How should I seal this?

[bashr52]

The livewell compartment on my new boat only has a pump that pumps the water from the compartment, no way to fill it or circulate/aerate the water. This is obviously not the way it was from the factor as there is a switch on the dash marked "aerator". I am going to be adding another thru-hull fitting with spray head, and removing the existing pump and adding a removable stand pipe. The compartment measures 29"x29"x15". I am thinking about cutting off the stand pipe so the water can only get 10" deep, that should give me about 36 gallons. Is 10" is going to be deep enough for a decent sized fish?

The deck is a fiberglass cap that is set over wood stringers, and the tank is a molded fiberglass unit. There is a gap along the top where the livewell meets the deck that I need to seal off to prevent sloshing water from getting on the wood and saturating it. What is the best way to seal this off? The picture isn't the best, I had to hold my hand inside the livewell and shoot under the decking blind to try and capture the gap. It looks way bigger in the picture than it actually is

 

[joeltjen10]

The livewell compartment on my new boat only has a pump that pumps the water from the compartment, no way to fill it or circulate/aerate the water. This is obviously not the way it was from the factor as there is a switch on the dash marked "aerator". I am going to be adding another thru-hull fitting with spray head, and removing the existing pump and adding a removable stand pipe. The compartment measures 29"x29"x15". I am thinking about cutting off the stand pipe so the water can only get 10" deep, that should give me about 36 gallons. Is 10" is going to be deep enough for a decent sized fish?

The deck is a fiberglass cap that is set over wood stringers, and the tank is a molded fiberglass unit. There is a gap along the top where the livewell meets the deck that I need to seal off to prevent sloshing water from getting on the wood and saturating it. What is the best way to seal this off? The picture isn't the best, I had to hold my hand inside the livewell and shoot under the decking blind to try and capture the gap. It looks way bigger in the picture than it actually is

I had a similar issue with mine where the livewell didn't seal up nicely. Not necessarily the best option but I ultimately ended up replacing my hatch and livewell with a combo that went together.

 

[ajgraz]

Will you be using it as a livewell, or as a baitwell? If as a livewell, how big will your fish be, and how many in the creel? In any case, I'd think you'd want to use as much of the 15" of depth as you can, especially once you fix the slosh issue.

Dunno about the plumbing issues, but I am in the middle of sealing against slosh-through-the-gap just as you are:
http://forums.iboats.com/forum/gene...l-into-bilge-seal-or-let-bilge-pump-handle-it

I think the Great Stuff "Pond and Stone" is going to work...but boy was that stuff hard to apply!

 

[bashr52]

I'm reading online the deeper the better for the livewell, but 8-10" is standard, 12" is considered pretty deep. I may cheat it to 12" but that would be just over 43 gallons, or and additional 344 lbs when full (not that I'd be driving around with it full all the time).

I'll look into that great stuff for the sealing issue.

joel:

I'd have to cut a chunk out of the floor to remove the lid and livewell. I'd likely have to have something custom made to fit in that spot, so I'm going to just work with what I have . Thanks though.