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jettyjockey18 · 01-05-2002, 08:24 AM

specialist...it looks like we have basically the same setup...one thing i would recommend against is using a 55-gal barrel standing up instead of lying on its side...i tried it standing up and found that the water column was too deep for the pump to effectively aerate thw whole barrel...lots-o-dead bait on the bottom...by having the barrel on its side your increasing the amount of surface area to aerate and gives the fish more room too...plus it makes the water column shallower and allows for more thorough aeration...

01-05-2002, 08:24 AM	#17
jettyjockey18 Ban Sluggos Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: east taunton, ma Posts: 363	specialist...it looks like we have basically the same setup...one thing i would recommend against is using a 55-gal barrel standing up instead of lying on its side...i tried it standing up and found that the water column was too deep for the pump to effectively aerate thw whole barrel...lots-o-dead bait on the bottom...by having the barrel on its side your increasing the amount of surface area to aerate and gives the fish more room too...plus it makes the water column shallower and allows for more thorough aeration...