Dead Fish

[Bass_King2007]

i had brownie in that tournament that i hooked in the tounge and it was pouring the blood on the first jump and within 10 minutes the livewell was completly full of blood and she was deader than a hammer

[bevo]

Did you eat him or throw him in a trash can?

[BassJunkie]

I think the best way to keep fish alive in a livewell is water changes. My livewell has a fill timer on it. When I have fish in it and stop and fish somewhere I open the drain in my livewell and turn on the fill switch. It goes off about every 15 min. This changes the water. The livewell is no different then an aquarium in a house.

These fish have been feeding and are peeing / pooping as well as spitting up dead shad and crawfish in the live well. This decaying matter creates ammonia fast and ammonia is deadly to the fish! The best way to remove the ammonia is to replace the water in the livewell. Another issue is if there is ammonia present and you are just recirculating the water it will increase the ammonia levels faster as well as mess with the PH in the water. All three Oxygen , PH and ammonia effect each other.

Changing the water often equals less problems.

[jgevedon]

BassJunkie is right on the money. IMO, recirculation is not a good practice for fish welfare. Fresh water and plenty of it is always the better option. I also use a pro-air system but I would put a much greater emphasis on fresh water and temperature.

[bereabasser]

Thanks guys ill remember all of this...we didnt put rejuvenade in until we seen that it was floating hoping it would help but it didnt...and no i ditn take the fish home

[Col Forbin]

You have to be careful how much rejuvenade to put in there too. It is kind of like a stimulant for fish - too much can be pretty harmful. I usually only use half of the ammount.