isopropyll alcohol isn´t toxic (for us i mean)????
Well Ethyll alcohol is very cheap here in Brazil, so i always
use it as conservative. Sometimes 5% of glicerine helps avoiding
tissues to harden.

Fabio Wiggers


--- Peggy Williams <[log in to unmask]> escreveu:

> I regularly  use 70% isopropyll to keep shells til I get home.
> Ethyll
> alcohol is preferred for DNA studies but tends to harden the
> animal,
> I've found, and smells bad!
>
> Sometimes my extra-strong water pik will clean cones -
> especially
> after a few days' soaking in water (change it frequently). If
> the
> cones are still alive, you can often get the animal out using
> your
> microwave for just a few seconds. The water pik will usually
> finish
> the job.
>
> Peggy
>
> On Nov 25, 2006, at 4:49 PM, Lyle Therriault wrote:
>
> >
> > regarding conus....or any other mollusc with a thin and
> narrow
> > aperature....is there an easy way to clean them.....that I
> have
> > overlooked
> >
> > I've read the freeze and thaw....but I have noticed in the
> conus
> > they retreat deep inside the first coil of the shell, making
> it
> > very difficult to retreive them with a pick without damaging
> the
> > lip edge.
> >
> > Any tips?  also, does anyone want to study the animal, i
> have a few
> > ( conus floridanus(( now anabathrum ))    ). Really awesome
> and
> > large poison sacks on these guys for being so small. Makes
> me
> > wonder if one could harpoon you, if you might fall ill.
> >
> > Also, can 91% isopropyl alcohol be used as a preservative in
> the
> > field for a while. ?
> >
> > Lyle
> >
> >
> > Lyle Therriault
> > [log in to unmask]
> > Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.
> >
> >
>
>              Peggy Williams: shell collecting trips
> author of Shallow Water Turridae of Florida and the Caribbean
>
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>                          Tallevast FL 34270
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>
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