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<blockquote data-quote="Dsth" data-source="post: 1615261" data-attributes="member: 38038"><p>I agree about cost of lost semen vs. cost of a new tank. I store my tank in a wooden cabinet about 4 inches off the floor. Last winter I left the door open and a racoon must have pushed the tank out of the cabinet. tank was getting close to fill time, so weight was light enough for that to happen. The first thing that I thought of when I saw the tank laying on its side outside the cabinet was if I lost remaining nitrogen and ruined the semen. damage to the tank was not on my mind. tank still had some nitrogen in it when I sat back upright and semen survived. I did check the nitrogen level often after getting it refilled. I bought my tank used about 30 years ago and it still works fine. I don't think their is much to go wrong with them unless it has some visual damage that you can see. broken part on lid would not worry me. the Styrofoam stopper is your main insulator to keep nitrogen from evaporating out. I think the lid just hold the stopper down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dsth, post: 1615261, member: 38038"] I agree about cost of lost semen vs. cost of a new tank. I store my tank in a wooden cabinet about 4 inches off the floor. Last winter I left the door open and a racoon must have pushed the tank out of the cabinet. tank was getting close to fill time, so weight was light enough for that to happen. The first thing that I thought of when I saw the tank laying on its side outside the cabinet was if I lost remaining nitrogen and ruined the semen. damage to the tank was not on my mind. tank still had some nitrogen in it when I sat back upright and semen survived. I did check the nitrogen level often after getting it refilled. I bought my tank used about 30 years ago and it still works fine. I don't think their is much to go wrong with them unless it has some visual damage that you can see. broken part on lid would not worry me. the Styrofoam stopper is your main insulator to keep nitrogen from evaporating out. I think the lid just hold the stopper down. [/QUOTE]
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