Bait Tank

[Brian Stucker]

Here are some pics of a bait tank I am building. My local marina closed for the season. So now I have to drive around 55 miles to get minnows. I had a different design in mind but couldn't get it to work right. So here's what I ended up with. Still not finished. But here's a few pics.

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Here is another one.

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And another

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Here is a pic of it running. The right side will have my filter material.

[Brian Stucker]

Here is a pic of the pump. Not originally not what I designed. But I think it will work. The only think that might be a pain is getting the minnows out from between the pipe. I bought the pump from Grayline.

[Brian Stucker]

Here is a better pic of the filter.

[Brian Stucker]

Does anybody know how many minnows you can keep in around 20 gallons of water? Thanks

[Cray]

Brian, with that filter and these cool temps I would say 8-10 dz should be no problem. Especially if your not keeping them for a long period of time. If your going to keep more than that get you some finner shiner or bait saver to add to the water. If you can't find that at least get some aquarium salt from wallyworld and add some it by directions.

[Rees Guide]

Prolly keep more than that Cray, I still got a pound or so in my cooler from this weekend. Picked em up last Wednesday and had 3 pounds in there then, pushing 50 dozen no bigger than they were and it has about 10 gallons in it. Think we have thrown out 1 due to demise. Good looking tank and bet it will hold 5 pounds easy, if the filter wont keep up you will have to change the water more often tho.

[Brian Stucker]

Here is a few more pics. I didn't paint the top yet. Couldn't find the right kind of paint.