LewDoja said:

the PESH looks great, you can try the NAT, but I'd feel bad about saying SEND IT, another xfer if able.

It might just be NAT doing what NAT does.... W(ever)TF it wants to.

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Soloist said:

Asked over in the QQ/QA thread but it seems to been have been derailed a bit atm, so I’ll asked here haha…

What’s the best way to get these spores to agar?

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PsillySeeEms said:

Metal loops are re-usable & more eco friendly IMO. You can sector out the dish better when streaking too, to further improve the odds of germinating and isolating a culture away from any contams, like this:


https://cwoer.ccbcmd.edu/science/microbiology/Lab%20Manual/lab2/images/streak_an.gif


I've heard you can just pour the spore solution onto some foil, and let it dry back out again in front of a hood or in a SAB. Then treat it like a dry print again. It would probably last a lot longer that way if you wanted to store it for a longer time.

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I’m leaning towards the loop as well.
Maybe I’ll give that swipe a try.

PsillySeeEms said:
Here's my loop

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Soloist said:

Damn. That’s sexy af.
What’s the build?

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Kanthal A1 24ga wire
Smok RGC RBA (will screw directly into the battery, and made to preheat your coils with an adapter before putting in the tank).
In that picture is an "Aspire CF mod", which lets me use my 18650 batteries, and isn't too bulky like some mods. I call it my "Noc Saber".

You can use whatever smaller 510 batteries you want too, like this:



The quickest noc loop in the west

KlarnEvil9 said:

The growth looks good around the edges (to my mostly untrained eye), but the yellow-ish looking bits around the center are tricky - could be weird lighting, or myc eating the dye in the agar, or it might be contams.

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