How to Grow Spirulina - Small Farm Scale (Mini Doc pt1)

[@TheSamba37]

To anyone considering this, that "Hand pump" he got from a homebrew supply store is meant as a gravity siphon. You don't have to hand pump constantly if your origin vessel is at a higher elevation than the destination vessel. Pump it once, get the siphon going and you can pretty much walk away.

[@nimarus3118]

Yes, knowing this really helps with water changes in large aquariums.

[@ramonanettles2329]

Yes, and you could even attach a pre-filter to the base of the siphon with a rubber band.

[@sebastianlesny2230]

@@ramonanettles2329Using another (finer) filter at the pick up, that would probably cause a clog. since the filter/screen/mesh is after pickup and there isnt supposed to be any other deposits then it most likely wouldnt help.

[@baystergaming]

“Change the world, Get people nourished get those brains moving and all that good stuff” grabbed my attention, is the goal.

[@nedweeks6964]

"Multi disciplinary citizen scientist" That's awesome!

[@patriciasorensen7107]

Wow, you people who are so critical obviously havent made your own videos or been public speakers. Cant you just appreciate the value he has given us in a personable manner? I really enjoyed his style .

[@reececrump8483]

i dont know why it took so long to click in my brain how cool all this is. The possibilities of algae cultivation are spinning in my head right now when I think about how they could be combined with urban development and genetic engineering. Then you mentioned the use of biogas effluent as nutrient source. I've already been advocating biogas digestors and fantasizing about investing in my own, but to now understand yet another way where this technology can synergize with other sustainable systems literally left me breathless. im not being hyperbolic here, I genuinely stopped breathing for a minute because of how exciting it all is.

[@TheDerperado]

The best video on growing spirulina!!

[@CompassFungus]

Bro you're one of the most intriguing humans i've come across on YT. I'm addicted to watching any content you make!

[@petersvideofile]

Dude this is amazing this is what I've been looking for since 10 years ago when I wanted to grow my own. My 6 year old is here watching your video with me, she says your manucure looks like spirulina and so does you hair (in a good way :)) Keep up the great work man!

[@manda2424]

Love that you went into such detail with checking for contaminants through microscope.

[@rocket5557]

This is the simplest tutorial on the subject on KZbin. Thank you!

[@chrisalyngonzalez3750]

Hi, marine bio student and algae activist;) thank you for posting this video! It’s inspiring to know there are others out there are dedicated to spreading the word about algae. I’d love to bounce ideas off you ! Algae just sucked me in so I’m in the early stages of creating my own startup of sustainable algae products and hopefully setting up a channel to blog it all!

[@Valchrist1313]

This channel doesn't have any content

[@Cerberus984]

@@Valchrist1313 lol

[@FatRonaldo1]

I’m just falling into the rabbit hole, is there any where you could point me for advice on what products can be made with the algae I grow?

[@zephyrr108]

what is an algae activist

[@JadessLorraineFusio]

@@FatRonaldo1 You can basically add it to your baked food products for 1-2% depending on your preference.

[@Peter-yc2uh]

This was great. Keep up the great work. Anything that helps the world stop thinking that they need to buy processed foods and/or overly expensive natural and organic foods that we can just make ourselves is a HUGE gift. It's just so fascinating to me that some of the most potent superfoods are some of the easiest to grow and produce ourselves, EG, spiro, chlorella, fermented foods and drinks, etc... "downsizing," "minimal living" and basically just being happy with what I call "radical basics" is truly a joy, and more and more people are realizing this! What joy!

[@CryptoSchool01]

Can we make this spirulina culture in home ??

[@schizogardener]

Super awesome setup! I remember hearing about spirulina on an episode of Doomsday Preppers and ever since I've been trying to get my hands on some. I literally discovered your channel yesterday and I'm impressed! On par with Cody's Lab, StyroPyro, Thought Emporium and Nile Red. Great stuff man. Keep sharing these science/biology gems.

[@schizogardener]

Not to mention the permaculture/myclogy aspect. Brilliant subject matter man!

[@basavarajmeti7857]

Excellent demonstration of cultivation and harvesting of Spirulina

[@jovenusdivine503]

I have been taking this for 36 years! And it is one of the few ... Vitamins or whatever you want to call it that I will ever take out of my diet! I believe in it so much because it does so much and so many people don't know about it it's been around for centuries

[@sravanreddy3303]

Yas you can use spirulina

[@cronix1314]

what are the benefits that you see ?

[@WAIT4JESUS]

I really appreciate your humble style of presenting this very cool relevant information. Thank you!

[@halifaxlithos2488]

Just what I was looking for. Thank you very much.

