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Ladies and Gentlemen,
We did a dry run (maybe I should say wet run) of using a large plastic bag with oxygen today when Esshup came to get some leftover bluegills from the production pond. Turns out it doesn't work very well. Too much plastic to bunch up and get your hands around to fill with oxygen. I filled the cooler approx 80% with well water and drove over the back roads (stopping, starting, turning,etc. with a manual tramsmission car)and while I could hear the water hitting the lid as it sloshed (VW TDI Wagon), I didn't spill any out the lid of the cooler. A litle bit weeped out after 45 minutes, and I know how to fix that problem. I think this route is the way to go for smaller groups of fish if the plastic bag/o2 doesn't work. Sounds good to me. Even if a little "weeps" out some towels around it can soak that up. And of course a tarp or plastic underneath.
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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I've used those battery aerators before, and they work well. THe biggest problem was water sloshing out of the cooler, even with the lid latched down. I 99% sure I have that problem solved.
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Must have been a bumpy ride........
HUSBAND AND CAT MISSING -$100 REWARD FOR THE CAT!
I subscribe too, but tried and failed at the fish logo.
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will a small kiddie pool work as a spill reservoir? you could put the coolers in them to capture the water
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The foam tape works, it just needed re-arranging. A small pool or something that would catch the water would work too, although in my car things get a little bit tight with a couple of coolers and other stuff. If I had them in the bed of a pick-up I wouldn't worry too much. Then my only concern would be keeping enough water in them for the fish.
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