External customers refers to private companies and agencies outside of OSU. If your organization does not fall into this category, visit the page for internal customers.

Fees for specific equipment

The following fees apply to private companies and other agencies. Tank fees are per tank per day.

Aquaria

Location: Indoor
Number available: 50
Cost/tank/day ambient (13 C): N/A
Cost/tank/day heated or chilled: N/A

9 liter

Location: Indoor
Number available: 30
Cost/tank/day ambient (13 C): $1.10
Cost/tank/day heated or chilled: $1.25

25 liter

Location: Indoor
Number available: 144
Cost/tank/day ambient (13 C): $3.42
Cost/tank/day heated or chilled: $3.78

100 liter

Location: Indoor
Number available: 64
Cost/tank/day ambient (13 C): $3.48
Cost/tank/day heated or chilled: $3.84

3 ft dia (380 liter)

Location: Indoor
Number available: 15
Cost/tank/day ambient (13 C): $3.94
Cost/tank/day heated or chilled: $4.52

3 ft dia (380 liter)

Location: Outdoor
Number available: 35
Cost/tank/day ambient (13 C): $3.73
Cost/tank/day heated or chilled: N/A

4 ft dia (707 liter)

Location: Outdoor
Number available: 6
Cost/tank/day ambient (13 C): $3.99
Cost/tank/day heated or chilled: N/A

5 ft dia (1414 liter)

Location: Outdoor
Number available: 4
Cost/tank/day ambient (13 C): $3.99
Cost/tank/day heated or chilled: N/A

Incubator

Location: Indoor
Number available: 2
Cost/tank/day ambient (13 C): N/A
Cost/tank/day heated or chilled: $3.07

Fees for private companies and other agencies

Hourly student support

$17/day.

Provide support for requested project assistance. Can include animal care and husbandry, health checks, feeding, tank set up, cleaning and disinfecting and collection of samples if needed.

Technician/staff support

$45/hour.

Provide support for requested project assistance. Can include husbandry, health checks, feeding, tank set up, cleaning and disinfecting and collection of fish samples or filtering of water samples if needed. May also include assistance with ACUPs, literature searches.

May include minor procedures such as tagging, necropsy, tissue collection, formalin or hydrogen peroxide treatments, bacterial streaks etc. Can include assistance with ACUPs, limited literature searches, experimental set up fabrication/ minor plumbing changes.

BSL2 Containment Dry Laboratory

$15/day.

Facilities lease for BSL2 room. Includes exclusive use of room, biosafety cabinet (certification, service, decontamination), waste stream autoclave/incineration and disposal etc.

BSL2 Isolation Room/Containment Wet Laboratory

$15/day.

Facilities lease for BSL2 isolation room or using non-native species/pathogens or BSL2 level pathogens. Includes exclusive use of isolation tank room, necropsy area, refrigerator, decontamination, waste stream autoclave/incineration and disposal etc. Does not include tank fees.