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    I thought this stuff was suppose to keep them not kill them. Had them in me air conditioned shed since last week with a bubbler in them. Got this shad keeper stuff in the mail today. Put in a table spoon put them in the back of the truck. Work called so my trip was cancelled. Went to put them back in the shed a hour later and more than half were belly up. So y’all think it was the shad keeper or the heat of the day ( temp change)....I bought the shad keeper because I cast net during the summer and bring home hundreds of threadfin to stock my pond with bait

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    Only thing I've found that will keep them alive is to change the water every 3 or 4 days. I use rain water and a Engel cooler.
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    I use bait saver products sometime but agree with tlefire...changing water is the best thing that I have found to keep them alive for more than a day or two.
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    If you can find tuffy minnows they are much easier to keep alive

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    Those are tuff to keep alive with out the right system. Temp is the killer and scales . Best I did was with styrofoam and putting them in the refrigerator in the garage. Maybe two days.
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    I had them in a air conditioned shed for 7 days with a bubbler. They were alive and frisky. Added a spoonful of shad keeper and put them in the truck. Hour later they were ALL DEAD

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    I’d say it was the heat ?

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