Bait Tank

[Fishn N Wishn]

I have a small deep freezer set up in garage to keep crawdads & minnows in for bait.I'm having a hard time keeping water from stagnation & smelling.I'm using creek water.Does anyone know any chemical that will stop this and not kill the bait.I do have a aerator in it.I'll get a pic later this evening and post to kinda give you an ideal what I'm doing.Any help would be appreciated.I was told to use a small amout of iodide salt"very little amount".Farm store said they use this salt in ponds.Thanks again in advance for any help.

Heres Pictues.....Water is my the river behind house and has only been in there 3 days now.Already stinks & looks like piss water.The stuff in middle of pics isn't algae.It's just a little dirt collect in buckets from river.

[big "E"]

I have a small deep freezer set up in garage to keep crawdads & minnows in for bait.I'm having a hard time keeping water from stagnation & smelling.I'm using creek water.Does anyone know any chemical that will stop this and not kill the bait.I do have a aerator in it.I'll get a pic later this evening and post to kinda give you an ideal what I'm doing.Any help would be appreciated.I was told to use a small amout of iodide salt"very little amount".Farm store said they use this salt in ponds.Thanks again in advance for any help.

I made a home made activated charcoal filter for a bait tank one time. I was using a barrel to hold the bait and just bought a bottle of charcoal from walmart in the fish section. I took an old pair of my wifes panty hose and filled it with the charcoal. Then I took this and made a small holding tank from a milk jug and put the charcoal "snake" in it. Pump your water from the bottom of the tank into this jug and let it drip through and out the bottom after making drain holes in it. The charcoal will kill the amonia in the water which usually is your culprit for dead bait. The amonia uses up the oxygen before the fish can.

[KCBALLER]

I Would Check With The Bait Store To See What They Use

[horseshoer]

I dont know but I have a gut feeling you are going to have to have more than aeration using the same water like a circulation set-up tapped into a fresh water supply. Or maybe lots more water in the freezer and a good filtration system along with aeration????

Basicly, I don't know.

[Fishn N Wishn]

Cool thanks Jeff.I'll keep working up something.

[pstone]

Most all bait shops have the blue chemical that they use to get chlorine out. Just fill it with the water hose, ad the blue stuff, and you should be good to go. Do a 20-50% water change every couple days, and you shouldn't have to worry about it.