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IngSocTHC



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Flow hood alternatives?
#22337598 - 10/05/15 04:39 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Just getting back into mycology work and with this I jumped into agar/spawn bags. As I'm reading more I'm hearing the stress doing agar work w/o a flowhood causes. I would like to make something basic for the time being untill I have the time and funds to invest in a flowhood. My question is: what can I make that has a better sucsess rate than a glovebox without having to build a FH. I was thinking something along g the li E of a hepa pushing into a tote.
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Re: Flow hood alternatives? [Re: IngSocTHC]
#22337729 - 10/05/15 05:22 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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a still air box. I think there's a link for how to build one in my sig.
technically they are better than a glove box. and you can't get much cheaper than a SAB (still air box)
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 Still air box. Do not attach gloves
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IngSocTHC



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SAB isbsufficient enough for agar and spawn bags then?
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Re: Flow hood alternatives? [Re: IngSocTHC]
#22338212 - 10/05/15 07:17 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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I do agar work and g2g in mine from the pic
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yeah me too. Agar and all that. Lots of people do it this way
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IngSocTHC



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Cherry, thanks guys.
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Re: Flow hood alternatives? [Re: IngSocTHC]
#22338981 - 10/05/15 10:29 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yup you can achieve a pretty decent success rate with a SAB, mine was a bit restricting in movement and got on my nerves a bit. I much prefer working with a flowhood. They key to success is also probably more so with sterile technique than with whatever you are working in.
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Re: Flow hood alternatives? [Re: Mrcloudy]
#22341015 - 10/06/15 01:00 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Mrcloudy said: They key to success is also probably more so with sterile technique than with whatever you are working in.
^ This. Totally.
I just did what scientists do at the bench. If you take a Bunsen burner and work in back of the flame (without burning yourself, lol) the heat will draw in all the bad air. If you are working with agar you have to get used to opening the plates in the front and not the back (the side closest to the flame; open it as if it were Pacman).
Easier than a SAB in terms of construction but harder to get used to. If you can, you'll probably have more luck will a properly cleaned still air box.
Edit: Found this link, may be of some assistance:
http://nepenthiology.com/isolating-yeast-strains-part-1/
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Edited by micro (10/06/15 01:47 PM)
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IngSocTHC



