Making Algae Media Part Two: Less Blue!

[@MrTrilbe]

The old mixture was so blue, Cody looked back at his notes, made a small correction and the solution became clear to him

[@redmonkey3556]

You had me folded on my chair for 5 min lol 👍

[@ecliptix1]

You know what they say: if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate

[@effen_aey_man]

That was good

[@DatBoiOrly]

Oh god noo!! not the dad jokes

[@canadiangemstones7636]

That was so bad, it was good.

[@Azariel-Horfald]

For those wondering yes Cody searched for Buddy a while and finally grieved him , and theorized he might have been taken by a bird of prey . This is a new fella , he is nice and I hope he won’t desapear like Buddy

[@androiduberalles]

That cat was so cool.

[@Sp3c9000]

Stray/feral cats unfortunately die quite often from other predators, vehicles, and diseases. (Always check your cars, trucks, and farm vehicles for cats trying to stay warm if you're in a cold area!) We can only hope that somehow Buddy found a new home somewhere else, wishful thinking I know but I hate thinking of the poor guy in pain, he was a sweet boy. I hope this new kitten will be around longer and hopefully it won't disappear without coming back.

[@Skorpychan]

@@Sp3c9000 Buddy just moved on to find a new scientist, but left a reference in the kitty community forum about Cody.

[@gagaronpew4382]

oh no :( male orange tabbys are frequently quite dumb. im not that confident it will be able to survive in that environment...

[@ww8545]

He's probably gallivanting with robo Cody

[@gullyfoyle2615]

As in science itself, 'Mistakes' are a vital component of this channel. Its what makes this channel great.

[@crazy_mind-ox8if]

Came for the cat, stayed for the science. Love your videos Cody. Never stop!

[@zooning-6843]

You know… unless he wants to stop right…. Or are you threatening him?

[@ajsparx4133]

Little bugger's definitely got one orange brain cell floating around somewhere in there

[@prakharmishra3000]

@@zooning-6843 what part of "never stop" don't you understand

[@NMND.]

@@zooning-6843 NEVER STOP OR RIOT! >:O

[@thewolfin]

Was there a cat in the thumbnail? I use KZbin almost exclusively through RSS, showing titles only... because thumbnails are nearly entirely useless (when they're not misleading).

[@ElDJReturn]

Cody, You're such a great educator! You acknowledge when you make a mistake and find a "solution" that corrects the mistakes. I also loved how you used the legos as an example, and the addition of cute kitty reactions is always a nice touch. Glad to see you uploading more frequently again!

[@stunmi]

Always going to be a good day when cody drops a video

[@jellev4567]

I second this

[@leeterthanyou]

Hellyeah

[@TheSubzeto]

​@RealSweetKid I prefer letting him do his thing rather than expect daily videos. His stuff take quite a lot of time and effort

[@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648]

Being hugged by a cat always makes it better.

[@ethanmye-rs]

Hey, currently building an algae bioreactor right now! Includes stirring, arbitrary gas/liquid inputs, peristaltic pumps, heat/temperature monitoring, turbidity sensor (to monitor growth rate) and more. Will post a demo of it when I finish.

[@theCodyReeder]

I need that but probably scaled up 100x

[@gnatdagnat]

Subscribed to your channel for that demo brother 😉 sounds fuckin sick

[@ethanmye-rs]

@@theCodyReeder thanks, only about 1.5L. I’d like to play around with a flexible grow bag (using some 4 year greenhouse plastic), but got to finish the small version first.

[@ethanspencer2115]

That’s funny I’m working on doing the same things rn

[@SamuQu]

@@gnatdagnat that's two of us now

[@samu463]

Have you considered frequently transferring small amounts of the algae to a new container with fresh media? In theory this would select for fast growth which could be beneficial since it sounds like the plan is to just use the biomass.

[@thetraitor3852]

He said somewhere, that the algae doesn't like being too diluted.

[@TheCaphits]

I could watch Cody make algae for hours and hours. Cute cat too!

[@justinmohns8279]

New cat is so cute!

[@gunterandersson]

And just like that, my day was made 1000x better. Thank you for your video Cody.

[@tracybowling1156]

That cat has the BEST personality! So stinkin' cute! 🥰

[@justinmohns8279]

New cat is awesome!

[@pattyewhs]

To eliminate the crystallization, you could make a concentrated cation solution and anion solution separately. That's how we do scale inhibitor testing at work.

