Nice jigflinger. Hey shifty Walmart sells one
You can also use a sponge filter with a bubbler
For a cooler I have used a sponge filter. Remember it will have to season!
Best air stones for the money came from pentaires store online.
Look familiar? Been in constant use for 2 years. Works great.
Never seasoned any of mine. Layer of volcanic rock. A bunch of pillow stuffing. 2 layers of blue furnace filter. And 2 layers of air filter with the axtivated carbon on one side. Plug in the 154 gph pond pump and let er rip. I routiney hold 12 to 15 pounds of 12s in a 100 gal tank. Change water every 4 days or so. For 5# or less I change water as needed. Currently have 4# in about 30 gallons. Haven't changed the water in over a month.
I do use Finer Shiner and salt. The salt is not as important after the shiners have been in the tank for a couple of days. Salt helps the slime coat but it is most benefical as a stress reliever. Farmers use 100# of salt in the 1000 gal vats as soon as they come off the truck. I haven't put salt on mine in over a month.
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Don't return your left over minnows directly into your holdinf tank. Could be disastrous. Put them in a separate cooler and temper them to the tank temp and salt them. Hold them separately for at least 2 hours.
That is awesome. Can't wait to try someday. Thanks for the information.
If one could get live shad to the tank do you think they'd live?
Smooth lures, yes but shad can be finicky. You need to have a round tank for transport and a oxygen or aeration system for the truck. Shad seem to get stressed easily. When they are dark green on there backs they are fine but will turn a purple color on sides when stressed. A local striper guide uses the same biobucket filter and a large 300 gallon tank as they are bigger fish. There is a web site called Arkansas stripers that has information on shad tanks.
That's a fine job Arkansasbowhunter! Got a question, so when you are adding fish from the bait store you don't need to float them in a bag to get acclimated to tank water? Just dip them out? Thanks
Yes yes yes do that acclimate them is very important. Not doing this will shock them. I don't acclimate mine in the winter time when I add back to my tank from fishing as my tank is in the shop. If you were to add ice bottles in the summer time to the bait cooler on your boat then acclimate them back to the tank is important. Doesn't take long.
Once your tank is up an running and stabilized make sure to check your ph levels. They can and will drop with time. This is cause when the ammonia is broken down and the hydrogen ions are released into the water. To solve this depending on the ph you can change it slowly by adding 1/8 tbsp of baking soda. Caution the ph drops slowly so raise it slowly!!!
Keep your ph around 7 - 7.5 anything below that is acidic.