we just chenged from windows 98 to vista, so my husband doesn't have the camera program loaded back on yet... as soon as he does I'll take a few pics (with my crappy camera) and post them...
I started out using that link Headless, I make mine in one and two liter bottles. I don't worry much about the SG of the water... anywhere between 1.023 and 1.026 .. doesn't seem to make any difference.
I do rinse the bottles out with a diluted bleach solution and then rince with plain tap water, letting the bottles air dry before starting a new culture or bottling it up to give away.
I got my starter culture from FloridaAquaFarms. But I only used it for the first batch. All of the others were started from whatever phyto I have growing. I know some people haven't had any luck with them (FAF), but I have never had a problem. I used only half of one disc and divided it up between two one liter bottles (saving half of the original culture in case mine ever crashes... which knock wood it hasn't). I do need to order a new disc though since our pup managed to get my reserve one and chewed it up on the floor... grrrrrrr...
(You can use a razor blade to cut the culture disc from them in half)
once I added the starter culture to the bottles of saltwater (after letting it soak of course, kind of following FAF's directions on how to activate it) I added 2.5 ml of the microalgae grow and .5 ml essential elements per liter.
I drilled a hole into the bottle cap for the airline, capped the bottle and turned on the air pump.
I let it sit out on my porch... night temps have gotten down into the 40's and since my porch is enclosed (sort of like a sun room) the day temps are anywhere from the 60's to 100's. It was 100 out on the porch yesterday and the algae doesn't seem to care at all.
it's usually ready in about a week... depending on how much phyto I pour into the next bottle to start... and for the record I have let it sit for three months without doing anything to it... just Texas sunshine and air. Mine can get extremely dark (almost black) but I have never tested it to see just what it is density wise. It just depends on how long I leave it.
If you plan on growing your own brine shrimp make sure you have plenty on hand and in production, since they can deplete it pretty fast!
I hope I covered everything... if I didn't let me know!