[@henryparker3420]

How do you do that from salts? Don't they come in cation anion pairs?

[@pattyewhs]

Don't remember what was going on here exactly, but to delay the scale at high concentrations make two brines. But to prevent for example CaCO3 scale: Prepare one brine with CaCl Prepare the other with sodium bicarbonate. Mix them after diluting to required volume.

[@MonkeyWithAWrench]

I'm picking up an orange kitten on tuesday. Your kitty just makes me more excited for it

[@Deez-Master]

As someone working in plant science… I want to see you try using coconut water as the base liquid rather than water(just a small test) there have been many studies showing the benefits for plant growth medias

[@veganismyname]

A mixture of both is ideal. CO2 is soluble in water and nitrogen is soluble in oil

[@AmaroqStarwind]

Gonna boost this

[@iridian]

In the previous video you mentioned that you buy things in "small yet still too much containers", I believe for the coppersulphate, you can use it to do some etching in metal? Could be a fun project too if you haven't done too much of that? Anyway thanks for the video, good fun as always & nice to see a cool new cat!

[@FrostDragonOfStorms]

Growing large beautiful Copper Sulphate crystals is also fun

[@ratonbox]

Copper sulphate is cheap and abundant as it is used as a fungicide for vineyards when mixed with quicklime.

[@BruceNJeffAreMyFlies]

Still feel horrible for you when I think of Buddy, but that little guy was so lucky to have the life he had with ya. The new baby is adorable though, hope we see more!

[@beauxgaloo9621]

He sure should hold out hope for The return of Buddy and Kanyon

[@BruceNJeffAreMyFlies]

@@beauxgaloo9621 Of course, as far as Buddy is concerned! For Kanyon, though, I don't know either of them personally so I don't really have any idea whether that would be better than moving on. Either way, hope he's doing well, and hope his new kitty has a long and prosperous time with Cody :)

[@alexkaring]

I always appreciate your videos. Thank you for entertaining and teaching us what you know.

[@pb6839]

Most 1-2 part hydroponic nutrient solution has stuff settled. Just shake it, it won’t make a difference to the algae/plants. It would be interesting if you could re-create Ph perfect from Advance nutrients, but at a higher ph value for your algae. That way you won’t need to mess with ph up/down.

[@brian70Cuda]

I have always loved your vids Cody, never have I taken any chemistry, most of the explanation videos like this are way over my head and I love them all the the same. You are just great at making vids and splanin stuff:) Thank you.

[@puncifikator3870]

I've been rewatching your mining series and honestly you're great! your content has been consistent (-ly awesome) throughout the years which makes rewatching older videos very enjoyable

[@FooxYT]

I can absolutely see this process to capture co2 at power plants. In fact, it is already being used! Awesome to see your approach and details!

[@jacksonboh9550]

Damn Cody your handwriting looks a lot better from years past! Your doing a good Job Man!

[@quantummandavid]

Cody. I absolutely love your videos. Thank you so much for sharing with us your projects. I know you don’t know me but I charrish our time together. I hope to one day have the courage you do to participate in the knowledge transfer that you do through KZbin. A lot of stuff on this platform is so bad for people in so many ways but your videos are like a ray of sunshine in the fog. God bless you

[@Dippedinsilver1974]

Oh silly kitty. They just love "helping", don't they? 🐈

[@Draconatus24]

Absolutely loved this, I need to go back in your videos and see why you’re doing all this(the first video I saw was of the panel, and it looked like you had a full project where you needed to eat the algae.) 10/10 keep up the good work.

[@davecommander3958]

You could just put the bottle of nutrient mix into a sonic cleaning device to remix the crystals gathered in the bottom. Note: you don’t need to take the solution out of the bottle, just put the whole bottle into the sonic cleaner and just add enough water to the device so that it works properly.

[@sjhall2009]

@Cody'sLab can you show the whole process of growing the algae, and what you do with it afterwards?

[@codybennett15]

Please continue your mushrooms. It's super fun to watch!

[@DSterces]

Cody I've loved watching your videos since my teenage years... I remember cringing in horror when you put a magnet in your finger! Thanks for always being there Cody 🙂

[@brittonbowen7474]

Cody, this is so interesting! Thank you for showing how it all works, I’m going to give it a try!