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Re: Flow hood alternatives? [Re: micro]
#22341701 - 10/06/15 04:54 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Micro: I was under the impression that useing a flame like that to keep an area clean doesn't work. Any recent discussions you might be able to point me towards?
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enlightened seed
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Quote:
Higher Love said:
 Still air box. Do not attach gloves
SAB such as this work very well
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That SAB is badass and so easy... I will be doing that! I was getting a little irritated at some of the flow hood designs because they are expensive bulky and not very stealthy but a SAB is very stealthy, cheap, simple, and the idea seems very effective. A flame inside a SAB may not be the best idea right lol =p Thanks for sharing the design. -J*
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PsilocybePhilosphy said: That SAB is badass and so easy... I will be doing that! I was getting a little irritated at some of the flow hood designs because they are expensive bulky and not very stealthy but a SAB is very stealthy, cheap, simple, and the idea seems very effective. A flame inside a SAB may not be the best idea right lol =p Thanks for sharing the design. -J*
instead of a flame try isopropyl alcohol and/or oust.
Edited by enlightened seed (10/10/15 08:50 PM)
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iso alcohol is a poor substitute for flame sterilization. most people on here will tell you that.
I just keep a propane torch lit on a table near my SAB. whenever I need to flame I simply pull said item out of the SAB and apply the flame.
Just gotta keep safety in mind.
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Still air box works, I just have an air purifying tower next to my work area. I keep my utensils in a uv-sterilizer cabinet when I need to set them down. I've been box-free for a while now and I haven't had any troubles.
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Re: Flow hood alternatives? [Re: micro]
#22353308 - 10/09/15 06:15 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Micro, that's a pretty interesting link you posted. It never occurred to me that the air circulation from the flame could create a sterile radius.
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Re: Flow hood alternatives? [Re: MoxyOx]
#22355031 - 10/09/15 03:33 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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I used his flame diagram the other day and it seemed great except i burned some arm hairs =p
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this was easy as all you know ... shit. I can work agar in this too right? IngSocTHC, glad your getting back in to the craft fellow !!
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Re: Flow hood alternatives? [Re: ALiStOmega]
#22360669 - 10/10/15 08:38 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Re: Flow hood alternatives? [Re: ALiStOmega]
#22360727 - 10/10/15 08:52 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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that might work.
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It would. Essentially it is the same as a glovebox, but it does have a larger opening than two circles.
How do you clean the device?
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rbalzer said: iso alcohol is a poor substitute for flame sterilization. most people on here will tell you that.
I just keep a propane torch lit on a table near my SAB. whenever I need to flame I simply pull said item out of the SAB and apply the flame.
Just gotta keep safety in mind.
I'm used to using a flow hood, but recently I've been using a glove box, and once I start working, I don't want to pull out (insert dirty joke here) . . .
(paranoia is a factor)
But seriously, thanks for that comment. I needed that. It's tough to change one's habit . . .
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personally i like a SAB(glove box) with plexiglass on the top instead of the lid that comes with it.
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Quote:
RJ Tubs 202 said:
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rbalzer said: iso alcohol is a poor substitute for flame sterilization. most people on here will tell you that.
I just keep a propane torch lit on a table near my SAB. whenever I need to flame I simply pull said item out of the SAB and apply the flame.
Just gotta keep safety in mind.
I'm used to using a flow hood, but recently I've been using a glove box, and once I start working, I don't want to pull out (insert dirty joke here) . . .
(paranoia is a factor)
But seriously, thanks for that comment. I needed that. It's tough to change one's habit . . .
paranoia sucks i used to get paranoid(in certain situations) but now i have no reason to
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Re: Flow hood alternatives? [Re: IngSocTHC]
#22391982 - 10/17/15 06:21 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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IngSocTHC said: Micro: I was under the impression that useing a flame like that to keep an area clean doesn't work. Any recent discussions you might be able to point me towards?
Google?
Seriously, this is common aseptic technique.
Here is a Youtube video:
Believe Bio Rad if you can trust them.
This is common practice and can be found very easily in a search.
CLICK ME FOR A WHOLE LOT MORE
EDIT: If people keep asking this I'm gonna keep deeplinking threads and googlebomb the shit out of it even more just to sink it into your heads :V
(I'm kidding of course, well not the googlebombing part cause I find it amusing it is there on the first page already but... the facepalming part cause I really don't care)
This was another googlebomb anyway.
EDIT EDIT: Darn, no it wasn't but now it is
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Edited by micro (10/17/15 07:15 AM)
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Re: Flow hood alternatives? [Re: micro]
#22403435 - 10/19/15 12:48 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Bunsen burners get used in labs where bacteria is grown out and the cultures are tossed within a week.....we keep our cultures for far longer, so we need to take more precautions than that......the next best thing to a LFH is a SAB.....
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Re: Flow hood alternatives? [Re: PussyFart]
#22406782 - 10/20/15 12:01 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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so wait, i'm lost
is this an appeal to authority argument or appeal to oneself
because that is devoid of any substance whatsoever but
it IS
it IS because I SAY IT IS
appeal to posts that at least have some content 
hoorah (i'm sure you get the joke :V )
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Re: Flow hood alternatives? [Re: micro]
#22418203 - 10/22/15 12:56 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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So how would one prepare a Sab for use then? Lysol and wait? Alcohol wipedown?
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Re: Flow hood alternatives? [Re: fruit]
#22418681 - 10/22/15 02:55 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Reduce the amount of contaminant in the air and the work area.
So spray the environment down with lysol and wipe the SAB with alcohol.
The most important process is your technique though, fidgeting and moving quickly and hastily will fuck you over more than anything.
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Re: Flow hood alternatives? [Re: MoxyOx]
#22418977 - 10/22/15 04:15 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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thanks. didnt know if there might be any special attention it should get or not
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Re: Flow hood alternatives? [Re: fruit]
#22420172 - 10/22/15 08:36 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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I use a big plastic tub placed upside down. First I spray the air in the area Im going to be working in with soapy water. I use to use Lysol but didn't get more contamination when I switched to just soapy water. Wipe my SAB down with ISO, put in on a clean towel, spray the inside with soapy water, wipe my jars, tools etc with iso & put them in the box. Some times I'll spay once more with soapy water. Then wait a couple of min then get to work.
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Re: Flow hood alternatives? [Re: dreadhed]
#22431031 - 10/25/15 09:11 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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is it not difficult to dry the box out when you have sprayed all that stuff? not much airflow would mean little evap. i personally noticed problems evaping alcohol, of all things in my old glovebox/sab
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Re: Flow hood alternatives? [Re: fruit]
#22433579 - 10/25/15 08:07 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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I don't dry it out. Just a few mists to bring down and spores, etc that may be in the air. I don't spray it till water is dripping off the top or anything like that.
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