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| I'm stocking 130 12"-14" tigers in a private 44 acre strip mine in the next week or so. We have been stocking fat head minnows all year in preparation for this. I have to move the fish about 40 miles on my own and was looking for suggestions on what to transport them in and also if any aeration is needed? Or any other suggestions as this is my first go with any kind of stocking. I'll provide some pictures of the event. Thanks in advance. |
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| You could try a plastic container such as these.... http://www.dawginc.com/secondary-spill-containment/ibc-intermediate...
A lot of them have inlet\outlets in the top and the bottom.
I would highly recommend some sort of aerator. Our DNR uses liquid oxygen. Nothing like taking a chance with a couple thousand dollars of precious muskies!!  Oh, and make sure to let us know when these guys are big and fat! |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | The more volume of water the better (also the colder the better). A stock tank (tanks that cattle use to drink from on the farm) would be your best choice, the bigger the better. I got one once at a wholesale beer dealer. That worked great for this. I think you should set up an aerating system to be on the safe side. Using a bilge pump and running it to a small pvc line with many small holes drilled into it. Also have this line suspended over the tank to introduce O2 into the water. Keep in mind that the more bubbles you make the better. Also the finer bubbles you make are better as there is more surface area for O2 transfer in many little bubbles vs fewer bigger ones. I would think bottled O2 would be a bit much for a 1/2 to hour drive.
Another idea is hire a bait dealer with his truck to transport them. He would have bottled O2 on board just in case and most likely has an O2 sensor in the tank to monitor the O2 in the tank water. |
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Location: Nowheresville, MN | <p>1 pound/gallon. Those fish are gonna run near 1/2 lb. i.e. 65 gallons. You might be safe without O2 if you have the volume, less than 1 hour tank time and the water is <45. As stated, you need small (micro) bubbles. With that volume I'd also put 2 cups of water softener salt in the tank. Don't forget to check water temperatures. 5-7 degrees is the range of leeway, any more and you'll need to temper the tank water before stocking. You're definitely gonna nead a lid!</p>
Edited by tfootstalker 11/14/2008 4:54 PM
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Location: N.FIB | a hardware store is where you need to go,I was at home depot and saw that they have big bins for storage type things.The cost on them was 20 bucks and they would hold alot of fish each,I would say 2 of them would be ok with a portable bubbler on each of them,you would need a truck to haul them in. |
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