can you keep bait fish alive with an aquirioum bubble maker?

Question

i wanted to know if you could keep bait alive with those aquirium oxygen bubble maker things i need keep my anchovies and smelt alive. please i need answers

Answer 1

yes.but dont overcrowed them.they will die.maybe 10 to 20 at a time.the larger the container the more you can keep.that estimate was for a five gallon bucket

Answer 2

Both Berkley and South Bend market battery powered air pumps that you can hang on the side of your bait bucket. They are good for about 4 hours on 2 cell batteries, They can be found at Wal Mart and I got mine thru ebay.

Answer 3

yes you should have some kind of airation system. also the colder the water the less oxegen the fish will need because they are cold blooded and the slower their metabolism the less oxegen they need. also well water works great compared to city water which has a lot of clorine and iron in the water. they do make a chemical to add to city water to take the clorine out. If you don't have a way to refridgerate the water you might try frozen jugs of water to cool the water. you had better actumate the fish to the colder water as the shock of going from warmer water to cold water will put them in shock and kill them.

Answer 4

yes. you need an aquarium, pump, inverter, strong battery, and good generator.. set it up like you'd do for house fish. you dont need the filter, but you do need the airator lines and stone

Answer 5

I know fleet farm sells a bucket to that hooks to a car battery. works well and when you get home, just hook to a battery charger so you don't fry your truck battery