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Attachment 104115Attachment 104114Here are a couple of pictures of my minnow tank. 100 gal Rubbermaid stock tank, PVC drain valve installed with Garden hose conector installed on that. 2 large aquarium filter pumps installed and 2 aquarium air pumps running on large stones. took peice of pressure treated plywood cut it to fit between sides at one end. Installed it to the ribs with a couple of galvinized screws. got one pump discharge toward short end and one to long end of tank. creates a flow through the tank. tap water treated with aquarium addative and aquarium salt.
Aquarium stuff was all free and so was tank had to buy PVC valve and fittings. Ask aroiund and people will have pumps and filters laying around.

nice set up cray

Thanks "G" my next project is to figure out a economical cooling system.

Thanks, CRAY. That looks like a good set up, one like I need. I'll have to get in gear and develop something before next spring. Minnows at bait shops have gone out of sight. We have a minnow farm not far from my house . Now I need a good tank.

Man, that's tight right there.

Very nice set up.

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Very nice Cray.

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Thanks "G" my next project is to figure out a economical cooling system.

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Nice setup Cray. If you have a small fridge you can coil up a copper water line and let it lay in the fridge with small amount of water going thru it and then come out of the fridge and let that run into tank. Just a suggestion. One of those small dorm room fridges would be great.

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Very nice Cray

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Originally Posted by GitDaGrease

Nice setup Cray. If you have a small fridge you can coil up a copper water line and let it lay in the fridge with small amount of water going thru it and then come out of the fridge and let that run into tank. Just a suggestion. One of those small dorm room fridges would be great.

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GDG ihad thought about that. Got one got 2 in garage and could move one down to shop and also thought about trying to find a old drinking fountain and tying into the cooling coil on that. Hook a coie pond pump up to circulate the water through it and put inline thermostat into tank to control temp. Hard wire around original thermostat. Think I might have to put a restricter in dish charge line to get adequate cooling though. Thanks for the suggestion.

Much nicer than my 55 gal. drums.

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Originally Posted by willsjwills

Thanks, CRAY. That looks like a good set up, one like I need. I'll have to get in gear and develop something before next spring. Minnows at bait shops have gone out of sight. We have a minnow farm not far from my house . Now I need a good tank.

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John I got mine from a neighbor whose horse Di'ed ( now not suggesting you kill anyone's horse but ):Rofl:Rofl
Tractor supply sells them sometimes for around 75.00 and that was what I was going to do until he gave me this one. I figured you could save that much on minnows in a short time if you fish much. And it's worth it to me for the convenience of not having to stop or worry about bait shop being open.

can i just get my minnows from you:)

I 'preciate your showing me your unit. Thanks, Bud.

That is one fine set up you have Cray.

If you are gonna fish 2 or 3 times a week it is essential to be able to store bait. I am using too much water with my set up and need to do somethi.g of this nature.

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I 'preciate your showing me your unit. Thanks, Bud.

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That statement could be made NKF!! Lmao

I got a minner tank setup just like this one but I use a paddle aerator hanging from above, and a recirculating pump to filter it. Keep us informed on the cooling system when you figure it out Cray.


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Originally Posted by KDAVID1

can i just get my minnows from you:)

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Cray if you are using a acquarium aerator put piece of plastic hose on the intake and put the other end in a frig. it will pullin cold air instead of room temp. air.

Don't use copper in the water tank, it will kill the minners.

I have not tried it myself but i have heard of people using an old chest type freezer as a holding tank. They put it on a timer so that it would not freeze the water but only keep it cool, i guess you would have to jack it up for the hot summer months and use the timer less and less as the days get cooler. Anyone else using a system like this?

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Thanks "G" my next project is to figure out a economical cooling system.

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Cray if you are using a acquarium aerator put piece of plastic hose on the intake and put the other end in a frig. it will pullin cold air instead of room temp. air.

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Thanks MrJim never thought about using the air to help cool the water. Great idea.

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I have not tried it myself but i have heard of people using an old chest type freezer as a holding tank. They put it on a timer so that it would not freeze the water but only keep it cool, i guess you would have to jack it up for the hot summer months and use the timer less and less as the days get cooler. Anyone else using a system like this?

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I saw a post on the main board where a fellow did just that. He used a hand held temp reader to figure out where his lines were, drilled holes in side of box and used bulkhead fittings to hook up a filter system. You buy a external thermostat to plug freezer into and put sensor bulb in water then bypass freezer thermostat gives you better temp control in the 60/70 degree range.