[@meganlivesay8442]

Wow that is so much hard work to do that. I am grateful for the instructive video. I am inspired to try something like this.

[@2509zg99]

Excellent video, so much technical information presented in a very simple way! Thank you!

[@bammbamm6869]

Mush respect big dog. Keep up the good work, with this and the mycology 💪🏻you truly motivate 🍄🍀🌲

[@jonnorthey5868]

Brilliant and concise look at growing Algae - fab and weldone

[@whothewho82]

Dude this is truly amazing work. Thank you so much for posting.

[@shynimasmalayalamchannel4047]

Thank you soo much for the support

[@liberaljoe]

After you harvest a crop from your pond what happens to the water? Can you reuse it for another crop? Do you need to add more growth medium? Interesting video. Where can I find your book?

[@KerryBeane-kk]

Awesome work, William!

[@originalink644]

I am happy I found your channel.

[@havabighed]

Awesome video, I knew this already but I thought it was a great presentation on your part.

[@awesomecowsrock]

AWESOME VIDEO. I make my own fish food and my pacus favorite food is algae waffers. I want to start a fish food company and this vid helped

[@walkinyourworth]

Thank you for doing this!! I had no idea I could make my own Spirulina!! 👏🥰🎉

[@minhho8719]

dear friend, i'm just wondering if i'm to start a project of growing sprulina, can i get a starter up culture from u?

[@rebeccat1828]

Oh my god. I love this!! I would love to explore citizen science. There's way too many things not to be interested in and that I can't study in class

[@zerijah]

Thank you so much for your simple and informative video. I notice you say what ingredients do you use as an inoculation but I cannot see it through the video and it's not in your explanation. Would you be willing to give me a forward of exactly which fulvic humic or algae inoculator that you used?

[@chrisavedesian3329]

Two questions: 1) Simplifying the growing media to Water, Baking Soda, MaxiGro and Sea Minerals - have you calculated the makeup of the non-water components per mass of wet harvest (or maybe dry harvest)? In other words, if one were to re-use the water after harvesting X lbs of wet spirulina as strained through a 30 micron mesh, what would be the quantities of baking soda, maxigro and sea minerals one would top off that solution with to continue the next generation? 2) Where did you source the 30 micron mesh... the internet does not want me to find your source.

[@evaneversole8546]

Testing right now to find it I am using those nutrients

[@evaneversole8546]

It appears to be less is more as maxi grow is very concentrated

[@anggrekbulanfwc]

@@evaneversole8546 Maxi grow is a NPK fertilizer right?

[@kitahachiakamatsu5051]

@@evaneversole8546 hi. What fertilizer do you use actually? What ratio it is?

[@gertieemorrison5447]

Wow. Great stuff. Thank you for posting

[@ashleyadams6554]

Your video is much appreciated and informative thanks 😊

[@connerg196]

Have you tried using the spirulina as plant fertilizer? I've seen some studies with inspiring results on fertility, soil structure, and beneficial microorganism population growth.

[@davidschmidt270]

Hey Conner...I was thinking the same thing, well kinda...like, how to use spirulina in my organic garden/ compost pile....you name it. Have you seen anything like that?

[@connerg196]

@@davidschmidt270 not specifically with compost piles but the thought did cross my mind to add it into a leaf mold bag to help digest as well as balance the C to N ratio of the leaves. I definitely want to try that out!

[@rehamsabry9314]

ممكن توضحلي اللي فهمته من الفيديو لوسمحت /انا مصري عربي

[@rehamsabry9314]

@@davidschmidt270 ممكن تشرحلي كيفية استزراع الاسبيرولينا باللغه العربيه لوسمحت

[@rehamsabry9314]

@@davidschmidt270 ممكن تشرحلي كيفية استزراع الاسبيرولينا باللغه العربيه لوسمحت

[@RamaRengan]

I added a spiralina culture to my tanks, it's been almost a week, when will I be able to see the spiralina

[@dontknowdontcare2531]

if spirulina only needs high alkalinity, nutrients and sunlight, could wood ash be used?

[@hardstucktf]

I want to know too!

[@cainishere9921]

How often do you see a bad batch?

[@MrSmeeds]

Couldn't you cook the harvested spirulina if it had minor contamination and still eat it?

[@JadessLorraineFusio]

Spirulina is indeed a superfood!

[@justinxin4794]

"Multi-disciplinary Citizen Scientist" AKA Dr. Rainbow Thumb. Awesome Video!

