How to get rid of Ulva growing on spools

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If you see Ulva growing on your spools (under the microscope), you can expose the spool to air for 10 - 15 mins to help rid it (it doesn't tolerate desiccation well) and/or reduce the light intensity. The trade off with lowering the light is that is will also slow down the kelp growth. 

Check out more GreenWave guidance with the course Green Microalgae and Macroalgae.

source: Mooney-McAuley, K. M., Edwards, M. D., Champenois J., Gorman, E. 2016. Best Practice Guidelines for Seaweed Cultivation and Analysis, Public Output report of the EnAlgae project, Swansea, June 2016, 25pp, Available online at www.enalgae.eu.