Looked at downwellers for set, fixed growth exp. larvae from yesterday

Viewed setters under scope to assess success rate

Temp of setters outside: 17degC, looking good! Out of interest, I screened through all the silos outside to see if I have any successful setters, and to give them a good cleaning. Here are some qualitative notes of each group. Unless noted, the set were very new and had yet to put down much juvenlile shell:

• NF10 Ambient: Some set; some larvae; some morts
• NF6 Low: A few good set; few larvae; few morts
• SN10 Low: A couple set; very few larvae; loads of morts
• NF10 Low: Very vew set or larvae; mostly morts
• SN10 Mix: A ton of set and larvae; some morts. Lots set on side of silo.
• SN6 Low: A few set; several larvae; several morts
• NF6 Ambient: A ton of set; some larvae; a few morts. Lots set on side of silo, and some larve set/juveniles visible.
• K6 Low: A couple set; a few larvae; a few morts. I see 1 older set, but very few larvae total.
• HL10 Ambient: Lots of set and larvae; some set on side of silo
• HL10 Low: Lots of set; a few larvae; some set on side of silo
• K10 Ambient: Some set; some larvae; some morts
• K6 Ambient: Some set, some larvae, some morts. I see 1 large juvenile
• K10 Low: A few old set, a couple larvae with feet, some morts

So all in all things look like they are progression. I am worried about the following groups: SN10 Low, NF10 Low, K6 Low. Here are some images of the setters, for reference:

NF6 Ambient:

SN10 Low: very few set, lots of empty shells

Water change on growth exp

Harvested from same algae cocktail as yesterday; mixed 520mL cocktail into 18L water.

Fixed larvae from growth exp

I hoped that the larvae would relax enough in the fridge to image today. This was note the case, they were still very active. So, I fixed them in ethanol. This is not the best way to do it; I will modify my methods for next time:

• Transferred larvae/fsw from well plate into 2mL test tubes
• Removed supernatant with pipette, being careful not to remove larvae
• Added 1.5mL 200 proof ethanol to fix

New Larvae

There were some new larvae in SN10 Low A & HL10 Low, but I did not have time to collect today.