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More to come on this project....Fly has the tank DONE and now we need to play around with the aerator placement before gluing it in place. It comes with suction cups but I can't see those holding for more than a minute....I figure we'll use the suction cups to test the placement by putting a dozen or so shad in the tank and see about where the discharge should point. Chime in here Reel but I'm assuming place it off center to get a "swirl" going. Also not too close to the side such that they jam up and hurt their little noses. Once the optimal placement is found I will glue it in place with aquarium glue as Reel suggested.
P.S. Went jug fishing over the weekend. Only 8 jugs and 8 channel cats. Biggest went 8 ish lbs. Good times! 
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08-18-2009, 06:10 AM
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BTW...you were wise not to use the suction cups...they hold the pump off the bottom just enough for the herring/shad to get their noses under and can't get out and they die... Hey Spare...I've used my "self-contained" tank in saltwater as well...all the salties think they gotta have fresh water pumpin' in/outta the tank, so gotta deal w/all the plumbing...w/a self-contained tank, all the water is filtered and aerated so all you need to go to the tank is 12 volts...much easier...
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I did a test but it left me with more quesitons like, how close is too close to the side for the pump? Is 6" enough or more? And what is the preferred additive - I've heard of some stuff called "Better Bait??" Any good?
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08-19-2009, 06:50 PM
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Shad Keeper and salt in the tank for "fixins"...rock salt or Kosher salt best...gotta keep water around 55* tops...careful adding ice as some store-bought ice can have chlorine and kill 'em all...if you add ice from a store, add a little more Shad Keeper http://www.wholesalebait.com/product.php?pid=174 or here's yer Better Bait...good too http://www.wholesalebait.com/product.php?pid=63 and get some of this too http://www.wholesalebait.com/product.php?pid=70 in case ya run outta Coffee Mate It won't take much to 20 gals of any of this stuff, but drop in about 1/2lb salt...lemme know how it goes, DAWG... 
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08-20-2009, 07:44 AM
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Great info, thanks Oz! This seems a lot like rocket science - only a little more complicated!
One thing I'm having a hard time understanding - which has been touched on in this post by someone else - is how to get the water down to 55 without killing them. They'll be coming out of 80 ish degree water, so I assume you start out with 75 degrees in the tank, and lower it slowly as to not stress them? Thanks Oz for all your expert advice. I know its gonna pay off!
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08-20-2009, 08:29 AM
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You wanna keep tank around 55*... hook the bait as quickly as you can and GET HIM DOWN...we generally use 1 1/2 oz barrel over a swivel and 4-6' leader...sadly the fact is eventually the lake water will lose it's D.O. and you'll have a tuff time using livies...
 ...that's when we go to draggin' umbrellas and lead-core line...
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