Converting a 20ft cistern into an underground eel pond.

[Cowturtle]

Fish of many names lol… eel pout, burbot, poor mans lobster… lota lota… one thats always been on my list and rarely kept. Wonder how cold u really need to keep them long term. There breeding them in vats over seas now. Seen them available a few times over the yrs now ??. Funny/ironic how other countries produce our native fish.

They’re actually native all the way down the Ohio river to me in Cincinnati but I think there’s no chance I’ll catch one. I do go seining often but I don’t actually fish. I bet the temp would be perfect in here.

 

[The Masked Shadow]

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Here’s where I’m running the airline then it’ll have splitters down in the hole.

I have came across your TikTok before lol ?

 

[deeda]

A cistern under your garage? Any worries about chemical contamination or vehicle leaks?

 

[Cowturtle]

A cistern under your garage? Any worries about chemical contamination or vehicle leaks?

The only opening is the manhole so I should be alright. It was used for drinking water for 30 years then sat empty for 20.

 

[Lepisosteus]

Use electric eels instead. Good place to throw boisterous house guests.

or sharks with laser beams.

 

[Rtc/tsn]

They’re actually native all the way down the Ohio river to me in Cincinnati but I think there’s no chance I’ll catch one. I do go seining often but I don’t actually fish. I bet the temp would be perfect in here.

There’s burbot in the Ohio river? Got a new target fish for the season lol

 

[neko1]

Cool project but is this really fun? I mean can you see anything in that dark black pit underwater?

Would be nice to swim do with underwater lights.

 

[Lepisosteus]

Cool project but is this really fun? I mean can you see anything in that dark black pit underwater?

Would be nice to swim do with underwater lights.

Fun is subjective is it not? What may be fun for someone else may not be fun to you.

A lot of people would look at the majority of us on this forum as odd. Wondering how or why we could enjoy keeping fish. I personally would love to have something like this under my basement. I’d likely add halides to the ceiling and light it up with a dock going out over the water and turn it into a bass pond or something but I could see sneaking down there with a flashlight to check out a bunch of eels being just as cool.

im personally jealous. Have fun with this project. Super cool

 

[jjohnwm]

Cool project but is this really fun? I mean can you see anything in that dark black pit underwater?

Would be nice to swim do with underwater lights.

I agree that opinions vary, but I tend to go with this ^ one. Clinging to a metal ladder after slithering through a narrow manhole, and needing a headlamp to maybe see any fish? Hard pass! The whole thing has a bit of a "Silence of the Lambs" kind of vibe to it.

"It takes the Massivore and drops it into the water..."

 

[Cowturtle]

It’s already there so I’m gonna use it. I’ll enjoy the cave style setup for sure. Like I said my main hobbies are fish and crawling around where I shouldn’t be so this will be perfect and only 5 feet from my living room.