Video of my shedding tank

[Jim Bright]

Thought I'd share a video of my shedding setup. Seems to work best with Facebook. Try this one
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/8Gd5LBup55EmrY6E/?mibextid=G4Q45F

My family eats most of what I shed out. I may try to set up some more tanks and sell a few next season. Tough to beat the price per crab you can get compared to a hard crab.

[jack1747]

Looks  good.  I would add a 4-6" pvc pipe sitting over the drain.  This causes the drain to drain from the bottom of the tank instead of skimming the fresh water from the top.  Also drill a quarter inch hole in the base of the drain pipe.  The hole will drain the tank if the pump/electric fails.  The peeler can live in the little bit of water but will die pretty fast from lack of ox if the tank stays full.

[Jim Bright]

Thanks. I have a piece of 6" pvc with notches on the bottom I put over the drain, just not in the video. 

I still havent drilled that small hole in the drainpipe for when power goes out. I need to do that next spring. 

[Jim Bright]

Here's  a photo of the pipe I'm using, guessing similar to yours. Some other things in the one photo I use a lot, old fish basket cut in half, the thing to measure salinity, and the dip net.

[Mikie]

Jack knows all of the tricks of the trade. That drain allowing the water to escape during a pump failure is extremely important. I don't know how much sediment or waste you get with a closed system, rounding the corners on the inside of the tank would improve the flushing motion of the water as it circulates and help to drain out the waste.

[Mr. Ray III]

Lets see some pictures with 500 peelers in it!

[Jim Bright]

Good idea to round the corners. That poly-fil used for quilting that I lay on top the shell filters a lot of the debris, and the top keeps a lot of debris out of it.

I end up overloading it with peeler sometimes and they start getting hung up. I end up freezing peelers or selling them as bait because at times I get too many.

I need another tank.