How to keep my minners alive in big tank without an aerator?

**BigRiverMarine** · 03-18-2013, 09:13 PM

Originally Posted by yikess

Replace one third of the water every day and replace with water using an rv filter and forget all the fancy chemicals. The RV filter removes 15 different chemicals instantly. Also feed them with el-cheapo fish food from Walmart.

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Tell us again where you got that RV filter, and the cost of it. I need one.

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**Rees Guide** · 03-18-2013, 09:14 PM

Wally World!!!

**Dodgeman** · 03-18-2013, 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by canebreaker

Can't really tell if it was the older ones or the new ones that died, or all of them?

Not sure on which ones it was, they were all the same size.

This is one of the big chemical tanks, I cut the top off and I have it beside my boat shed and it's under a cedar tree and shaded most all the time.

I will see if I can find an RV filter, and I do have some gold fish food I was putting in there, they seemed to eat it.

**Rees Guide** · 03-18-2013, 09:21 PM

Clean he tank good, bet some sap of something from the cedar tree has cause an issue.

**Dodgeman** · 03-18-2013, 09:39 PM

If all of them are dead this next trip I plan to drain it and start over, a good cleaning and filter the water and let it sit for a day before putting them in it.

On another note what do yall use in the boat, I'm tired of the minnow buckets and the water splashing out of them running down the lake? Thinking about a small cooler.

**Rees Guide** · 03-18-2013, 09:44 PM

I use y back livewell for a baitwell and the font one for fish. Have a line un into it to pump air.

**feeshrman** · 03-18-2013, 09:47 PM

X2 on the Cedar tree.

**ATM** · 03-18-2013, 10:04 PM

At 250 gallons, I don't see needing to change much water often.

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**"G"** · 03-18-2013, 10:12 PM

[QUOTE=BigRiverMarine;2257372]Tell us again where you got that RV filter, and the cost of it. I need one.

WalMart

**Hookedonslabs** · 03-18-2013, 10:20 PM

In the boat, I have a 5 gallon orange igloo water cooler that I drilled a small hole near the top and ran a aerator hose in, silicone the hole,Strapped the aerator on with a ratchet strap, hooked the power source to the boat battery, uses very,little battery power.it will keep 3 pounds of minnow alive for days. I put the chlorine remover in the water, and in extremely hot weather I place a frozen 2 liter coke bottle of water in it. I then dip out only a few at a time while fishing and place in a regular minnow bucket.

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