Minnows in a bucket how long will they live?

[Jeff7181]

Go rent an oxygen tank and have it filled, then stick a hose down in the water and just crack the valve on the tank =)

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: LeStEr
Well ive been up all night changing the water for these fvckers! I think I did kill a few of them by putting them into shock....oh well. Id say over the night about 60% of them died. Probly wasnt worth my efforts but oh well.

Rofl

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: LeStEr
I just got in from fishing with my friends and for some reason I ended up taking the minnows home. I have them in decent sized bucket but there are alot of minnows in the bucket....probly somewhere in the 30-50 range. How often do I need to change the water to keep them alive?

Depends if you went fishing in Canada where I do...they would not last long

Ausm

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Why are you doing this again? Can't you just throw them in the freezer??

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: gururu
they'll suffocate between 6-10 hours without the air pump

It is a misconception that air pumps oxegenate the water for aqariums. 90%+ is simply from the surface contact with the air, not from the air pumped in.

Link for the Doubters

Uh, it doesen't say that in that article..

If that were true, then why do aquariums need air pumps?

As others have said, not very long.

 

[tkdkid]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: gururu
they'll suffocate between 6-10 hours without the air pump

It is a misconception that air pumps oxegenate the water for aqariums. 90%+ is simply from the surface contact with the air, not from the air pumped in.

Link for the Doubters

Uh, it doesen't say that in that article..

If that were true, then why do aquariums need air pumps?

As others have said, not very long.

From the article I gather they're for surface agitation.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: tkdkid

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: gururu
they'll suffocate between 6-10 hours without the air pump

It is a misconception that air pumps oxegenate the water for aqariums. 90%+ is simply from the surface contact with the air, not from the air pumped in.

Link for the Doubters

Uh, it doesen't say that in that article..

If that were true, then why do aquariums need air pumps?

As others have said, not very long.

From the article I gather they're for surface agitation.

Ahh..

I had just woken up when I read it, my bad. Still, though...

 

[LeStEr]

Originally posted by: isekii

Originally posted by: LeStEr
Well ive been up all night changing the water for these fvckers! I think I did kill a few of them by putting them into shock....oh well. Id say over the night about 60% of them died. Probly wasnt worth my efforts but oh well.

Rofl

Lol you think thats funny.......I just woke up and two of them are alive hahahah. Pisses me off so much.

 

[BigToquex]

Just freeze them

 

[Looney]

How expensive are minnows where you live?!

 

[LeStEr]

Originally posted by: Moralpanic
How expensive are minnows where you live?!

$5 a dozen I think. Also a little update they are now all dead I have managed to kill them all off.

 

[klod]

All the water changing you did over the night... was it chlorinated water (drinking/tap water)? That'll kill 'em quick.

I've read articles in fishing magazines of minnows in styrofoam buckets lasting for months. Something to do with oxygen able to pass through.

 

[LeStEr]

Originally posted by: klod
All the water changing you did over the night... was it chlorinated water (drinking/tap water)? That'll kill 'em quick.

I've read articles in fishing magazines of minnows in styrofoam buckets lasting for months. Something to do with oxygen able to pass through.

Ya it was tap water.

 

[BCskunk]

Originally posted by: AnyMal
One word: tempura!

LMAO

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: LeStEr

Originally posted by: klod
All the water changing you did over the night... was it chlorinated water (drinking/tap water)? That'll kill 'em quick.

I've read articles in fishing magazines of minnows in styrofoam buckets lasting for months. Something to do with oxygen able to pass through.

Ya it was tap water.

That's what did it.

I kept probably 2 dozen minnows alive in one of those small plastic critter holders for about a week, once.. I had to blow in the water with a straw twice a day every day. Even then, a few died.

 

[AvesPKS]

This reminds me of the thread where the guy threw his fish into a cup of icewater...

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: LeStEr

Originally posted by: Moralpanic
How expensive are minnows where you live?!

$5 a dozen I think. Also a little update they are now all dead I have managed to kill them all off.

Just buy goldfish for 10/$1.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: AvesPKS
This reminds me of the thread where the guy threw his fish into a cup of icewater...

I remember that.

I still have the video.. It was sad!