Mussels, Mussels Everywhere + RUA

mussel pilot experiment
mussel resazurin trial
Published

January 20, 2026

Projects Touched Today

  • mussel pilot experiment
  • mussel resazurin trial

New Knowledge

Day 28. Mussel Check at 1354

Visual tank inspections looked good for airflow and water clarity. Mussels were still aggregated in their respective bags/ coolers. You can smell the mussels when you enter the cold room, this temperature increase may get us to 50% mortality.

  • Temperature

    • Blue= 11° C

    • Red= 22° C

  • Salinity

    • Blue= 27 psu

    • Red= 30 psu

  • Mortality

    • Blue= 0

    • Red= 2

  • Water Change

    • Partial water change for Blue and Red. Salinity recheck:

      • Blue= 25

      • Red= 25

  • Feeding

    • Mussels were fed using the same calculations and method as outlined on 12.31.25 except tissue mass has been reduced to 140g for total tissue weight in the remaining mussels.

Old Tricks

  • Same as 1.18: Right back at it refining, aligning and ensuring my proposal is clear without getting too into the weeds. I’m super close to a draft that isn’t totally embarrassing to share with the committee.

  • I finished up the experimental design at a balanced scale for outcomes and size. I met with Ariana this morning to chat about Resazurin as the metabolic measure rather than straight-up respiration testing if possible. The goal is to try it out on the pilot mussels and see if we can see a difference between the heat treated v ‘control’ ambient mussels. She helped me identify some key safeguards and ‘insurances’ when running this for the first time with these samples.

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Questions or Concerns?

  • None.

Tomorrow’s Plan

  • Will be made tomorrow.