I use menthol cristals. But sometimes painkillers (like aspirin
and Voltaren) does the job.

Regards
Fabio Wiggers

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> Conch-L subscribers:
>
> For a presentation to a 7th grade class, I had the idea to
> procure
> demonstration specimens from my local seafood market.  They
> had
> "littlenecks" and "cherrystones" from Virginia.  I wanted them
> relaxed, with
> foot extended, before preserving them.  Being a novice to
> narcotization of
> marine bivalves, I consulted various references but have yet
> to find a
> methodology to get them to relax.  They have been in
> freshwater with some
> ethanol added for 24 hrs.  Four hrs ago, I took one of those
> and put it in a
> separate container, saturating the freshwater+ethanol with
> epsom salts, and
> placed this container on my office heat register which I have
> turned up to
> at least the high 70s.  Still closed up tight.
>
> Any advice greatly appreciated.
>
> Joan Jass
> Milwaukee Public Museum
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>





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