As with all things, it should probably be kept out of the sunlight. But, if being kept for a while, should I be freezing or refrigerating my nic fluid? How do you all store your nic base?
In the freezer. use amber glass bottles, get something with a good liner, polycone or PTFE or something like that.
Use small bottles. You don't want to be using one big bottle and having to take it out refill your supply all the time. It's easier to just take out one small bottle at a time to work with. My nic is 100mg and i use 30ml bottles.
Nic is dangerous obviously, so you need to make sure no one can get to it and poison themselves. If you can't put it your freezer safely, still get the nice bottles. They are air tight and will keep the light out at least.
I keep my VG-based nicotine in 30ml amber glass bottles, in the freezer in a cardboard box (to keep from exposing the bottles to light every time the freezer door is opened).
Here is the article that made me decide to keep my nicotine stored this particular way (I'm not affiliated in any way): nic storage
Clearly marked in the freezer is what you want. The fridge has the possibility for moisture and mold to build up and you don't want to vape that.
PG and VG are both anti bacterial and hydrophobic, so I don't know how either of those things could happen.
VG is hygroscopic. It readily absorbs moisture out of the air. If you don't believe me, leave a a few ML of VG out overnight then compare the viscosity to fresh VG. The stuff left out overnight will be thinner than PG.
This is also why sometimes you can get a 50/50 blend or max vg blend that is runny like an 80/20 blend.