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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"'>Hello All!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"'>We are looking for suggestions/recommendations regarding an issue we are having with our vat storage. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"'>We use vats to store our fluid-preserved, large specimens. Lately we have been using fishery type totes with lids fitted with a rubberized foam/neoprene gasket that fits in a small grooved channel within the lid (see photo). We are finding that 1) the gaskets are always falling out, 2) that they can easily expand or stretch so that they don’t fit and fall out, and 3) that when we can get the gasket to stay in, there is still a decent amount of evaporation that happens.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"'>Does anyone have any recommendations on how best to deal with our current system? Recommendations for other systems?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"'><img width=473 height=355 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CEEB79.567F0C20" alt="IMG_20131021_091521"></span><span style='font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993366'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>______________________________________________________________________________________________</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Heidi Gartner, MSc. </span></b><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Collection Manager, Invertebrates | Archives, Collections & Knowledge</span><span style='color:black'> <br><br></span><span style='color:black'><img width=156 height=30 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image002.png@01CEEB79.567F0C20"></span><span style='color:black'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>675 Belleville Street, Victoria, BC Canada V8W 9W2 </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:black'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>T 250 387-2932 </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><a href="mailto:HGartner@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca"><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>HGartner@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca</span></a></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> | </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca"><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca</span></a></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>Join us on: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RoyalBCMuseum">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/RoyalBCMuseum">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36463010@N05/">Flickr</a> | <a href="https://plus.google.com/113796680038902977366?prsrc=3#113796680038902977366/posts">Google+</a></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The world’s best 100 all-new winning images for 2013 – <b><i><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/exhibitions/upcoming/2013-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year/"><span style='text-decoration:none'>Wildlife Photographer of the Year</span></a></i></b> – opens November 29.</span><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993366'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>