indybaitshop

wow thanks so much for all the fast comments. yha quality of the bait has concerned me as I know they come in with pop eye/ fungus shiners are all bruised up you name it.. but on my end all tests are in the good range as of nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, ph,. (kh is very high), Chlorine or Chloramines, alkalinity all good. O2 has also been tested multiple times. running a one fx4 filter and a very large fluidized sand filter that connect the two tanks . Thinking of running more filtration? ?? 40 pounds is about 250 to 300 crappie minnows per pound if that gives you an idea of the volume I go through. That's about twice a week. I feed them about twice a week or so.. all depends of how fast I go though them as it is seasonal and 40 pounds might last 2 days or 7 days The fishery I buy them from acclimate them for me for about 5 min when I get a delivery also keep the temp around 55 I can go lower if I need too attached a older picture of my tank set up before I pvc piped the chiller in from a back storage room I keep crappie minnows, bass minnows, shiners and a fourth side for extra if needed well I'm defiantly making a good profit as we are probably the most busiest shop in Indianapolis area but just the loss in minnows has got me frustrated. I like to problem solve every obstacle I come across. haha this one wont beat me

hello I run a good size bait and tackle shop in Indiana and have been dealing with an issue I have experimented in a lot and researched in. I run two large 150 gallon holding tanks combined by plumbing ran with a large chiller about 55 degrees and a fx4 filter with pre filter. I run my shop on city water unfortunately.. I do water changes about every day 30 t0 40 % and slowly fill with city water and use instant dechlorinator. I use test strips and always seem to have good water conditions and no chlorine. but do seem to have very high water hardness. I have been losing about half to a pound of minnows and shiners a day. usually hold around 40 pounds of fish at a time in this system. Is anyone familiar with this kind of bulk of fish? Any suggestions would be awesome thanks!