The Red Truck Live Well Primer
The Red Truck Live Well Primer
It seems that I failed to update this thread for awhile due to other commitments. Here is something that is related to the tank:
My small primer on my red truck live well and other enhancements setup:
We start with what the car actually has before I touched it:
- A ~40 gallon tank (I think it is supposed to be a petrol tank)
- A huge bed that allows for many experiments

Here is what is added:
- A wooden box with doors that is the same size as the tank
- An additional battery to power everything at the back connected to the engine-driven charging system of the car to recharge
- A 2000w inverter
- A fresh water pump connected to the tank that capable of 3.3 GPM
- 2 Bilge pumps that is used for water movement in the live well capable of 1750 GPH.
- LED lights for these dark nights when night diving/snorkeling.
Now for the pictures:
The water tank and the wooden box.
My switch panel. I can turn on and off the lights, water pump, and bilge pumps from here. It is water-proof.
The wooden box with doors open. Will go through each one in detail. The middle section is for storage.
The battery and the inverter. I need to tidy up the wiring a bit. :^)
All the connections you might need for the 220 volts devices.
The water pump connected to the water tank from one side and a nozzle from another. These are Gardena hoses and even though I couldn't get it to 'plug-and-play' I still use them because they are good quality.
The 'water-circulator'. There are two of these but we are currently testing one. None of the fish that was put alive died. Only 2 that were nearly dead when placed in the live well, needlefish, died when we reached home.
A bit of modification was done to it. Suction cups were installed on the bottom to hold it in place in the Igloo and (in the future) a custom built fiber-glass live well.
We also modified the way it pushes out water. Instead of one level at the bottom, we installed an elbow and drilled holes all the way to the top. It is powerful enough the push water through all the holes and then some. We are still playing with the height and how many holes we need.
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