Every now and then you can add some Diatomaceous Earth to the tank and it will kill any suspended algae in the water. You can also take hydrogen peroxide and put it in a syringe and apply it directly to the algae on the sides and it will kill it and clear it up. But if the whole tank is slimed up you might start with a couple water changes a week until it clears up
The filter is running constantly. Also, another important thing to watch out for is how high your gravity fed hose is. Since part of the water cycled through comes from the bottom and is gravity fed, if a storm comes and knocks out the power, the trash can will continue to get the gravity fed water and flood. I've had a couple of experiences where the power was turned off for a few hours and came in and the trash can had overflowed. How we fixed that was to keep your hose that is gravity fed higher in the trash can so that at a certain point it stops flowing if the water gets too low in the tank.
Mine is more of a question than a comment. May, I ask where you or Matt got the connections to your bait tank? I'm trying to build one and I'm having problems finding adapters to reduce the drain on the tote.
I am not home until tomorrow. If you have Facebook, can you message me on there at catfish kc and I might have an old video or tomorrow when I get home I'll show you exactly what I purchased. Anyway to help.
Wish you was close to me I have two tanks like that I all was have green slime in mine some times it stinks
Every now and then you can add some Diatomaceous Earth to the tank and it will kill any suspended algae in the water. You can also take hydrogen peroxide and put it in a syringe and apply it directly to the algae on the sides and it will kill it and clear it up. But if the whole tank is slimed up you might start with a couple water changes a week until it clears up
@@CatfishKC ok think you I was going to add a pull pump
how often do you run the filter/pump?]
The filter is running constantly. Also, another important thing to watch out for is how high your gravity fed hose is. Since part of the water cycled through comes from the bottom and is gravity fed, if a storm comes and knocks out the power, the trash can will continue to get the gravity fed water and flood. I've had a couple of experiences where the power was turned off for a few hours and came in and the trash can had overflowed. How we fixed that was to keep your hose that is gravity fed higher in the trash can so that at a certain point it stops flowing if the water gets too low in the tank.
Mine is more of a question than a comment. May, I ask where you or Matt got the connections to your bait tank? I'm trying to build one and I'm having problems finding adapters to reduce the drain on the tote.
I am not home until tomorrow. If you have Facebook, can you message me on there at catfish kc and I might have an old video or tomorrow when I get home I'll show you exactly what I purchased. Anyway to help.
@@CatfishKC will do. THANK YOU
I sent all the parts in a message to you. I'll talk to you on there and see what other questions I can answer
@@CatfishKC thank you.