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Oxygenator #13275935 09/10/19 02:43 AM
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So I just picked up a couple of these and was planning on installing them this week. Just read in another post were another angler claimed they are worthless.

Would like to hear others thoughts that have experience before I go through and install them.

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Re: Oxygenator [Re: Hook'em79] #13275942 09/10/19 02:49 AM
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Make sure you have a cutoff switch if you install. DO NOT use them when there is a high salinity and/or mineral content in the water (ala Squaw Creek and Texoma)… Bad news!!!


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Originally Posted by David Burton

Make sure you have a cutoff switch if you install. DO NOT use them when there is a high salinity and/or mineral content in the water (ala Squaw Creek and Texoma)… Bad news!!!


What happens?
Why the switch, does the auto turn off not work very well?


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Re: Oxygenator [Re: Hook'em79] #13275956 09/10/19 02:57 AM
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They don’t work according to TPWD data. Return them and get your money back.

Re: Oxygenator [Re: Hook'em79] #13276012 09/10/19 04:13 AM
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Save your money and just get an oxygen system. Best $250 you can spend if you really want to keep fish healthy

Re: Oxygenator [Re: Hook'em79] #13276013 09/10/19 04:16 AM
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Spend $30 on VT-2 live-well vents and save your money. They work.


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Re: Oxygenator [Re: Hook'em79] #13276055 09/10/19 10:29 AM
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I have the vt system already but was going to add these as well. Now I’m fairly sure I will be sending them back.


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Re: Oxygenator [Re: Jarrett Latta] #13276065 09/10/19 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Jarrett Latta
Save your money and just get an oxygen system. Best $250 you can spend if you really want to keep fish healthy



^ This

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Originally Posted by BassKarma
Originally Posted by Jarrett Latta
Save your money and just get an oxygen system. Best $250 you can spend if you really want to keep fish healthy



^ This


No doubt..


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Re: Oxygenator [Re: Hook'em79] #13276122 09/10/19 12:33 PM
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My Oxygenator works great! I turn it on, tiny bubbles form and rise out of the water and into the atmosphere! laugh Seriously, I would like to see one of the reportedly done studies measuring dissolved O2 levels in water after using Oxygenator, Oxygen Systems......

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Originally Posted by Hook'em79
Originally Posted by David Burton

Make sure you have a cutoff switch if you install. DO NOT use them when there is a high salinity and/or mineral content in the water (ala Squaw Creek and Texoma)… Bad news!!!


What happens?
Why the switch, does the auto turn off not work very well?

Depending on where you read, Chlorine gas... I can attest that Squaw Creek and the Oxygenator do not play well together. The first time I fished my new boat out there in a stringer tournament, killed three healthy shallow fish. Next day, with the oxygenator off, same other variables, full survival of 5 fish.

The auto on/off is based on water filling the livewell, if you truly want to disable, you need a cutoff switch.


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Originally Posted by Frank the Tank
Spend $30 on VT-2 live-well vents and save your money. They work.

I have had these in my last 2 boats. They work great. First thing I put in my new boat.

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Where can I get these VT-2 vents around Tyler?
We killed fish on Palestine last weekend and I don't want to this weekend

Re: Oxygenator [Re: 361V] #13276179 09/10/19 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by 361V
My Oxygenator works great! I turn it on, tiny bubbles form and rise out of the water and into the atmosphere! laugh Seriously, I would like to see one of the reportedly done studies measuring dissolved O2 levels in water after using Oxygenator, Oxygen Systems......


The only way an oxygen system doesn't work is if you forget to turn it on. Other than that, there is no better way to keep fish in great shape during hot months. Every bassboat should come with one. Crazy that guys spend money on baits rods, reels, electronics, but are apprehensive on adding the one thing that actually helps fish and could make you money at a tournament.

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ive tested them. wouldn't buy them or the vents. I would listen to the above post along with cooling(colder water holds more dissolved O2) your livewell and having hydrogen peroxide(H2O2) if needed.

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