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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Vis Exp. 2018 Dec 28;(142):10.3791/58972. doi: 10.3791/58972
Name Company Catalog Number Comments
methylene blue Kordon B016CBHZUS antifungal
heater Finnex 4711457836017 100W Digital Control Heater
airstone Lee's Aquarium & Pet Products 10838125202 disposable air stone
salt Instant Ocean 51378014021 Sea Salt
nursery container IPC 21545-002 40 oz or 1.5 L clear containers
transfer pipette VWR 414004-002 plastic bulb pipettes
compact culture system(CCS) starter kit with Brachionus plicatilis (L-type) rotifers Reed Mariculture na fish food
RGcomplete APBreed 817656016572 32 oz bottle of rotifer food
Programmable Auto Dosing Pump DP-4 Jebao DP-4 automatic feeder for rotifers
Tricane-S Western Chemical MS 222 fish anesthetic
sodium bicarbonate Sigma-Aldrich S5761-500G for tricane solution
nylon mesh strainer HIC (Harold Import Co.) 735343476235 3-inch diameter
Formalin solution, neutral buffered, 10% Sigma-Aldrich HT501128-4L fixative
10X PBS Invitrogen AM9625 buffer, dilute to 1X using distilled water
Triton-x 100 Sigma-Aldrich T8787-250ML detergent
sodium azide Sigma-Aldrich S2002-25G anti-bacterial
bovine serum albumin Sigma-Aldrich A9647-100G blocking reagent
glass vial with screw-top cap 4mL Wheaton 224742 staining vial
plastic mesh screen for breeding tank Pentair N1670 Cut into a rectangle 6mm larger on all edges than the dimensions of the bottom of the breeding tank. Cut a 6mm square from each corner of the rectangle. Bend the edges of the screen down along all four edges.Place a pair of 6mm vinyl-coated disk magnets on either side (top and bottom) of the mesh on each corner. The screen should be as snug as possible to the sides of the tank. The screen can be removed from the tank with a metal fish net.
vinyl-coated disk magnets Kjmagnets D84PC-AST
New Life Spectrum Thera-A pellet fish food New Life International na Adult fish food. A list of retailers for this product is available on the company website
Antibodies
insulin antibody from guinea pig Dako A0564 1:200
glucagon antibody from sheep Abcam ab36215 1:200
acetylated tubulin antibody from mouse Sigma T6793 1:500
HuD/HuC antibody from mouse Life Technologies A-21271 1:500
nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) antibody from rabbit Abcam ab106417 5μg/mL
choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) from rabbit Abcam ab178850 1:2000
seratonin (5HT) from rabbit Immunostar 20080 1:500