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Any recommendations for what to add to a livewell to keep fish healthy? I have to transport live fish back to campus for testing in the lab. My current setup is aeration only and gets the fish back alive but I want to keep the fish as healthy as possible so that they provide accurate test results. Ever try "Catch and Release" or some of the other brands or even salt?
Caleb
When we did catch/photograph/release on big catfish (30-80# fish) we infused oxygen only and had wonderful results. Still using the original system we purchased many, many years ago but on the Crappie now. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by CrappieRadio
Here's the guy to talk to: David Kinser (409) 267-6458
Click on this link for more info....
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And a quote that I agree with 100%
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There's some blue stuff out there CR but I can't find it.
Here's a link to what was discussed on here. I plan to order some myself.
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/swap-...f+really+works
CATCH AND RELEASE FORMULA works good in conjunction with some frozen water bottles. I try to keep my water between 68-72 degrees.
PM sent
Minnerman, what's up with the PM stuff. You got the ultimate keep-fish-alive forever-formula and just letting a selected few in on it. I'm calling Obama. He'll make sure all us little people get ours too.:p
HEY MINNER!!! no secret formulas you gewb! spill it or I am sicking DD on you
It's that stuff you are talking about, Maj. It just makes Minner feel important to use "PM" in his posts. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by majflyboy
He'll feel impotant enough after Obama gets through with him. :D Teach him which end the chlitlins come from.:p
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Originally Posted by majflyboy
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i pm'ed him the ol boys cell number and i didnt think he would want it posted on here for all ya'll gewbers to call. Go to his web site and get their contact #s www.westalabamacrappie.com
I used the tournament Ice I got from Minnerman this weekend at the tournament. I also had oxygen in the live well and my fish were better off at the weigh in than they were when I caught them. I like the Tournament Ice myself.
Bassmedics "Rejuvinate" is the best livewell addetive that ive used. And for the Coop de Grass you need to hose straight O2 into your livewell.
The main thing fer keepin fish alive is keeping the water cool and the fishes calm. Tournament Ice does both. Oxygen is also good, but everyone aint able to afford to rig oxygen in their live wells nor do they have the room to do it. I personally may add the oxygen soon to compliment the Tournament Ice.
Ice bottles and a good additive and full time aeration or O2 infussion is your best bet Radio. I'd be tempted to try some of that tournament ice. You get both in one deal there.
Wannabe...
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Originally Posted by Minnerman
The initial investment in the O2 setup is wayyyyyyyyyyy less than those fancy side-imaging FF's. We've had zero issues with the one we got from David.
We get one of those big acetylene type O2 tanks and fill our smaller bottles with an transfer adapter. Just bring it back to the auto parts store and exchange it for a full one when it's low/out. VERY inexpensive. David's system has the dial set to pounds of fish so you can really conserve on it without jeopardizing your bait or your fish. We have a splitter on our system and run O2 into both livewells - one for bait and one for fish.
Just be sure not to put helium in it. Else you'll never catch a 3 pounder.
Wannabe...
Whole O2 setup brand new will cost ya bout 125.00 for a small tany and it will last a LONG time.
I gots to have me one of them tanys. That's sounds like fun.
me too Minner, not sure what it is but does sound fun
Do you want a big one or a little one? :) Them tanys are hard to find sometimes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Minnerman
I'm a big boy so I figure I need a big Tany.
Bigger , it is called proof readin before ya hits the enter button! TANYS?
Yall really need more excitement in your lives!!!
you gonna show me someQuote:
Originally Posted by biggerjigger
Jus smile bigger. DD used to try and argue the point, now he just takes it in stride. With that being said, I wanna make it perfectly clear that I ain't got you on the same list as DD.
The stone is important. A good stone cost about $40 or more but a cheap one cost you much more in the long run. The regulator must also be a slow flow rate or you will use a small bottle of oxygen on each trip.
That gives me some sence of relief........kinda like Rolaids!
Both great points. The entire set-up comes from the dude I mentioned. The stone diffuser included works great and the regulator is calibrated for pounds of fish. Before we got that one, Mr. CN got some regulators that were designed for pediatric oxygen and got parts to adapt them but he couldn't make them work like the one we bought. No matter how slow he adjusted the flow it still used way too much compared to the one designed for pounds of fish.Quote:
Originally Posted by CRAPPIEHUNTER68
Bigger where would I find this system?Quote:
Originally Posted by biggerjigger
Portable Oxygen Cylinders and Regulators
This is the regulator you need. The bottle can be purchased at any welding supply house.
Poinfour oxygen stones,Oxygen , oxygen stone, diffusers, microbubble diffusers, Wedge-Lock
Pick your poison on the stone, Im sute ther can be found cheater but I cant remember where.
saying he thought a Trany was fun:D
You didn't. I can see you either done been kicked in the head too many times or you just gettin so old your readin skills have left you. Wait.... you are the gewber that put his ducer on upside down. Turn your outer over or stand on your head and then try readin it again. TANY you GEWBERQuote:
Originally Posted by DonDon
Plus Trany is spelt Tranny. 2 n's gewber.
MAN you got defensive on that one. Usually when someone is that defensive, means their guilty :eek::D
I think he just feels guilty for avoiding us down here
That's it. Naw seriuosly I don't go much further south than attalla county. Worked down to I 20 for bout 4 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by tritonman