Patent ID: 6962019

Claim:
An enhanced filtration and water conditioning system for a bait tank comprising: (a) a bait tank having a top, a bottom and an essentially oval shaped exterior wall connecting the top and bottom of the tank, first and second interior compartment lid covers pivotally attached to the top of said bait tank and each selectively covering a cutaway portion of the top of said tank, first and second interior water compartments separated from one another and the exterior wall, top and bottom portions of the tank via a first interior wall and a first interior bottom, a second interior wall separating the first and second interior water compartments, a dual compartment filtration unit removably accommodated within the interior portion of the second interior water compartment, filtration unit inflow and outflow water conduits each of said conduits communicably attaching said filtration unit to said first and said second interior water compartments, (b) pump means for circulating water from said first interior water compartment into and through said second interior water compartment and returning said circulating water to said first interior water compartment, (c) a water conditioning unit attached to the bait tank via input and output water conditioning conduits, including a water conditioning compartment having a tubular conductor in communication with an evaporator, compressor and condenser forming a heat exchanger, a refrigerant traversing said tubular conductor; means for circulating water from said second interior water compartment through said water conditioning compartment and cooled thereby, then returning said circulating water to the first interior water compartment.