Ouachita
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For those of you that fish with live shad you know the problem it is to keep them alive. They lose scales immediately, slime the water and start to die right after you cast net them. I have been looking around all winter for a shad tank I could make for my jon boat that could keep them alive for a trip. I found this design on another website and reverse engineered from the pictures since there was no parts list. I forgot to take any pictures of the build in progress. ](*,) Here are some of the completed pictures.
I used a 500gph aerator I bought at Walmart on clearance last year and the rest of the parts are pvc plumbing parts from Home Depot.
I have 2" pvc coming from the pump. It has a cleanout on top so that I can put aquarium charcoal in panty hose to filter the ammonia from the water. The intake in the tank is 3/4" pvc with holes drilled in it. It is covered with a mesh filter I found in Home Depot in the koi pond dept.
The spray nozzle is 3/4" pipe with a saw cut in it for the spray head.
I am hoping to try it out as soon as the shad move back into the shallows so I can net them.
I used a 500gph aerator I bought at Walmart on clearance last year and the rest of the parts are pvc plumbing parts from Home Depot.
I have 2" pvc coming from the pump. It has a cleanout on top so that I can put aquarium charcoal in panty hose to filter the ammonia from the water. The intake in the tank is 3/4" pvc with holes drilled in it. It is covered with a mesh filter I found in Home Depot in the koi pond dept.
The spray nozzle is 3/4" pipe with a saw cut in it for the spray head.
I am hoping to try it out as soon as the shad move back into the shallows so I can net them.