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Post by smlfishing on May 2, 2018 9:05:45 GMT -5
I was trying to keep some bait over the week but went down last night to see them fuzzy looking or like the scales where missing past their head but all still alive. The tank was far from overcrowded and no red noses . I was changing the water every day. Can you over salt them or could this be a bacteria like ICK my other thought is our water was really stained but I pulled it from 20'? What is the proper way to clean and disinfectant a bait tank so you do not contaminate the next group or kill them due to residual cleaners. Do you throw the carbon, ammonia and media filters away or can they be cleaned?
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Post by quackquackboom on May 2, 2018 9:07:52 GMT -5
Just a guess but if you pulled water from deep in may have been low in oxygen.
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Post by smlfishing on May 2, 2018 9:17:22 GMT -5
I just have a pick up running down my pilling hooked to a pump which is the same thing I have been using for a couple years and never experienced this. Could have been the perfect storm with the stained water cause it was dingy I will try to pull it up some.
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Post by Live Bait JunkEE on May 2, 2018 19:06:38 GMT -5
A good scrubbing of baking soda and clean sponge -- and good to go for the next day with no worries
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Post by mwardncsu on May 2, 2018 20:48:00 GMT -5
what do you mean by "fuzzy"? Could be some type of infection, and sometimes shad are "weak" during times of rapid temp changes and/or the spawn, so could all be related. As to cleaning the tank, I only do mine when I can no longer see the bait on the bottom due to buildup of free algae "stain". Certainly not every trip much less every night  However, when I do clean it, I'll run some bleach through it (with water), then rinse it out a few times, and if feeling really ambitious rub it down with some baking soda and run with baking soda for a little while - the original logic on this was to neutralize any remaining bleach, but I realized a while back that bleach and baking soda are both bases, so its not really neutralizing anything..... though baking soda is around a 9 ph and bleach is 13 (water is 7).... |
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Post by smlfishing on May 3, 2018 6:58:00 GMT -5
what do you mean by "fuzzy"? Could be some type of infection, and sometimes shad are "weak" during times of rapid temp changes and/or the spawn, so could all be related. Thanks to all for the advice.... I caught another bunch yesterday from a different area and they looked good this morning. It was the oddest thing kinda looked like they were covered in spider webs. They seemed fine.. none floating, or red noses still swimming and active. Yeah I hope not to clean my tank except for the end of season but I was worried I had introduced something that would infect future tanks of fish.. I just cleaned it good with a rag and flushed it with water and let is set for a day to dry. I guess this weekend will be the test if it comes back then I will break out the baking soda. |
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Post by coheasion on May 3, 2018 7:23:56 GMT -5
I have seen that before on some of my bait. Looked to me like it was their slime coat coming off almost. didnt seem to do them any harm though.
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Post by smlfishing on May 3, 2018 8:18:17 GMT -5
I have seen that before on some of my bait. Looked to me like it was their slime coat coming off almost. didnt seem to do them any harm though. Exactly... I thought that maybe we had added to much salt. They seemed fine as well. Glad to hear from a fellow BW guy so I guess our bait is not only hard to find it does crazy things. Thanks again. |
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Post by coheasion on May 3, 2018 12:20:44 GMT -5
Speaking of Blackwater bait....I had some Blackwater gizzards in my tank this weekend and did a water change in Craddock creek....those gizzards had no idea what hit them when that cool crystal clear water from down lake hit the tank. They thought they had died and gone to fish heaven lol!!
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