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Rockport24 · 07-06-2007, 10:03 AM

Hey guys, I have the keep cool eel bucket thing and I just can't stay on top of the ice enough because my eels tend to die after say, 4 days, which I guess isn't bad. But I want to keep them alive for like a week or more, so I need to get some kind of a tank. I did a search and it seems like a lot of you guys use a 55 gallon drum with an aerator, but that seems like overkill for my purposes. I only want to keep like a dozen alive at at time. So my question is, could I get like a rubbermaid storage bin type thing and just fill that with water and put an aerator in there? can something like that support water being in it all the time or will it break or something? any other ideas are welcome....

07-06-2007, 10:03 AM	#1
Rockport24 President - S-B Chapter - Kelly Clarkson Fan Club iTrader: (0) Join Date: May 2005 Location: Rowley Posts: 3,781	eel storage question Hey guys, I have the keep cool eel bucket thing and I just can't stay on top of the ice enough because my eels tend to die after say, 4 days, which I guess isn't bad. But I want to keep them alive for like a week or more, so I need to get some kind of a tank. I did a search and it seems like a lot of you guys use a 55 gallon drum with an aerator, but that seems like overkill for my purposes. I only want to keep like a dozen alive at at time. So my question is, could I get like a rubbermaid storage bin type thing and just fill that with water and put an aerator in there? can something like that support water being in it all the time or will it break or something? any other ideas are welcome....