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Popbottle Algae!

Popbottle Algae!

Growing algae in popbottles is quite easy, and requires no skill. There are quite a few reasons for growing algae such as:
~Food
~Fertilzer
~Throwing at people
~Wearing it as a hat
~Expsploding it
~Chew it like gum
~Creating nuclear bombs with it
~Mutating it
~Making algae men
~Conversation Starter
~Green Water
~Confused Cats
~Recycling a water bottle
~Making Fuel
~Making Oil
~A gift for your friend
~Fish Food
~Faux Bacon
~Faux Meat
~To-fo Substatute

 
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Step 1Materials

Materials
Here are some materials your going to need, and you most likely have:
1. A Popbottle
2. Wooden Sticks or pepples
3. Water
4. Soil (Optionel)
5. A Popbottle's lid
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4 comments
Aug 24, 2011. 11:47 AMmaliksudhir says:
Hi ,
Can any one help me out in some calculation work its really very urgent , please help me out ..... i need to consume 1932.3kg/hr of CO2 with the help of Algae in a pond (water) for example Raceway pond , so i need to know the specific area to construct that pond and its sizing and dimension (length,etc) and the quantity of water needed and amount of algae used so that it easily consumes the mentioned amount of CO2 rate per hour..... please help me out soon you can also drop your suggestion and questions if any my email id is : sudhirmalik2011@gmail.com ....i will be waiting for your reply soon and i'll be highly thankful to you, if someone can help please do tell me its very urgent....

Thank you
Dec 2, 2010. 8:07 AMbeehard44 says:
can you post pictures of the finished product with algae? how long does it take to produce algae?
May 15, 2010. 6:38 PMthelastonekills says:
if you want to grow algae properly in bottles the quickest thing to do is get an air pump, bamboo fertilizer (or similar, or a proper growth medium) some bottles and a small sample of algae and it will grow really well.
Also i hope the reason for growing algae is just a bad joke

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