Grow More - Glow More - The Bioluminescent Bio-Orb by PyroFarms - An Introduction

PyroFarms grows and sells bioluminescent phytoplankton that can produce light at night and fresh oxygen during the daytime. We sell Pyrocystis fusiformis a species of marine dinoflagellate or phytoplankton that we call PyroDinos. PyroDinos use sunlight to grow (like a plant) and produce a brilliant blue light at night known as bioluminescence. PyroDinos also remove CO2 from your environment, which reduces greenhouse gas and gets you closer to carbon neutral. PyroDinos alongside the oceans' phytoplankton remove more CO2 than all land plants combined.
The Bio-Orb provides a new system for learning. The Bio-Orb is a glass micro-aquarium filled with bioluminescent phytoplankton (algae). Easy to care for, like a house plant, the Bio-Orb will produce natural light at night with no batteries or electricity (bioluminescence). The Bio-Orb is a self-contained science lesson that provides the ideal environment for growing PyroDinos at home, in the classroom, or at the office. The Bio-Orb presents a wide range of science topics such as; bioluminescence, circadian rhythm, photosynthesis, climate change, and marine food webs.
Daily Light - PyroDinos are similar to a houseplant and require daily light. PyroDinos grow best when they receive about 12 hours of moderate light each day. Upon receiving your own PyroDinos, immediately take the white pouch out of the shipping packaging and place it in a well lit area. PyroDinos need sunlight to live and will not survive more than 3 days without light.
Moderate Temperatures - PyroDinos prefer mild temperatures 9C to 31C (48F to 88F). Try to minimize temperature swings.
DinoNutrients - PyroDinos are grown in DinoNutrients (filtered purified sea water with added nutrients). PyroDinos can survive for several weeks, even months, with nothing but daily light. However, for optimal long-term health and to expand your culture (grow more PyroDinos), more DinoNutrients should be added. Giving your PyroDinos DinoNutrients is just like giving a houseplant fertilizer.
Once you receive your PyroDinos, it is best not to add DinoNutrients for seven days. Let them recover from the stress of shipping. After the first ‘feeding’ wait a few days or until your PyroDinos aggregate towards the top of the water line creating a thin brown line. Once this aggregation has formed, your PyroDinos are ready for more DinoNutrients.
The citizen scientists at PyroFarms have been growing PyroDinos for several years. A single PyroDino dinoflagellate cell was isolated off the coast of San Diego several years ago. From this single cell, PyroFarms has grown all their stock, everything, trillions of cells! By using natural and artificial lighting (LEDs) and adding DinoNutrients weekly, PyroFarms creates more and more PyroDinos (expansion).
The PyroDinos expand or ‘grow’ by multiplying. These cells multiply by cell division or ‘asexual reproduction’. In asexual reproduction one cell divides into two new daughter cells every 7 to 10 days (under ideal conditions). Scientists refer to these kinds of cells as ‘immortal cells’.
Glow More - Bioluminescence
Bioluminescence is what PyroDinos are best known for. Bioluminescence is the production of light by a living organism that occurs only at night, in the dark, and when these Dinos are gently agitated. Many other organisms produce their own bioluminescence. Some examples are fireflies, certain species of mushrooms and bacteria. When you see bioluminescence in a complex organism (like an Angler fish) it is most likely from a symbiotic bacteria that is living within that organism.
Bioluminescence is caused by a chemical reaction between a light emitting molecule and an enzyme that are generically referred to as luciferin and luciferase. During, and throughout, the dinoflagellate nighttime cycle these light producing molecules are produced. Thus the longer into the nighttime cycle the more potential for light production. The best way to view dinoflagellate bioluminescence is in a very dark room well after the nighttime cycle has begun.
In nature, it is hypothesized that the bioluminescence produced by these dinoflagellates acts as a burglar alarm to attract a larger predator who will eat the PyroDinos’ predator. PyroDinos produce blue light because blue light wavelengths are more compact and travel more efficiently through water.
PyroDinos will only produce bioluminescence during nighttime hours (dark cycle), in the dark while swirled. The natural bioluminescence is transient and will only occur while the PyroDinos are in motion.

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And I want to buy PyroDinos , but it is not easy because I live in Korea.
I heard that PyroDinos needs sunlight within a week to grow. But I'm not sure if it's possible to ship from the U.S. to Korea within a week.
Is there a way?

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We have shipped to South Korea with success. Please send your address and order to [e-mail] for a quote.