Monthly Archives: December 2010

At 9:00 am we received a call from the manager of the hatchery at SUNY Morrisville.  He had Tilapia but none of them were at a stage where they were big enough to breed.  He did indicate that Tilapia might … Continue reading →

We reconvened and decided together that changing the type of egg from Minnow to Tilapia provided the best opportunity for our experiment to proceed.  We still didn’t have any eggs for the fluids and compatibility test but we had leads.   … Continue reading →

If we couldn’t find eggs by December 27th, our experiment wouldn’t be able to fly.  The idea of breeding minnows looked like it wasn’t going to work out.  It takes about 8 weeks from the time you set up a … Continue reading →

With all of the hatcheries in NYS as well as colleges that support agriculture, we thought someone might be able to help us find minnow eggs.  We are now finding out that most people let minnows breed naturally and this … Continue reading →

SSEP let us know that we had until 10:00 am on December 2nd to submit any changes to our list of materials.  ITA had come back to SSEP needing more detailed information about our water which provided the opportunity to … Continue reading →

By 10:00 am this morning we were beginning to think we might not be able to find Minnow eggs by December 27th.  We made a call to SSEP to see if there was any possibility that we might be able … Continue reading →