Thread: Tired of dumping

DD's coat is already pretty darn slimey...just saying

Feelay Tractor Supply had this tank on sale a couple week ago for 49.99. In has a 1/2" drain at the bottom and should last for years. I bought one but have not set it up for minner yet but I will when my shoulder lets me.

Originally Posted by Wannabe...

Watch out for them coons. I'm just saying.

My experiment is going swimingly. Ha! Get it? Anyway. I set up an 18 gallon tote, used a filter rated for 10 gallons and a 110V single bubbler and added about 75 dozen minnows 2 weeks ago this Friday. Of course, the folowing Saturday, they got thinned down to about 25 and I had to redo the water then too, but other than that, I have not fed them, nor changed any water. So far, I've not lost a single one. My wonderment is how many it will support. I'm thinking I could do somewhere sought of 1 lb, but I'd probably have to cycle the water every few days, but I'd probably be safe with 200 to 250. Dunno yet, but I'm gonna keep experimenting with it, but won't buy any minnow specifically to stock it. I'm just gonna keep adding and subtracting as I fish.

Wannabe...

WB, Try a scoop of the Minner Ice I gave you. Just sprinkle it in the water. One scoop a week.

Yall wanna know how to do it....Here it goes.
1. Pick your container
2. Get RV in line water filter at walmart. (screws on to the end of your hose)
3. Get Aquarium air pump and large stone
4. Fill container with filtered water
5. Add Finer Shiner or other addetive to water
6. Put minnows in
7. Change 50% of water 2 times a week
8. Go fishing

Ive kept em alive in a 48qt cooler for weeks like this even in the summer

Originally Posted by biggerjigger

Yall wanna know how to do it....Here it goes.
1. Pick your container
2. Get RV in line water filter at walmart. (screws on to the end of your hose)
3. Get Aquarium air pump and large stone
4. Fill container with filtered water
5. Add Finer Shiner or other addetive to water
6. Put minnows in
7. Change 50% of water 2 times a week
8. Go fishing

Ive kept em alive in a 48qt cooler for weeks like this even in the summer

What bigger said but in the summer i put alonger air hose on the aerater and keep the aerater in the ac,keeps the water cool.

Bigger, is that what Papa Vic taught you? But I think Minnerman is right on about using that Minnow ice. It's cheaper than Finner Shinner.

Originally Posted by crappiholic

Bigger, is that what Papa Vic taught you? But I think Minnerman is right on about using that Minnow ice. It's cheaper than Finner Shinner.

Whats this minnow ice and where do you get it?I use that stufffrom wm.

With the highs not even reaching the 70's and the nights getting cold now you'll do fine keeping minnows in a large plastic barrel. When I first started keeping 'em every time I came back from fishing I'd dump what minnows I had left in a 30 gal. barrel and they'd be fine without any kind of aeration until they got used up. It wasnt long before I bought a small couple small bubblers from Walmart and began buying by the lb. I got two 55 gal barrels from a car wash place (they give 'em away and get 'em quite frequently). You probably would be alright using one barrel, but I'd buy two lbs at a time and split 'em between the two barrels. I would recommend you buy the amount of minnows you think you'd use up in a month (even though they'll last longer during the winter months).