minnows in horse tank

I have a 100 gal tank that I water 5 horses from. I'm thinking about taking a 30 gal plastic barrel cutting some openings around the bottom with screen across the openings. Putting barrel in horse tank and keeping minnows in barrel. This tank gets between 20 and 40 gal of well water added to it every day depending on weather. The Hotter it is the more water the horses drink and the more well water gets added. Do you guys think this sounds like it will work? Any ideas to improve survivability of minnows.

I have a 300 gal tank I water horses from and I always put my minnows in it when I get home some make it and some don't some have made it all winter with the heater in it. So yes it will work.

Thanks for the reply. Think I'll give it a try soon. I live in the middle of nowhere and bait shop is opposite direction from Lake I would like to keep a few for quick access.

just hope the horses don't develop a taste for fresh fish.

youl get the mad horse in your heardrotfl

My uncle had a dairy and they were always putting fish and minnows in the tank at the barn. No drum to keep them seperate. Never had a problem.:fish

Anothe thing to add to the water tank is a dozen feeder goldfish as they will eat all the misqueto larva.

Just turn the minnows loose in the stock tank . Especially if it is a round one . Round is best those little devils like to bang their heads into stuff . If they get wounded and you have them long enough they can get a fungal infection that will kill all your minnows . Add some bait saver to the tank good for minnows and horses . Just got electrolites in it . Kinda like Gatoraide . I have an old big aeroater that will work for up to 500 gal tank if you think you need one . Helps a lot in hot weather . I'd have to sell it cheap cause shipping would run 15-20 bucks prolly .

The only thing you want to be careful of is if the water that is coming into it out of the well is a major difference in temp it will cause the minnows to put off an ammonia and they can suffocate themselves. Sounds like it will be a gradual change with how a horse will drink the water down and the well refills it so it should be fine.

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Here is a paddle unit i use for stock tanks .

I don't think well water is oxygenated so something to stir the water up and add oxygen would be a must have.

Well water has plenty of oxygen right up until you put it in a container . After that air that naturally seeps into the water from the ground can't get to it . Seeping air is why fish can live in pond containments . Fish will eventually use up contained water air even a few dozen minnows in a 100 gallons of water will die over time .