[@homerbloodysimpson]

Yay! An algae vid! I was thinking about asking either yourself or NileRed about making/extracting Dimethyloctahydronaphthalen-4a(2H)-ol - aka Geosmin, which I believe is a large part of the smell of rain when it approaches. Interested?

[@KainYusanagi]

Please do ask both of them; maybe it'll get Nigel off his ass and making content for NileRed again, instead of dumb shorts.

[@candyman9635]

I've never thought about what causes rain smell, that's really interesting. So I assume that when the rain falls it disturbs the dry soil and causes it to release aerosols, probably bacteria based but could be something else, and I'm guessing humans can detect it in tiny quantities because water is important for survival.

[@gnatdagnat]

@@candyman9635you are literally spot on, and yes it's microbial. There is an Adam Ragusea video on the subject. What we smell and why is such a fascinating subject.

[@Sp3c9000]

Apparently this is the year for orange tabby cats because I adopted one that was abandoned, a friend of mine adopted a different one that had no home, we've seen a new orange stray in my neighborhood, and now Cody has an orange kitten Lol Thanks for the new upload, Cody, I never get tired of your curiosity and love of science!

[@Iroquois_Pliskin]

Same here! One keeps showing up to our back porch and is very sweet and friendly

[@Sp3c9000]

@@Iroquois_Pliskin that's so cool! I've always loved orange tabbies, they're so sweet and affectionate, ours has become best friends with our older black tabby :)

[@BigfootDubs]

I got a very very fat old man tabby this last year as well. He was on a farm and lived with a pig for a couple years and I’m almost positive he thinks he is one himself. Good guy

[@Pr0phet_of_Fear]

Wtf... Yeah. An orange tabby kitten (5 or 6 months old) showed up at my house. We asked around trying to find an owner, but no luck. We decided to keep him.

[@wyoblacksmithtools3097]

Enjoy your videos. Any updates on the algae? It appears that many researchers are giving up on algae as a viable source for biofuels. Several years ago, I experimented with Chloropsis because it has a relatively high amount of lipids. Mixed results because of inability to scale up in Wyoming. I decided to try again with lights, so I bought another culture. Thanks, Jerry

[@eb282]

Why not make dry my mixes that are pre-portioned for convenient final “wet” volume? For example weight out enough for 100L final volume then divide it into 10 and store dry. Then if you need to make a 10L solution you just add one bag or jar of the dry to the wet. Do you think there’s any issues storing all the additives together dry? The advantage is theres less to get wrong, no measuring, no chance of crystalizing, less shelf space, lite weight… seems like all good things

[@darrenerickson1288]

One of my cats jumped up on my desk at the same time yours did.... new 5d life enhacements to video next time in Cody's Lab!

[@davidhunt7519]

Other than hypothetical possibilities, what do you actually use the algae for? Have you used it as a nutritional supplement, or fish food? Also, what sort of lighting environment do you put the cultures in? Do you use natural light or artificial light?

[@potatoA174]

I don't know why but I love this algae stuff. It's just so cool!

[@Wise_King_Solomon]

The deep green of the liquid in the carboy is beautiful to me. I'd love to take some pictures of that algae under the microscope

[@sweetdee7613]

Totes

[@fede02113]

Nice video! But I kinda forgot what was the endgame of this project.

[@SanjanaRanasingha]

Didnt get notified this time! I dont know why! Glad I often check out your channel like once every 4 or 5 days!

[@williampatrickfurey]

Cody, i have an important question, I'm not sure if you ever tested the mineral content of your product but if you haven't i would implore you to do so with great concern as it might slow which forms of which nutrients are actually taken up and how much of them are within the food that this algae can be. I'm not asking for a personal answer from you, only for everyone's better health.

[@sevenproxies]

Love the algae series!

[@bryceroark4519]

Is is possible to dry the algae in a dry brick that can be rehydrated while maintaining the nutrients? In the case of making it easy to transport while getting rid of water weight

[@theCodyReeder]

Indeed it can!

[@bryceroark4519]

@@theCodyReeder does the algae remain active? Can a batch be restarted using a desiccated algae

[@KainYusanagi]

@@bryceroark4519 Considering that's what we do with yeast, I'd assume so!

[@bryceroark4519]

@@KainYusanagi so you’re saying Cody can sell his algae culture for us to grow👀

[@UpLateGeek]

I've had a lot of cat videos in my feed lately, so the thumbnail almost made me miss that this was one of your videos! Thankfully my eye caught your channel name, so I could click on it immediately rather than waiting for it to filter though to the top of my feed after I've watched a million other cat videos.

