[Nhcoll-l] ExCell Plus formalin alternative for larval fishes

[Adam E. Cohen]

We recently received a collection of larval fishes held in ExCell Plus. Nobody in our collection is familiar with this fixative and we'd rather not maintain these specimens in ExCell Plus long-term. We'd prefer to transfer them into the same buffered 10% formalin solution we keep the rest of our larval fishes for maintenance reasons. Here is a link to information about ExCell Plus (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.americanmastertech.com_excell-5Fplus.htm&d=CwIFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=d-wprOScqcw78h_tfrLaeF8uXJzXZCG15kROZeZDgFQ&s=t8hUH7vD7C-o2tWdPgmXSFD4d1SB0jMhzkUQCph6Faw&e= ).  It is billed as an alternative to 10% formalin and the information here implies that specimens can be transferred to 10% formalin without a stepping process. Does anyone have experience with this fixative and/or have suggestions about transferring directly or stepping these into 10% formalin.

Adam
-------------------------
Adam E. Cohen
Ichthyology Collection Manager
Biodiversity Collections<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__integrativebio.utexas.edu_about_collections&d=CwIFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=d-wprOScqcw78h_tfrLaeF8uXJzXZCG15kROZeZDgFQ&s=BqF3G-FTaci0_xaz4Rg-yjXG0P22qLAXuYTtwBWW9ug&e= > (Texas Natural History Collections), University of Texas,
10100 Burnet Rd., PRC176/R4000
Austin, Texas 78758-4445 U.S.A.

Phone: Cell: 512 970 2479 | Office: 512 471-8845 | Lab: 512 471-4823
Websites: TNHC Ichthyology<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.utexas.edu_tmm_tnhc_fish_&d=CwIFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=d-wprOScqcw78h_tfrLaeF8uXJzXZCG15kROZeZDgFQ&s=eRp2PzK7N9kaFZ-EpbWxeqXE_e15Do0YRIxOwVXRt3I&e= > | Fishes of Texas<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.fishesoftexas.org_home&d=CwIFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=d-wprOScqcw78h_tfrLaeF8uXJzXZCG15kROZeZDgFQ&s=amiHlEjhaRnjmQI9P_p8pLgqfeeCUS8jrec6NapA8ig&e= >

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/nhcoll-l/attachments/20160831/e81ccdda/attachment.html