I started assembling the cells and found that the salt bridge is melting when it contacts the algae. Certainly not the worse thing that has happened, but I will need to produce a different salt bridge. We know for sure AGAR gelatin works well at room temperature but it will take a few days to get it here which is time I don't have at the moment before the 15th deadline. I was getting 1.7 volts using algae on both sides. Today I will get the nitrifying bacteria growing with some food scraps and poop , dog poop to be exact as to simulate the kinds of things a home would have avail as organic waste. I will use API live bacteria as the starting point.

Here while I had the opportunity I was showing the same electrodes in a salt bath, which is a simple salt battery for direct comparison to the micro algae water