[@thanielxj11]

I really like getting to what you do these cool projects

[@PeakOfHumor]

I just saw Cody dropped a video, that means I will have a great day.

[@thetoasterisonfire2080]

Always a good day when there’s a new Cody video

[@DatBoiOrly]

i'm looking forward to see you turn the algae into something useful like bio diesel or food bars

[@chrisakaschulbus4903]

Or a weapon of mass desctruction...

[@_Higgs]

Primitive technology has done a couple videos on a bacteria that grows in water in the wild and generates iron oxide. He uses said bacteria to make small quantities of metal using hand made tools. I’d love to see what you could do with that bacteria.

[@samuelbarrow5502]

I love all your video. But definitely video regarding plants intrest me the most (I love plants) but it did remind me. How are the trees coming along in your reforestation of the ranch?

[@ninadsbhatt100]

Please do a terrarium series, please Cody. You are the perfect person to do one.

[@FalconicofPern]

Search up his carboniferous one?

[@CitySeventeen17]

@@FalconicofPern already watched :D

[@ninadsbhatt100]

@@FalconicofPern He didn't continue it for some reason. My guess is everything died in there. But, he can always do another one.

[@TheLemonBird]

really love these algae videos !

[@madsrosenfeldt8573]

Have you considered using citric acid to help dissolve metal ions? Citric acid is able to do chelation and is likely food for the algae later. It might be a good supplement to EDTA and might even replace it in some recipes.

[@Just_Sara]

I can tell you're a good Cat Dad or Cat Uncle. That's a happy, healthy cat there.

[@Pygar2]

"Macavity" or whatever you named him, seems very helpful, for some values of "help"!

[@buckstarchaser2376]

I'm interested in your algae experiments. Keep us posted.

[@technovikingfan]

You put that cat in there so we would click on it....and it totally worked! Hahaha. Keep the videos coming Cody. Love the channel. Chris from Canada

[@allthingsinteresting3760]

I love how the cat stole the Lego. Better keep an eye on that little booger!

[@djdrack4681]

So what about algae's air needs? Is it necessary to monitor the air and just circulate, or do you want to measure O2, N2, CO2 to ensure you're not getting a capnophobic environment etc?

[@GodlyAtheist]

Every time a Cody video drops it's like a celebration. Best youtuber by far.

[@dhawthorne1634]

Major, Minor and Dominguez would be a nice little reference that a good portion of your subscribers would find amusing.

[@johngregor9140]

Hey Cody! I’m a potter who lives in Utah, and I’m trying to find some beeswax for waxing the feet on my pots, and leather treatment. Would you be interested in a couple honeypots, or some other ceramic goods in exchange for some beeswax? If not, do you know any other Utah beekeepers who might be interested?

[@bdf2718]

I'm glad to see you have a new cat.

[@smartass180]

Would it not be more convenient to mix everything together and store it as a dry powder? Obviously you'd have to dissolve it before use, but I can't imagine anything crystalizing in a dry form.

[@gsuberland]

that ending was incredibly cute

[@adrian7583]

Cody: Filling jug with solution. Me: I’ll be back in a minute.

[@DC_DC_DC_DC]

All you clever chemists here, can anyone with certainty answer what exactly the black layer that forms on copper is composed from when you treat bare copper with a warm aqueous solution of liver of sulphur (K2Sx / potassium polysulfide). All I'm finding is websites that repeat the others calling it "oxide" and "patina". I'd also like to know if it is stable under heat and UV. Trying to refurbish a solar heat collector and the soldering "burns" off the black coating so I need to reapply something and this looks like a good chemical process for that. (Paint insulates too much). It's behind glass so there won't be much UV but it needs to last a long long time.

[@taldmd]

Hey Cody, what did you do with the cow chips that you collected on the bee-haviour episode?

[@mytech6779]

I'd have probably just left out copper entirely because the first batch of algae would carry over enough for several expansions. Don't forget you can buy waterglass or potassium silicate , or disolve the silica with lye.

[@alexcorona]

I was soldering new electronics into my guitar last night and my cat almost stepped on a 500C soldering iron. I almost had a heart attack. Now I’ve learned to shut the door when soldering with Cats in the house.

