Setting up the Wet Lab

We arrived at PICRC with our experimental tank design in hand and some materials already acquired to get started setting up.

Getting the framework of the experimental design set up in our wet lab space.

Though as in any project that involves working in the field, we hit a few road bumps along the way but after a dozen + trips to the hardware store (just ask Dusty, Robin, Todd or Tim) and a few days, we got everything set up!

Dusty and Tim figuring out the plumbing as we await the arrival of Robin, the expert aquaria plumber!

The plumbing is almost finished.

Hannah building frames to hang the lights above the tanks.

Frames are in and the plumbing is all done!

Lights are up and now just need to be wired.

The tanks are now ready for some coral fragments and to start ramping up the temperature so we can determine the impact of heat stress on coral biometrics of different coral species and genotypes!

Tanks are ready for some coral!