[@roadwarriorkennelsnana4742]

Incredible great information spirulina chorella asatxinthin algae technology this industry is growing ....amen

[@vicoltitus9753]

I have a question please ... If you freeze the spirulina, does it stay alive after thawing ??? Is it possible to start a spirulina culture from a fresh spirulina that has been frozen? Or once frozen, spirulina dies even if it retains all its nutritional properties ?? What is the minimum and maximum temperature at which spirulina can survive ?? Please give us an answer if you can.

[@rehamsabry9314]

ممكن تترجملي الفيديو للغه العربيه او توضحلي اللي فهمته لوسمحت / انا مصري

[@WilliamVG]

Very economical way of harvesting nutrient rich food. Thinking about doing this.

[@FoleysAquatics]

I can use my aquarium water and use the excess bioload from my filter

[@demtewetisa7330]

This is a great work please would you List the composition you used to culture e.g start from Baking Soda to........the end ?

[@buensomeritano1755]

Are you looking for work/live exchange staff for your farm? Very impressed. Are you considering scaling the algae production up?

[@michaelmccarville8858]

Thank you!!!!!! You're amazing!!!! You are a Gentleman and a Scholar!!!!! World hunger and many chronic illnesses will be reversed with spirulina!!!! Thank you for this video!!! Is it called spirulina because it spirals ?

[@patriciasorensen7107]

Thanks for sharing your work and interests! Im a prepper in a subtropical country, researching the feasibility of growing spiralina for a fish and aquaponics farm. I understand it can also be fed as a supplement to other livestock such as chickens and rabbits. Many items are not easily available here, so the more things i can make from scratch, the better. Any help with a diy nutrient solution that doesnt rely on a commercial product?

[@joaquinbarbeito9857]

GREAT video my friend!

[@joaquinbarbeito9857]

What is the material that you use to the pool of spirulina and where can i find it? the white one. Thanks

[@wilsondeleon9725]

Great job!

[@stevenpalmore4299]

Looks like a good candidate for drying or freeze drying to preserve

[@somekindofhuman4959]

Is there a place you can refer too getting a live culture? Can you "wake-up" dried spirulina?

[@ernielyngdoh4845]

The answer to your question would be no, because dried spirullina is basically dead

[@somekindofhuman4959]

@@ernielyngdoh4845 thats a bummer I was hoping dry didn't equal dead

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

Where in this vid did he add LIVE culture spirulina to anything? He added DRIED Maxigro and that's it? Very strange.

[@bwanajulius]

Thanks for sharing all this, keep up the good work!

[@feloniousmonk1187]

thanks for taking the time to explain the process... interesting...

[@vahidhosseinzadeh5202]

Very good video 👏👏👏, may I ask what kind of clothes you use for filtering and what is it's mesh size, please !?!?

[@flighest6536]

33 micron silk screen filter would be my guess

[@user-xb2dk8db3j]

Where can buy?

[@anggrekbulanfwc]

@@user-xb2dk8db3j At amazon

[@serratlantean8662]

Awesome! Thank you so much and God Bless !!!

[@BessChoice]

Blessings... where can i get the algae to start up ?

[@MycoSymbiote]

Algae research supply

[@jaymiddleton772]

You mentioned a biodigester as a nutrient source. Is there a risk of contamination? Do you have to use specific feed stock for the biodigester? Specifically, a biodigester is commonly used for sewerage treatment and I would guess that makes the digestate unsafe for use in a spirulina farm.

[@ranamcneil74]

Yes interesting comment. The heat inside the bio bag is over 70° and adding good bacteria would make the digester brake down the poo, but enough to kill pathogens?. I don't know.

[@dannyboi7695]

Can dried powder found in supplements be used to grow the algae back to life?

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

This is the KEY question that I didn't notice him answering? I'm assuming the dried Maxigro IS the spirulina that grows back to life? Kind of the key point to the whole process. hahahahahahaha. Wish someone would answer that.

[@KellenChase]

Been looking forward to this.

[@kaptajnsejersen6303]

Could I use Trace Mineral drops insted of sea minerals that you use for the mix? Thanks alot

[@loaajah]

Did you try to drink the water instead of harvest? I mean if is clean and just Spirulina on it and Spirulina can be eat or drink why no? Thanks

[@MrSaint3]

One if my favorite channels on YT, lots of respect brother.

[@MrSaint3]

Going to try out your lc method with coconut. I used rice water but nothing came of it 🤷 so next time trying your method.

[@asma.nooruddin]

Awesome! Thank you for this detailed video.

[@brunop2533]

Could you please provide the link to purchase this mini PCR equipment?

[@ramzeneger]

More power to you and thank for making this awesome, fantanstic, easy to understand very imformative and very important video, thank you.

