The invention provides a Skeletonema costatum culture medium formula. A specific technical scheme is as follows: a Skeletonema costatum culture medium formula is as follows: 0.4g of KNO3, 4mg of KH2PO4, 0.5g of NaHCO3, 5 IU of a 920 growth hormone (namely gibberellin), 1 ml of an f / 2 trace element solution, 1 ml of an f / 2 vitamin solution and 1000 ml of seawater. The f / 2 trace element solution comprises 23 mg of ZnSO4.4H2O, 178 mg of MnCl2.4H2O, 10 mg of CuSO4.5H2O, 3.9 g of FeC6H5O7.5H2O, 7.3 mg of Na2MoO4.2H2O, 12 mg of CoCl2.6H2O, 4.35 g of Na2EDTA, and 1000 ml of pure water; and the f / 2 vitamin solution comprises 0.5 mg of vitamin B12, 100 mg of vitamin B1, 0.5 mg of vitamin H and 1000 ml of pure water. The optimized medium and a plastic film suspension sling method for culturing Skeletonema costatum have advantages of fast growth, short production cycle, high yield, high content of highly unsaturated fatty acid, low cost, easy operation, no pollution, easy control, flexibility, safety and reliability.