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wildernessjunkie
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Culture tubes?
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Anyone know of a good source for cheap culture tubes? I like the KIMAX screw tops, but only because they have the screw top. The straight wall would be fine with me too, but I cant seem to find any caps that are autoclaveable, to go with them.
The KIMAX with the black screw tops are nice, but those things are expensive. Any other options?
I was looking at the 20x150mm tubes. Whats the typical size most folks are using?
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Culture tubes are expensive.  Get the biggest you can, 25mm or bigger is nice.
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EvilMushroom666
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Re: Culture tubes? [Re: Morelman]
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http://www.simport.com/products/tubes-caps-and-vials/tubes/t405-t406-cultubes.html
I use the T406-2A & T416-2A, cheaper then glass and works great for all your culture storage needs.
I have purchased a few hundred from members here on the board at reasonable prices and traded for more over in the marketplace. Either way they work wonders.
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EvilMushroom666 said: http://www.simport.com/products/tubes-caps-and-vials/tubes/t405-t406-cultubes.html
I use the T406-2A & T416-2A, cheaper then glass and works great for all your culture storage needs.
I have purchased a few hundred from members here on the board at reasonable prices and traded for more over in the marketplace. Either way they work wonders.

Are these autoclavable?
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EvilMushroom666
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They are if you get the polypropylene tubes with lids.
Make SURE that is what you order as the polystyrene tubes will not survive PCing obviously.
I prepare them using Mephisto's Master Slant Tek: https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/12968316#12968316
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I just got a fairly nice deal on Ebay....a lot of 72 kimax 16 x 125mm for $22 and some change shipped....but it took me over a week of hunting to find them.
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EvilMushroom666 said: http://www.simport.com/products/tubes-caps-and-vials/tubes/t405-t406-cultubes.html
I use the T406-2A & T416-2A, cheaper then glass and works great for all your culture storage needs.
I have purchased a few hundred from members here on the board at reasonable prices and traded for more over in the marketplace. Either way they work wonders.

Nice! Ill check them out.
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drewby07 said: I just got a fairly nice deal on Ebay....a lot of 72 kimax 16 x 125mm for $22 and some change shipped....but it took me over a week of hunting to find them.
So it was probably YOU who out bid me then!
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EvilMushroom666
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I just got a bunch of 4ML culture tubes from a friend recently, they are big enough to get a scalpel inside to extract mycelium, but I am not sure about long term storage with the smaller sizes.
If nothing else they would be great for sending wedges/slants to people around the world.
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So it was probably YOU who out bid me then!
Sorry!!
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wildernessjunkie
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Just giving you a hard time. Check my trade list, maybe you would be willing to part with some of them?
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wildernessjunkie
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EvilMushroom666 said: http://www.simport.com/products/tubes-caps-and-vials/tubes/t405-t406-cultubes.html
I use the T406-2A & T416-2A, cheaper then glass and works great for all your culture storage needs.
I have purchased a few hundred from members here on the board at reasonable prices and traded for more over in the marketplace. Either way they work wonders.

That site doesnt sell directly. I found some on ebay, but the description specifically states that the caps are not autoclaveable. Are those a different brand? Different caps? Maybe they are just wrong?
Here are the ones I found Clicky
EDIT:
I just found these too. I really like the design. Not sure if they will hold up in a PC though. Does anyone know how hot it gets inside of those? The ad says that it has a "Glass Temperature" of 70-80 C. And a melting point of 260 C. Though Im not sure what "Glass Temperature" means.
Anyone know if these will work?
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EvilMushroom666
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Those do not appear to be simport culture tubes.
As far as I understood you can buy direct from them(simport), but you must buy at least a case or two.
The inside of a PC is roughly 252 °F at 15PSI.
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wildernessjunkie said: Anyone know of a good source for cheap culture tubes? I like the KIMAX screw tops, but only because they have the screw top. The straight wall would be fine with me too, but I cant seem to find any caps that are autoclaveable, to go with them.
The KIMAX with the black screw tops are nice, but those things are expensive. Any other options?
I was looking at the 20x150mm tubes. Whats the typical size most folks are using?
I have some that are much larger but I have an assload, like about 11,000 wheaton borosilicate sample vials, they're 11 Dram Vials (49 ml), 28x108 mm, they have phenolic caps and I believe it's the TFE liners, definately autoclavable, the caps are short though, about 12mm tall as opposed to a 20mm tall cap
the look most like the large one
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EvilMushroom666
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Now that is a lot of vials lol.
How did you acquire that many without breaking the bank brother?
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I got a good deal on a closeout from fisher scientific, 144 vials per case, bought a pallet of them with about 80 cases, I think the cases were selling for $139 at the time
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EvilMushroom666
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Talk about the snag of a century lol
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wow... just checked the case price on them now... $192
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EvilMushroom666 said: Talk about the snag of a century lol
I've sold off 1 case by the dozen and paid for the pallet already
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