Lab Outcomes – week July 28

Mon

  • Water change on all medium tanks
  • Setup PH#9 Part 2 & JP#3
  • Larvae raising – current count ~100
  • 50 Larvae 072408 for Jack to do DNA extraction

Tues

  • Spawning: ~2200 eggs; ~150 for microinjection, saving the rest
  • Labeled as 072908
  • Ended PH#9 Part 1
  • Larvae raising – current count ~70 (disappointing)
  • BS did not hatch well today

Wed

  • Water change – glass bowls
  • Larvae raising – pathetic ~15% survival; those that started feeding on BS earlier were huge

Thurs

  • Spawning: ~1700 eggs, saving for experiments
  • Labeled as 073108
  • Prepared PH#8
  • Prepared vials for catfish project
  • Jessica ran RNA extractions for PH#9 Part 1

Fri

  • Ended PH#9 Part 2 & JP#3
  • Setup PH#8
  • Kept 200 to raise on BS; discarded the rest of 072908 larvae

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