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Got tired of having to go buy minnows every time we went fishing. Now we buy them by the pound and keep them until we need to buy more. Made out of 1/8" stainless steel with a drain on the bottom to hook up hose to change water without having to move. Made from scrap metal laying around the shop. Should hold around 50 gallons of water and about 3lbs of minnows with ease.
That will work very well. :ThumbsUp
Very nice!
Nice looking tank. Some nice scrap around the shop
Very nice.
You'll need a nice cool place during the summer months.That's a difficult time of year to keep minnows.
pretty cool
good looking tank. how did you fix it to keep the circulating pump from sucking the minnows in it == I have tried couple different things but they didn't work
I made a wire cage around the bottom of the circulation pump. It's made out of a screen mesh used in making screen doors. It's a 4"x 4" box shape. Seems to be working pretty good so far. Used the same material to cover the drain on the bottom to keep from sucking minnows out while changing water. It lets the waste drain, but not the minnows.
We have city water at my house which means chlorine, a death sentence for minnows. Have any of you had any success letting chlorine treated water sit for a period of time and become safe for a minnow bucket? If so how long?
I could keep about a pound going if I had a decent water supply.
I got a big chest freezer I want to convert to a bait tank. Change out the thermostat and plug it in during the summer. Should work just need to figure out the pump and your pics aren't showing up on my end but I will think of something
Go go to pet store Ray, they sale an additive that removes the chorine from the water making it safe for aquarium fish and minnows
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Originally Posted by SeaRay
nice
Think of this project as a very big aquarium. Look online for a biological filter set up. If not you will be spending a lot of money on your water changes. Unless u are using well water. The filter is cheap and easy to make. Pet store has all the chemicals you will need. If u want it cheaper go to places that sale yard pond stuff. I've been running 500gal tanks with a bio filter in my shop for over 10 years. Mostly for gizzard shad. Anything I can help with, just ask. I will try to help.
Thanks Tim, I managed to avoid any aquarium experience when my kids were growing up so I did not know they sold it. I am only talking about keeping them from one week to possibly 3 weeks so not a big undertaking. I just hate buying a 1/2 lb and dumping half of them in the trash since we can't put them in the lake.
Good looking tank. It should be fine until hot weather and by then it's tough on everybody that keeps minners.
Nice setup
great idea, looks good
I use city water, let it set over night and haven't had any problems. I run two tanks side by side, one with the minnows in it and the other piped to it. I also use a pool filter only having to run it once a week for an hour. I keep air going to the tanks all the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by SeaRay