Basic live well plumbing

[Outlaw307]

Hey all
im building a live well into my boat and iv been looking for some basic plumbing info but not finding any can anyone point me in the right direction

cheers ian

[ranmar850]

Try this https://flow-rite.com/marine/livewell-builder There is a link "LAUNCH the livewell builders guide" on the page. this will help a lot. And Flow rite sell all the hardware you will need.

[Outlaw307]

Cheers mate , just had a look but the link on the websites not working I’ll have another look later

cheers

[Noelm]

A bait tank is pretty simple, you just need to have it as big as practical, have a scoop to pick up water when moving, a pump to supply water when stopped, and a suitably sized overflow, plus the associated piping, I don't use a pump these days, just a plastic bucket full of fresh water now and then, but the choice is yours, you can have timers and all sorts of stuff if you like.

[Volvo]

Shouldnt be anything too complicated , about to sort one out myself for keeping live mullet supply handy. I would have a pickup pump for when on the pick or stopped , a pickup with an isolator for when on the move and keep the fresh supply to the tank ongoing . I would keep fresh supply of water ongoing one way or another as stop that fresh supply and if you have a few mullet or livies in the tank you will lose some from lack of fresh airated water consistancy.

[Crunchy]

I had a spray wand set up which aerated the top 1 cm of the tank, livies didn’t last very long, re jigged it so fresh water comes in from the bottom overflow at the top , works much better now...

[552Evo]

While you're laying out the pipe work you can fit a T diverter valve and install a deckwash hose if you like.
Handy for washing down blood off the deck and goonga off the bait board.


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[ranmar850]

here is that Flow-rite livewell builder link again, should work this time. https://flow-rite.com/files/flash/systembuilder.html

[Dirtyfuzz]

Cheers mate , just had a look but the link on the websites not working I’ll have another look later

cheers

Need to look at it on a laptop, won’t work on a mobile


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