New rig, never had a live well? Suggestions?
thanks 
I have not used it yet! 
Put in drain plug, start manual pump, shut off pump, aerator, when done pull drain plug? At home rinse out and wipe down and leave door open to air out? 
Never put soap in it.
Enjoy.
What do you clean with??
Vinegar, Ammonia, Bleach??
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What do you clean with??
Vinegar, Ammonia, Bleach??
Baking Soda. Save the bleach for the toilet.
I personally never put any chemicals in my livewells. Flush with fresh water wipe dry and leave them open.
If the drain doesn’t have a screen, learn how to backflush. Eventually, a fish will puke up something that will go part way down and plug it up.
For what they are worth, the WI DNR recomends flushing with water that is greater than 104 degrees F if you can not dry it out for 5 days before going to a different body of water.
Depending on the water pick-up type you have, you may have a finer screen placed inside of a larger screen. Weed seeds and slime can plug that up. If find that the pumps run and no water is coming in; its usually a simple solution to flush out the screens. Most will just screw off.
If you develop a minor leak in the system, aquarium glue works great.
A full livewell of water will reduce the MPH and increase your gas consumption. Depending on type/size of rig, calculating part of the weight of the water toward sizing your pitch/cupping on a prop can make a huge performance difference.
If your trailering your boat with the livewell full of water, remember that adds 8#/gallon of water to your trailer. Doesn’t seem like much, but many trailers are sized for the rig with a very minimal load. Add gas, anchors, gear, and a couple hundred pounds of water and you could be near or over max load.
Circulating water works good for short term and cooling the water a few degrees. But if you want to keep fish alive all day, be sure to add fresh water on a regular basis. More in hot weather.
If you put a leech bucket in there…be sure the lid is secure 
stuwest, 
now that is funny dead fish 
For my 2 cents worth, I would add a timer to the livewell pump. Fill the livewell on manual then switch over to the timer…I have seen too many people that think they can just fill it and add fish…they call it a live well, but it ends up more like a science experiment gone wrong. Add the timer to keep fresh water flushing out the old water on a regular basis, you will bring home fish in a lot better shape. I also added a bubbler for those times when you need a little extra.
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If your trailering your boat with the livewell full of water, remember that adds 8#/gallon of water to your trailer.
Many states are similar to this new MN law- NO water in the bilge or livewells allowed while trailering, period. And also required to have drain plug pulled also while trailering.
Check your Iowa’s law about this and be safe.
Jack
I’m building a live well currently from scratch. I was advised to put in three plumbing fittings:
a) input at bottom with a riser to a top areator, all from the rear;
b)an overflow out the side wall of the boat;
c)a pump out at the bottom (new with the new law)
Required two pumps. you’d think someone would design a reversible pump now. pretty easy with DC…
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I personally never put any chemicals in my livewells. Flush with fresh water wipe dry and leave them open.
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they do I saw it on line somwhere I’ll look Stan 
heres 1
https://www.flow-rite.com/catalog/united-states/marine
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