AboutPhytoplankton-TR-Ep73.mp3

Published: Sept. 22, 2006, 12:57 a.m.

Ok, here we go for another round about Phyto, this time its not a video, or me droning on (well, ok, a little of that), we have a guest expert. Joining me is Erik Stenn Owner of AlgaGen. Erik joins me to talk about all things Phyto. here is a run down of the items discussed:\n\nTopics:\n - Brief biological background\n - Brief taxonomical overview\n - common types of phytoplankton in the hobby\n - Nutritional value of these types of Phytoplankton\n - intro to various EFA, such as EPA, DHA, and ARA \n - More info on culturing Phyto, items such as\n - - Light, effects and cycle duration\n - - Mixing, why we do it, maybe more than you think\n - - nutrients, what's actually in those F medias\n - phytoplankton culture contamination, identify and rectify \n

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