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I have a 250 gallon tank I keep my minners in at our house in Mississippi.
Last year we didn't have any issues with them dying, and it was warmer than this year, and now this year I throw two pounds in the tank and I'm having a dozen or so die a day. Not looking forward to seeing the casualties this weekend.
I had rather feed them to the feshes.
Is there anything I can do to put oxygen in the water without leaving the power on?
Had the same problem myself this weekend
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Is it water from last year?
Did you wash the tank with soap?
Is it fresh filtered water?
Is it fresh unfiltered from the tap?
Did you add any water treatment?
Should have clarified. Last year I could keep minners for 2 or 3 days in my minner bucket but couldn't keep em alive one day this past weekend. Must be a week batch
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Drained the tank last year, it sit all winter empty with drain open.
I did not wash it out with soap, I did rinse it out, but thought I maybe should have bleached it like you do a live well.
It was water out of the tap and I did put the chlorine remover, blue stuff in it before putting them in it. I did that last week with the first pound I bought.
Thanks for any suggestions.
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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Can't really tell if it was the older ones or the new ones that died, or all of them?
It was Ted,Fred,Curly,Moe,Joe,Sue,Sally,And BillQuote:
Originally Posted by canebreaker
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You forgot Winkum, Blinkum, and Knod.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big H trucking
Dodge, my father in law used to keep minnows a lonngggg time in and old cattle watering trough. He would hang the water hose just about a foot above it and just barely crank the valve open where it would just trickle every now and then. Its works believe me, he used to keep em through the heat and all without a problem.
Tell us again where you got that RV filter, and the cost of it. I need one.Quote:
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Not sure on which ones it was, they were all the same size.Quote:
Originally Posted by canebreaker
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.
Clean he tank good, bet some sap of something from the cedar tree has cause an issue.
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.
I use y back livewell for a baitwell and the font one for fish. Have a line un into it to pump air.
X2 on the Cedar tree.
At 250 gallons, I don't see needing to change much water often.
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[QUOTE=BigRiverMarine;2257372]Tell us again where you got that RV filter, and the cost of it. I need one.
WalMart
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.
Sounds good, I have been thinking about a small cooler, just tired of the water splashing all out of my bucket, and the minnows dying cause I put too many in there.
Where do yall get a small 12 volt bubbler to put in the cooler?
I use a converter and a $7 aquarium pump fo Wally World, $11 bucks if you want 2 lines
Are you sure you meant 3 pounds alive for days? That is 45 dozen in a 5 gallon bucket. There wouldn't be a lot of water with that many minnows taking up space.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hookedonslabs
Get a 12 volt dual outlet pump at Academy Sports.
I know that Sportsman's and BP carry them. I think I saw them at Wallys.