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Seems like this year I had a good many unused minnows... I want to build a holding tank for the house. Hopefully one of a low maintenance design.. I have a plastic 55 gallon drum that I can cut in half to start. What do you have? Pictures? As simple and efficient as possible.. Tks
Check with Cray......He has built a good one
Every plastic barrel I've cut in half has folded, making an oval top. I cut the top out, not off of the barrel. It's shut down now, so easy pictures can be sent.
PM me with your cell phone number and I'll send you some pictures.
How bout posting the pix on here also.Quote:
Originally Posted by canebreaker
Knightshadow an easy fix for a minner box is one of them 35 dollar truck boxes from Wally World, got a lid and can put a drain in it pretty easy. I like it being black too, carried close to 100 dozen to Washington for the Crappie Masters Championship and think we lost 2 minners in 4 days out of it.
Do a search on youtube for homemade minnow tank............ You will get a lot of hits. Here is one just for an example........ Although the music is a tad corny.............
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ungRlZ7XQHY
Would like to see what cray has built up
I figured Cray would chime in by now
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100 Gal stock tank. using a 2 filter aquarium filter setup with 2 aquarium air pumps. this tank has a screw in fitting middle bottom of tank. removed that, installed a PVC threaded fitting with a 1inch slip coupler, glued in 6inch piece of PVC then installed a PVC valve then a slip fitting threaded for a garden hose for draining. Got it sitting on two pieces of 4x4 to get off floor in my shop. Have kept up to 8 lb's of minnows this time of year.
Jigflinger fixed me up pretty good...Attachment 179331Attachment 179332
Brown's Home Center in Hernando is the only place I found a plastic hose bib. 1/2" or 3/4" male pipe thread for about $4.
I've seen some barrel tops cut about half way so a filter can be hung on it better than the round edge.
Carl, did Gary just fix that filter for you?
Lowes or Home depot have the 1/2 and 3/4 pvc boiler drain valves here...............
Lowes in my area has PVC hose bibs
I'll go to Lowes and Home Depot in a bit and compare prices.
Neither of the stores had a plastic or PVC hose bib.
Both stores have a PVC 3/4" ball valve threaded for $3.35, a PVC 3/4" close nipple for .51 or .44, A 3/4" brass hose adapter for $4.19 or $4.90. That's about $8 or $9 compared to the $4 hose bib that I don't have to seal 2 joints on.
Plus I'm supporting a small business instead of a big box store.
TruValu for the hose bibs.
Lordy, that would be a long trip for me. Closest one is out past Mr. Jim's house.
I know that Southaven Supply and Hubbard's Hardware don't carry them.
Just picked up three of em. .43 each. Remind me next time you see me and I'll give ya a couple.
Post a picture of what you got for .43.
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Originally Posted by jigflinger
If you got PVC hose bibbs for .43 cent each go back and buy all they got!!!!!
My bad. Thinking hose barb. Didn't think of that with minnow tank.
Lordy, closer and cheaper at Brown's
So...I think I have everything I would need to build a minnow holding tank. My question, if I built one, how long can you keep minnows alive? 1 week? 2 weeks? 1 month? Just trying to figure out if the effort in assembling the dang thing would provide any real benefit. It is mighty easy to stop by Lakeway and pick up 50 on the way.......
Here is my experience. I have kept them up to 3 months with very little feed. I just feed them a very little gold fish food every other week. Just need to change the water every couple of weeks this time of year. Summer, more often. Big thing for me is the convenience. I go down to the shop, hook up boat, put minnows in bucket load in boat and I'm gone with out stoping for bait. Also if you go buy bait you can save them rather than dumping in the lake.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iwannafish
:hesaidThey do require a little attention every once in a while. If you are going to just put them in the tank and forget em till next trip you probably get 10 days to 2 weeks.
Mine is on a large raised covered deck, against the wall beside a frig on the south side of the house. When it gets warm it's harder to hold the temp down.