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wow
that is impressive 5/0
if i owned I would consider doing that. I never thought of actually buryig the tank to keep it cooler, thats a great idea.
I have an old trash can that I drilled a spigot into the bottom to drain with about 6 ft of tubing to keep it away from the house. I have a hose attached to the top for easy filling. I run the two pumps, which is 4 tubes with air stones on the end. I think it is a bit much, but as I said, I had a pump fail on me while at work and don't want that to happen again.
I keep it on my back deck, which gets minimal sunlight. When I first built the tank, I had a small space under a deck that was an ideal location. It was similar to where you have yours. The water never got above 65 degrees even in the hottest weather. That was before I started buying eels by the pound also, I probably only had about 2 dozen at the most at any given time. The required changing the water every 3-4 days.
Depending on how much water I put in and the amount of eels I have I don't have to change as frequently.
On really hot days I will throw in a bunch of ice before I leave for work in the am.
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