[@brasonbchicken6692]

I really want to do this, thanks for the amazing insight it gave me a great place to start

[@AutoNomades]

Supercool ! Thanks a lot for sharing your works !

[@checkyourbrakes]

This is excellent! Greatly appreciated 👍

[@Roomy685]

What type of liner is used for the pond? I'm worried about plastic odor and break down into the water.

[@kirtikana3482]

Such a great and informational video! Thank you for sharing this magic with us!

[@roycropper420]

Can you use worm casting effluent for bio?

[@karenzarate_bass]

Would you do a video on toxin assay? Thank you

[@Bemoldiyezoglu]

Hi! I have a question. Can I use sprulina powder and some nutrients to grow algea?

[@devendraviashnav]

I purchased spirulina culture from local supplier, once I inoculate it in spirulina culture media and put it under sunlight it turns in to brown color, can you suggest the possible region for it, I tried several culture, all time same results I got. Please help me to cultivate it in my laboratory.

[@thewhitefalcon8539]

Do you have a microscope

[@jbooger13]

Youre awesome dude. Love from Australia!

[@theaquaticsnailshop5668]

Question, please help: I can’t get my PH above 7.5. I’m using purified drinking water and baking soda. I read that baking soda will not get a waters PH any higher than 8.5. In facet, when I added the baking soda (1 cup per 5 gallons) it lowered my PH. It went from a 7.8 (out of the bottle) to a 7.5 (after adding baking soda) how do I get my PH to 10 so I can introduce my spiraling culture I ordered! Please help. Thanks

[@remibarbet9522]

spirulina will rise up the Ph constantly over time by eating the CO2 in the pool. if you dont have time or you're concerned about Ph choc ou can add somme NaCO3 at the beggining. to me NaHCo3 is enough as you said, to rise PH to 8,5, if he doesn't, maybe it's because your water is realy full of limestone (sorry for my english hope it helped you)

[@superawesomejedi]

Brooo, can you please provide some info on the filter screen you've used to squeeze out the water?

[@Pa1-369]

Hi can we use aquaculture rotary drum filter for seperating algae from drum filter?

[@youmnaification]

Thanks for the detailed info. Does spirulina keep all the nutrients when it dried and turned into powder.

[@RoyalSpirulina]

It depends on the methods. We are currently using freeze dry method to keep 100% of nutrients, but it’s still not the same as fresh or frozen.

[@TheJoshuamcgowan]

holy crap man. thanks for putting this out there

[@ckbond41]

Thanks for giving a thorough application of how to grow Spirulina. I also feel you need to be a scientist to grow it. Damn this is really complicated for me to do.

[@ChannelTrendClips]

Can you cultivate spirulina from tablets sold online by adding then in water?

[@RoyalSpirulina]

No. The stuff is stores is dead Spirulina from China dried at 500 degree plus, which is why it’s so dark and almost black.

[@retro_stone]

Man every time I see your videos iam completely impressed! What do you think about a hpme growing of hematococus pluvialis in order to get astaxantina? Best antioxidante ever!

[@joecater894]

awesome vid... by any chance, do you happen to know the dry weight of bio mass you managed to accumulate within that timeframe do you? That would be very interesting to know.

[@litoquayle283]

What do you mix to continue feed the culture? Same amount of baking soda/nutrient maxigro/ ocean magic sea mineral?

[@jakedawg253]

shouldn't you pasteurize it or somehow sanitize it ?

[@michaelwalborn1384]

I love your KZbin channel am very interested in starting a algae farm. I also live in Pennsylvania. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you for any help you can give me. Keep up the good work with these videos.

[@Quicky7682]

So you don't start with specific spirulina strained? I still get it. lol you don't even mentioned the strain you used.

[@lesstalks8325]

That's the reason,, I love KZbin

[@arcanelucid]

Thank you for this video, very informative.

[@AppliedCryogenics]

I wonder if it would make good pesto with pine nuts, garlic, olive oil, lemon, salt, and maybe a bit of basil. Its kinda the right color already!

[@gianroiopia9935]

I want to put up a system to make my own blend of feeds for my crayfish farm, is it okay to use contaminated spirulina for them or not?

[@evone9141]

So, can you freeze dry spirulina? Will the freeze drying take away the nutrients?

[@coltonsnider7482]

dude. this was such a helpful video.

[@JUSTICEK]

Hi I'm trying to find the cloth to strain it and I was hoping you could send me a link thanks!

[@TwistedMind001]

Ocean Magic sea minerals are not available where I live. What can I replace them with?

[@johnfolk1448]

Iveheard that spirolina can interrupt vitamin b12 absorption, but im not sure if thats true. Know anything about that?