Thread: Oxygen System Advice

I have always heard about acetylene tanks but no one ever mentioned oxygen tanks. I have laid both down for years without any problems before I read about it being bad. I no longer do it.

Medical oxygen set ups with the 870 nozzles for adults are a dime a dozen at flea markets. Got one for 5 bucks with clickable regulator. Problem in Missouri is that in order to fill these types of tanks you must have a prescription. Welding shops can't even fill them wtih welding grade oxygen. That means up here you have to use a 540 nozzle tank like you see on welding cylinders, but of course they are more expensive. This being the reason the keep alive system is so expensive. That means I am on the hunt for a cheap 540 bottle.

Nex air on the North Batesville will swap tanks for $13 to $15. I run air 90% of the time and keep my water cool. My oxygen system only gets used when I need to transport a lot of bait or keep fish healthy in an over crowded live well during a tournament when I don't have time to cull each time we catch a fish. I only have to swap tanks 2 or 3 times a year. It's a pretty neat system. My wife's gold fish turned over one night and she was about to flush the lil booger down the drain and I treated some water and put oxygen system on it and came back next morning and he was doing cart wheels. Crazy