CUBE HOMELAB’s 1 month old Self Sustainable Moina Culture🥳
This culture was made on 4th July 2023 with ~5 Moina macrocopa gifted by @Saida CUBE from Sophia College on 16th June 2023. On 4th July added 3 drops of milk after adding moina and no milk was added after that. We can see Algae is growing, leaves have fallen from the plants in balcony. Long shot video: Culturing Moina macrocopa jsk1 in homelab - #10 by Abhi0703
Today there are approx 100 moina in this. Now I only have 1 setup of this but today after coming from college I will replicate this so that culture is not lost.
Yesterday, from my self sustainable moina culture in Homelab i brought some sample to college to replicate the setup in college lab Myself, @Vatsal KJSSC @Anindita CUBE Kj @Meena Ma’am KJSSC Botany and @Hinal KJSSC SY observed it under microscope to find what type of alage it is. CUBE Somaiya College Lab, Vidyavihar, Mumbai. Photo: AbhijeetSingh
This is what we observed under the microscope. The algae produces High amount of mucilage in water. It was very slimy to pick up and place on a slide. The algae observed was Filamentous, Unbranched and Chlorophyllous. Which algae this could be? @Chitralekha Ma’am Cube @Dr. Binumol CUBE @Prof. Babitha CUBE Varkala @Leji J CUBE @Meena Ma’am KJSSC Botany @Arunan Sir @Sunita Ma’am cube @Hinal KJSSC SY @Hina Ma’am cube and others…?
From the algal sample brought from Homelab moina culture 2 new culture were made using the algae as seed inoculant. ~5 moina were added in each by @Vatsal KJSSC and @Anindita CUBE Kj in these 2 setup. These cultures are kept near window so that algae can get light and grow. CUBE Somaiya College Lab Vidyavihar, Mumbai. 3rd Aug 2023. Photo: AbhijeetSingh.
