Tutorial on Large-Scale Algae Farming
How to set up
Necessary compartments: Energy compartment, Maintenance compartment, Microalgae Access Compartment
Non-essential storage rooms: Input bus/storage, output bus/storage, machine control storage.
Among them, large-scale algae farms do not rely on the output bus to export algae at all, so they can be omitted.
Tips: Enabling the “Use AE Items” option in the Advanced Terminal will automatically place water blocks.
Introduction to the Algae Access Warehouse Feature
The Algae Access Hub essentially serves as a bridge between large-scale algae farms and AE.
After connecting to AE and increasing its priority, newly introduced algae in the network will directly enter the large algae farm via the algae access chamber.
The algae stored within the large algae farm will also be displayed in AE via the Algae Access Terminal.
Algae cannot be directly input into Large Algae Farms via Input Bus!!!
How to start
1. Use the me input bin to mark at least 5 KB of biomass (taking 10‑level Ender Glass as an example here; each higher tier requires multiplying the marking amount by 4).
2. Place 16 halogen lamps of each of the three colors into the input bus (this mechanism is currently broken and no longer allows weight adjustment).
3. Increase the priority of the algae access chamber, then place five types of algae into the network—once done, the algae will begin to multiply until they reach the maximum capacity of their respective environments.
At this point, the large algae farm will continuously consume biomass to maintain its internal algae population. As long as your one-time extraction isn’t sufficient to remove all of a particular algae type, the large algae farm will keep propagating the algae until it reaches the corresponding environmental maximum capacity.
Glass Grade Parameters
| 玻璃名称 | 玻璃等级 | 生物质消耗速率（KB/S) | 蓝藻的环境最大容量 | 褐藻的环境最大容量 | 金藻的环境最大容量蓝 | 绿藻的环境最大容量 | 红藻的环境最大容量 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 末影强化硼玻璃 | 10 | 1.61 | 371,367 | 282,759 | 223,850 | 393,213 | 332,879 |
| 塔兰强化硼玻璃 | 11 | 6.44 | 1,485,478 | 1,131,045 | 895,410 | 1,572,,859 | 1.331,521 |
| 夸克强化硼玻璃 | 12 | 25.76 | 5,941,919 | 4,524,187 | 3,581,647 | 6,291,444 | 5,326,092 |
| 龙强化硼玻璃 | 13 | 103.04 | 23,767,682 | 18,096,754 | 14,326,596 | 25,165,782 | 21,304,373 |
| 宇宙中子强化硼玻璃 | 14 | 412.16 | 95,070,737 | 72,387,025 | 57,306,394 | 100,663,133 | 85,271,500 |
For each additional glass grade, the environmental carrying capacity is multiplied by 4, and the corresponding biomass consumption is also multiplied by 4.
How to Maximize Efficiency
As demonstrated above, most of the time, large-scale algae farms consume biomass but fail to produce additional algae. This not only leads to excessive waste but also requires you to constantly monitor each order to ensure that a particular type of algae is not left unused—quite frustrating! Therefore, you’ll need a solution to address this issue.
The concept behind this solution is straightforward: continuously extract newly proliferated algae at a fixed rate and store them.
Example Plan
Control the output speed by limiting the container size.
The red cable represents the subnet where the large-scale algae farm is located, while the blue cable represents the main network.
The transmitter lights up when set to a value greater than (container capacity + 1000).
The output bus is activated when a redstone signal is present. (A redstone card is required.)
Container Capacity Selection: Carrying Capacity > 2 × Container Capacity (Different capacities can be achieved by equipping drawers with upgrades of varying tiers).
Glass above cosmic neutron levels is not recommended, as biomass depletes too quickly.