Schedule for week of July 21

Jack
Screwing up things for 40 hours
June
CYP1a1 and EF-1 gene setup for qRT PCR analysis
Designing experiments of nanoparticles and endocrine disruptors
Emily

Go to JARTU twice daily to check on catfish
Monitor catfish for columnaris infection and treat tanks if necessary
Purchase remaining supplies for catfish experiment from Kroger and Lowes
Make contaminant-spiked food for catfish experiment
Develop tissue sampling procedure for [...]

Lab outcomes – week July 14

Mon

Water quality test – pH & ammonia
All big tanks: pH between 6.5-7.5; ammonia level (w/o calculation, obtained from amm. disc) 0.1-0.2
Jan/Feb tank: pH of 4.7; ammonia level 0.7 – did 50% water change
Water change on all medium tanks

Tues

Spawning: ~1200 embryos
Saved 300 to raise on BS (testing)
20% water change on all big tanks

Thurs

Spawning: ~1500 embryos
~350 for [...]