ALIVE!! Spirulina Algae Growing with On The Grow!!

Do you want to grow your own Super food Algae🤔?? Well, your in luck because this is our step by step grow guide on how we grow Spirulina in our mobile grow space alongside our microgreens!! The main goal is to monitor your pH and keep it between 10.5 and 11 and keep the temperature at around 80F!! Watch that water salinity too!! We aim to keep our salinity at around 2 using a BRIX meter.

Some of you may be asking, what exactly is Spirulina? And why would I consume that green stuff? Spirulina is a blue-green algae, used in ALL KINDS of products now a days. From various consumables such as powders for smoothies, chocolate and even added to some foods for additional nutrition. To Hair and skin care products and so much more... It is believed to be one of the oldest life forms on Earth, alongside Fungi and Lichen (moss). It was said to first be used by the Aztecs as an endurance-booster, spirulina is considered a superfood — an all-in-one source of nutrients including protein levels comparable to eggs. If you want to learn more about Algae, we highly suggest doing a good'ole Google Search as there are TONS of research articles on the health benefits that Spirulina offers.

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[OnTheGrow]

****2/15/22 VIDEO UPDATE**** - Hey y'all! We've had a TON of people asking about our algae project from this video and how it's doing currently, so we wanted to give y'all an update! At the time of filming this video, we were really excited (obviously!)

Everything was going wonderfully with our algae, then we transferred the cultures into new jugs, switched to new air pumps and sadly, the air pumps caused half of them to die from too much agitation... we also had a few new types of algae's show up in our batches, which rendered them unsafe as no longer had a monoculture...

Luckily, we still have all of our supplies and are very eager to get back to Cultivating Algae again soon! It was so much fun learning about it and experimenting with new living organisms in our grow-space.

[privileguan]

Waited ages for this. Time to get excited!

Btw Algae can also be used to isolate. There is an architecture that uses an algae tank as a wall and uses its product as fuel. The science part in me is hyped!

Triple tapping the like button - for science.

[Lemonz]

You should use a cover slip/glass on top of the water (the small glass squares). It will keep the sample still (less shaky image), and it will protect the lense from touching the specimen. Remember to use the "brake" or stopper on your microscope as well, if it has one, so you don't end up pushing the lense into the slide and break it when focusing. :)

I'm excited to see follow up videos. :)

[TheJoshuamcgowan]

this stuff is going to be super important in the coming years. thank you for this content

[EcoBioSpirulinaTunisia]

😍😍 such a beauty
Try to keep pH slightly under 10, add some chelated iron, slow down a little bit the agitation and you will have longer spirals 😁✔
Love your enthusiasm 😉 keep it up

[brockdelorenzo]

Can’t wait for a Spirulina series. Amazing. You guys are really growing.

[Carlij]

I love your setup and it's nice to see someone get excited about spirulina like me!

[mothercandymaker]

I love your excitement! Sooo contagious!! It makes me giddy and wanna geek out with ya! How freaking much fun!! Cool!!

[Sci-Fi_Fan]

Wow this looks really interesting! I look forward to seeing more once you get things up and running again on this project.

[eugenejackson]

add a canister of CO2 to your bubbler mixture and you can up the carbonic acid (lower pH) levels. this stimulates growth and allows you to maintain the desired pH. if you put it in a pressurized system you can increase the carrying capacity of the system aswell by increasing the cabon saturation per volume.

those carboys would pressurize nicely.

i dont have many videos on my youtube but i did build a photobioreactor. i had to post somthing showing a update lol. i love your setup btw. thank you for the video.

[christinacyrus]

I am so happy for you! You have found your passion in life and can make a living from working at it. I just love your enthusiasm. Congratulations. I wish you success.

[PhoenixMack-iuny]

when he hit that dance, i was like omg subscribed with that enthusiasm for science

[killermikenault]

This guy is for real geek but so for real geek, it's cool. The bucket dance pressed me over the comment or not line lol

[melferrell]

You can use a heated grow mat to keep a temperature consistent I did it with my kombucha in winter time

[BeeRich]

Might want to invest in an oil immersion lens. Takes a bit of care to operate, but you'll see some spectacular stuff. Find most of your equipment at a homebrewing store.

[elizabethsessions]

Yay, I caught a new video! I've been binge watching all your old videos!

[petergoestohollywood]

Wow This looks like just right out of a Space lab! So awesome!!! Im sure since you’re growing these you know about the pseudo vitamin B12 issue. What do you think about that?

[thaichefchris]

Can’t wait any longer for a Spirulina series....!!!

[FlashToso]

Have you tried a reflective curtain to focus light on plants instead of absorbed by walls?
Black absorbs light.

[Joshuatreelocal]

Such a beautiful setup! I just started growing algae last year. This is gorgeous