[@Batt1eRage]

Our cats always used to brush up agsinst the glass of the fireplace and singe their tails. Sometimes i think they only have a single brain cell bouncing around in their head 😂😂

[@jamesfisher9594]

I'm interested in trying algae farming on a small scale, what would be the possibility of you selling the dry components ready to mix? I'm really enjoying the algae videos.

[@davidf2281]

Cody is the only human I can forgive for not using 'Lego' as an uncountable noun.

[@Gunz1234]

I love this but can u something else then this series? Like mining or the old ones I liked them

[@canadiangemstones7636]

Seconded. Algae is kinda pointless, no normal people are going to be eating it anytime soon.

[@jacobthompson1682]

Mate I believe you don't partake of drink but I appreciate your method of thinking and the depth you go into your hobbies. Iwish you had a brewing series along with your other video endeavors.

[@rollwtide88]

You cut out the satisfying part of the algae mixing in with the new media! Cool Video. Thanks for sharing about the vitamins -

[@averagehummus]

You are the best, Cody!

[@andrewbounds]

Never clicked faster. I love your videos.

[@dawsonwilliams546]

Algae grows so easily when you don't want it to, but the second you try to grow your own it starts being a problem

[@morealias]

As someone who maintains pools, yeah, I can attest.

[@omniyambot9876]

I like that cod'y channel still feels like 50k subs

[@SmogginMog]

Man that's a bummer they thought "Hey, let's add carbohydrates to our overly complex multivitamin solution" Can you add multiple strains of Spirulina Algae to the media? Are there any that would eat the polysaccharides and other "threatening" sugars to prevent foreign bacteria from multiplying with it?

[@KainYusanagi]

Makes it easier to chew and swallow, and it's such a tiny amount that it won't affect you if you're a diabetic. It just means that they aren't very useful for other uses other than their intended use.

[@SmogginMog]

​@@KainYusanagi k

[@k_Why]

I swear I could listen/watch you talk about algea and expanding cultures and building algea panels all day long. Just something Immensely interesting about that idk

[@williampatrickfurey]

3:08 great explanation, thank you for this

[@justinmohns8279]

Comment for the cat. KZbin doesn't understand, but I'm helping. I also patreon, as should you. Cody is doing something important. Awesome New cat!

[@jocaingles8464]

Cody, have you tried being a part of Nebula? A streaming service independent of KZbin

[@valaha]

0:27 Coooody maaaaan... 😅😅 I did a facepalm when you pointed that out... Ooofff.... Luckly, algaes seems fine.

[@leeterthanyou]

4:50 this is a rare moment - it is widely known that all orange cats share the same brain cell. Your little orange fella just activated his time-sharing session and chose to eat legos.

[@DanielWillems1995]

At least a cat can’t easily knock this algae culture over. I remember years ago when you were settling something out just under gravity that a cat knocked over a large glass cylinder. Might be from precious metal refining series?

[@theCodyReeder]

The cat actually knocked a glass lid down off a shelf onto the glass cylinder and that cased it to break.

[@RicoElectrico]

The orange cat surely must be a relative of Ben Heck's Bud, they look and behave the same 😁

[@AdricM]

Who's the cat? ive been missing Buddy..

[@General12th]

It's not Buddy.

[@DFPercush]

We all do. I don't think he's ever coming back though. :(

[@AdricM]

@@General12th I know. but still! Kitty!!!!!

[@General12th]

@@AdricM KITTY!

[@jonipp1]

Such a cute cat! Also really nice video again as always

[@gordongate]

such a gorgeous little cat

[@reiko4474]

We need an update on the algae panels

[@Slikx666]

So nice to see you have a companion again Cody.

[@seannot-telling9806]

2 things I wanted to ask. Is the orange cat a new cat at your place? The second thing was. You said that the chemicals that were dissolving in the major bottle seemed to be getting cooler. Is this a reaction between the chemicals? It that is the case, can you do a video on how certain things when combined into a solution will have a thermal reaction. Ones that get cold would be more what I would like to see a video about. Thanks.

[@Spiralem]

13:05 I thought you mentioned in the previous video that you can't dilute the algae?

[@vincentgarner3164]

haha your cat is a great helper.

[@stephensmith1118]

always a good call to cat scan your experiments...

[@JoTheVeteran]

5:49 Did you... did you just make an Alex Jones impersonation there!?

[@stutterpunk9573]

only cody could effectively explain chemistry with legos