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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Caroline,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I work with Paul at the FBC (FWRI collection) and do our purchasing. I went on an online goose chase trying to find tall, wide-mouth (120mm) gallon jars, and failed. If anyone has found a supplier,
<i>please</i> let us both know! On the same topic, please let me know if anyone has a source for 64oz wide-mouth(120mm) jars—the closest I’ve found is 110mm.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">However, I did find some shorter “square” wide-mouth(120mm) gallon jars: Anchor-Hocking cracker jars. We’ve bought them from Fillmore Container (<a href="https://www.fillmorecontainer.com/h85725-case4anchor.html">https://www.fillmorecontainer.com/h85725-case4anchor.html</a>).
I can confirm that the 120-400 lids (BerlinPackaging, <a href="https://www.berlinpackaging.com/lp120-120-400-pp-white-ribbed-caps-unlined/">
https://www.berlinpackaging.com/lp120-120-400-pp-white-ribbed-caps-unlined/</a>) do fit and thread on these. They are only sold with their metal lids, unfortunately, but we replace those with the linked lids.
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<p class="MsoNormal">They don’t fit so well if you’re using any additional caps in the jars. We have some red caplugs that we’re using until we run out, and sometime the lids fit with the caplugs in, but sometimes not. However, they do fit without the caplugs.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unfortunately we’ve only been using these glass jars for about a year, so I can’t speak to their longevity yet. But so far they seem solid. Do check your shipment when it arrives, however. Our one shipment had 3 slumped/disfigured jars
that I wouldn’t trust specimens in. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Apologies if I’ve goofed on the formatting for replying to the listserv, I’m receiving the digest and am a little unfamiliar.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#323130;mso-ligatures:none">Corinne Fuchs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bahnschrift Light SemiCondensed",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-ligatures:none">Collection Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Bahnschrift Light SemiCondensed",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://myfwc.com/research/saltwater/specimen-collections/invertebrates/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2E74B5">Marine
Invertebrate Collection</span></a></span></u><span style="font-family:"Bahnschrift Light SemiCondensed",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bahnschrift Light SemiCondensed",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-ligatures:none">Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bahnschrift Light SemiCondensed",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-ligatures:none">Fish and Wildlife Research Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bahnschrift Light SemiCondensed",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-ligatures:none">100 8<sup>th</sup> Ave SE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bahnschrift Light SemiCondensed",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-ligatures:none">St. Petersburg, FL 33701<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bahnschrift Light SemiCondensed",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-ligatures:none">Office: (727) 892-4138<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bahnschrift Light SemiCondensed",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:corinne.fuchs@myFWC.com"><span style="color:blue">corinne.fuchs@myFWC.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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