Shad Poo

[quackquackboom]

I have a 35 SBT 2. The shad poo seems to build up in the center of the tank. I just try and "sweep" towards the filter intake when it does. I was curious if this is just part of the deal or if I was doing something wrong.

[mwardncsu]

Yep - part of the deal with the circular current and heavier "poo" - some other tanks try to address this with a center-tank drain or even a center-tank filter stack... not really much you can do about it with a SBT other than sweep it to the filter or stir it up every so often.

[johnr]

I noticed this on my Xtreme tank as well, but just after the bait is initially loaded. After an hour or so of the bait stirring the water up and the boat sloshing it around, most of the mess gets filtered out.

I've thought of extending a piece of perforated half round pipe across the bottom center of the tank to pick up more of it, but haven't gotten around to it yet. I've also thought of upping my pump size to pull more water. Haven't done that either. I'm not sure either action is needed, the baits stay perfect as is.

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I get the same. During those moments of the day where I just stare at my bait, I will use a very fine mesh dip net to quickly get it out. It is definitely all an aesthetic thing....very similar to cleaning up your boat after your morning bait throwing session knowing that you plan to throw again in the afternoon. Now that I think about it, I am not sure why I spend so much time keeping my boat clean nor why I like to remove a few harmless pieces of shad crap from my bait tank. I just do!

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Mar 24, 2016 9:54:32 GMT -5 johnr said:

I noticed this on my Xtreme tank as well, but just after the bait is initially loaded. After an hour or so of the bait stirring the water up and the boat sloshing it around, most of the mess gets filtered out.

I've thought of extending a piece of perforated half round pipe across the bottom center of the tank to pick up more of it, but haven't gotten around to it yet. I've also thought of upping my pump size to pull more water. Haven't done that either. I'm not sure either action is needed, the baits stay perfect as is.

I would be wary of upping my pump size. I tried this and it created more of a mess by stripping the bait. A very slow circular flow seems best to me.

[johnr]

Mar 27, 2016 10:48:25 GMT -5 Yam said:

Mar 24, 2016 9:54:32 GMT -5 johnr said:

I noticed this on my Xtreme tank as well, but just after the bait is initially loaded. After an hour or so of the bait stirring the water up and the boat sloshing it around, most of the mess gets filtered out.

I've thought of extending a piece of perforated half round pipe across the bottom center of the tank to pick up more of it, but haven't gotten around to it yet. I've also thought of upping my pump size to pull more water. Haven't done that either. I'm not sure either action is needed, the baits stay perfect as is.

I would be wary of upping my pump size. I tried this and it created more of a mess by stripping the bait. A very slow circular flow seems best to me.

That did happen to me with my creekbank, but the output flow seemed a lot stronger than in this tank. It could be my imagination, as I haven't tested it in any way.

It works fine now, so i have no good reason to change it. Yet..