Battery operated aerators

Right so I'm converting and old 60L esky into a portable live well(for breaming as well as holding live bait) just wonderind if anyone else has done so and what aerators did you use? Most of what I've looked at are cheap rubbish and there are so many on e-bay! Cheers!


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Bought a Rapala one about a

Fri, 2013-10-18 18:09

Bought a Rapala one about a year ago for the odd land based fishing treks and attached it to the outside of one of those old pet food drums works a treat

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 I've used one in a 20lt

Fri, 2013-10-18 19:03

 I've used one in a 20lt bucket worked good for two or three hering or whiteing anymore than that they start looking sad ! 

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Never used one. I have a

Fri, 2013-10-18 19:22

Never used one. I have a bilge pump that constantly pumps new water and then overflows out !

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otherwise if you are after a

Fri, 2013-10-18 19:27

otherwise if you are after a removable aerator to put in and out of your head to whitworths they sell them about $60

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cheap $15 bilge pump from

Fri, 2013-10-18 21:37

cheap $15 bilge pump from Whitworths, Plastic retic pipe with some holes drilled into it to make a spray bar cable tie mounts to hold it above your water line and its about as good as you get for under $20

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got a esky conversionkit from

Sat, 2013-10-19 14:39

got a esky conversionkit from bcf for around $30. works well but after a while the scales tend to block the inlet