Thread: Oxygenator 100% Oxygen vs. aerator 21% Oxygen/80% Nitrogen

I had not priced them

In 1971 I worked for National Cylinder Gas Co in Jacksomville , Fla .... My Job was to Fill Oxygen Bottles ... Oxygen is only Dangerous if it comes in contact with OIL of any type..... Welding Gas and Medical Gas are all filled off the same Manifold ,,, just a different fitting on the small bottles. when filling 30 cylinders they all get the same PSI when filled --- the Pump at the Tank of Liquid Oxy is turned off -- then all the Valves turned off then removed from the Manifold and stored untill sold .... there is no difference in Purity between welding and Medical --- the difference is the Regulator

And the price?

Just my 2 cents from personal experience here in central Florida. I have just used frozen water bottles for over 30 years with no problems. I am usually carrying too many minnows and haven't had any problems keeping them alive even saving the left overs for the next trip. I do use the standard aquarium bubbler pump also. I am too cheap to spend money on a system that isn't broke, especially with a 30 year history of good results. Just my opinion and we all know about opinions.

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I have a converted igloo cooler. I run an aquarium pump at home and a battery operated one when fishing

Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

I have a converted igloo cooler. I run an aquarium pump at home and a battery operated one when fishing

That's the way I have set up also, when at home I keep them in a refrigerator set as warm as possible but still cool

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I used to get them in the fall and keep them until spring. Used an old water trough with a home built filter

Coming full circle now and sharing what I have discovered and what I have learned about bait O2 equipment over the last few months.

The heat of summer has passed now along with all the summer bait tank problems and bait keeping problems. Winter is a few weeks away, it’s cool and bait is so easy to keep alive in cool water, real simple and easy like keeping goldfish in a goldfish bowl.

I have done considerable research with many different types of bait oxygen system the past few months. I discovered there are many different types and different brands of oxygenation equipment for fishermen, all have pro’s and con’s.

Google: “compared bait oxygen systems” and you will discover a world of great technical and scientific information including 3rd party fishery scientific research published on the net by TP&WD Inland Fisheries about those Oxygenators and oxygen-injection systems available today for fishermen.

After reading all the bad reviews about T-H Marine “Oxygenators” on this and many other fishing forums, I Googled: “why do bait oxygen system fail to oxygenate” and found major problems and failures with these Oxygenators and aluminum oxygen regulators sold under numerous different brands of O2 systems (KeepAlive, Fish-Flo2, Pro-O2,Boyd’s Oxygen Response, Salty Air in Corpus Christi and Cramer Decker Pediatric Medical Regulators) that are selling aluminum body click-style oxygen regulators claiming to be "commercial grade" O2 regulators made for use in marine (salt water ) environments That also includes freshwater environments like livewells and bait tanks containing any and all livewell chemicals that contain those life-saving electrolytes, specifically the electrolyte-SALT.

When salt gets on and inside any aluminum alloy regulator the results is always Galvanic Corrosion. That’s the white powdery corrosive tell-tail confirming aluminum deterioration. The terminal process hasbegun when you see that white powder on the outside of the aluminum regulator, the inside the regulator is also contaminated with salt and deteriorating too.

White power indicate regulator malfunction and failure is progressing because of Galvanic corrosion is active. This corrosion is a normal metallurgy problem that affects all aluminum alloy O2 exposed to salt, especially aluminum alloy O2 regulators made in China, Mexico and America. China uses zinc internal regulator components because zinc is cheap. Zinc is used as a sacrificial metal in marine and salty environments, the corrosion attacks zinc immediately. Man fishing oxygen systems use aluminum O2 regulators made in China with aluminum alloy and zinc that makes them so cheap/inexpensive $20.00-$30.00.

I had anopportunity meet and talk with tournament Pro Ronnie Capps last summer about livewell oxygen systems. Ronnie uses a solid brass/pure nickel plated adjustable oxygen regulator with his oxygen injection system for live bait and tournament crappie. He has used a particular band oxygen-injection livewell system the past 10 years with a commercial grade, pure nickel plated soli brass adjustable oxygen regulator engineered for use in marine salty fishing environments.

My special Christmas gift to me, from me this year will be an oxygen–injection system like Ronnie uses with the solid brass, pure nickel plated adjustable commercial grade O2 regulator. I have many years of fish left in my life, baring accident or illness; I am going to invest in a good high quality bait oxygen-injection system that will last for years without problem, the same O2 system Capps uses. I am willing to pay for quality equipment to have a fail-safe dependable bait system every summer. I want the best life support livewell system available that has the least amount of problems and failures.

No Oxygenators, no aluminum oxygen regulators, no junk with well-known,well-documented mechanical problems and failures. It’s logical me, some research before spending any money on an oxygen life support system is well worth a few clicks Googling the internet and talking with a pro that uses this type equipment for a living if possible.

Tome, there is nothing more irritating and stressful than opening the livewell or bait tank lid on a summer day and seeing dead shiners or dead tournament crappie… knowing the bait is dead and trip has turned to crap or seeing dead crappie and knowing you will get the dead fish penalty and will lose the tournament because a fish, 1 fish died in the livewell.

Ya’ll have a very Merry Christmas and a great New Year 2020.