[Nhcoll-l] Greenfix as a long term storage medium?

[Claire Smith]

Do any of you use Greenfix as a long-term storage medium in your fluid collections?
We have a grand total of ten specimens stored in Greenfix since 2014, two of which have almost completely evaporated. (They're very small, <50ml.) We're just debating the benefits of topping them up, versus switching them into Ethanol.

We're also wondering about Greenfix's effects on tissues - we have a specimen which is used for teaching a couple of times a year, which needs to remain pliable, as it's a deer leg used to demonstrate working musculature. It's currently stored in formalin, which means we have to wash and re-fix it every time it's used. We'd like to transfer it into a safer fluid for handling, and were wondering whether Greenfix would be suitable for this?

If anybody has any advice on the subject, we'd be very grateful!
Many thanks,
Claire Smith & Caitlin Walton
Cole Museum of Zoology
University of Reading
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