Mission Statement: We fix the ancient low oxygen problems in bait tank and live well water with new aquatic oxygen supplementation technology and knowledge of how to use the equipment safely in order to provide the best live fish transport care possible. We provide extensive and ongoing customer support at no charge. Our goal is to provide anglers with top of the line modern dependable livewell oxygenating equipment and the knowledge necessary to be successful transporting live bait and live tournament gamefish safely. Managing live well water quality is the key for successful live bait and tournament fish transports.
Oxygenation Systems of Texas builds, services and sells top of the line portable and stationary live well oxygen injection systems since 1993, The Oxygen Edge™. Our aquatic life support systems are used by sport fishermen and commercial fishermen who demand the highest quality live bait possible; baitfish that are more energetic and durable than any fresh caught bait require high doses of pure supplemental oxygen dissolved in livewell water. Our company concept is based on the fact that every summer live bait fish and tournament gamefish transported in boat livewells and bait tanks often become sick, lethargic and often die during and post transport because of chronic livewell suffocation (hypoxia) and is caused by fishermen's choices of poor livewell oxygenating equipment (mechanical aerators and livewell water pumps are limited because of air) , air is not oxygen.
David Kinser, the founder, applies to fish, 27 years of human medical experience and his expertise with human oxygen life support transport system concepts, design, fabrication, modifications and novel applications. Being an avid live bait fisherman and tournament angler plus having an exact understanding about the chemistry and physics of oxygen transport and oxygen life support equipment, the door was open to new and innovative aquatic life support transport systems applications, a novel career field and business opportunity that began in 1993 which has thrived in the sport fishing and commercial fishing industry worldwide.
We supercharge live bait with the precise dose of oxygen necessary for long transports in closed livewells and bait tanks. A minimal dose of oxygen is necessary to sustain life, a considerable higher dose of oxygen is needed for supercharging. A fisherman must have adjustable oxygen equipment capable of delivering various doses, concentrations and volumes of oxygen, adjusting the dose of oxygen correctly is not only vital, it's cost effective. Adverse summertime conditions, hot bait tank water coupled with livewell overstocking, always leads to increased acute and delayed mortality, red-nose and poor fish health in the summer with aerators and water pumps. Most attempts to correctly poorly oxygenated boat livewells and bait tanks with aerators and water pumps fail miserably ever summer. Why? Because air is not oxygen. Livewell oxygen deprivation is the most serious bait tank and livewell water quality problem, especially when sustained livewell oxygen deprivation last all day in aerated boat livewells every summer.
All professional live fish transporters, federal, state and proprietary fish hatcheries, transport and oxygenate live fish exclusively with compressed oxygen bubbling into their live wells or liquid oxygen systems (LOX). Fish hatcheries do not transport any live fish anyplace or at any time with mechanical aerators alone because there is not enough oxygen in air to prevent oxygen deprivation/suffocation during the transport. Livewell oxygen systems are mandatory for all professional fish transporters worldwide.
The Oxygen Edge™ is built for transporting and supercharging live bait fish, shrimp and mature gamefish in catch and live release fishing tournaments. The Oxygen Edge™ is not repackaged / relabeled medical equipment and was not built for a 150 Lb. person with heart and lung disease, a child in respiratory distress or welders. It was built specifically to transport live bait fish, shrimp and tournament gamefish with water quality and safety foremost. Our attractive white aluminum oxygen tanks are miniaturized, compact, light weight and, easy to operate and clean. Simply submerge the diffuser in the bait tank and turn the oxygen tank valve left half around on. Adjusting the oxygen regulator is easy, just dial in the pounds of bait or tournament fish you are transporting or stockpiling and the correct dose of oxygen will be delivered. You may maintain and transport from 1 - 240 pounds of live bait or live gamefish as safely as any federal or state fish hatchery.
Our nickel plated brass precision adjustable oxygen regulators administer a precision dose of oxygen needed for supercharging while eliminating excessive oxygen waste and gas cost. The costs of continuous operation is less than one cent per hour. Fewer oxygen tank refills are needed because The Oxygen Edge™ is efficient. You may refill the portable oxygen tank at home at your convenience in 5 minutes with the brass transfilling adaptor. Simple step by step refilling instructions are included with each system. Trips to the oxygen supplier for portable oxygen tank refills take time and require travel, plus they are expensive.
When captive live bait fish need supercharging during transport we give them compressed oxygen, the same way all fish hatcheries transport live fish through out the USA. When transporting hooked tournament gamefish and keeping them healthy in your boat livewell all day in summer tournaments is necessary for winning and conservation, supplemental oxygen administration in livewell water is necessary to maintain a minimum of 100% dissolved oxygen saturations whether your livewell contains 1 gamefish, couple of limits of gamefish or 200 lbs of live baitfish.
The Oxygen Edge™ is the world's most efficient live well oxygen-injection system, born out of necessity and anglers' demands for safely transporting and warehousing healthy high quality live bait fish overnight. Transporting mature tournament gamefish long distances for many hours in closed livewell systems dramatically improves summer tournament survival and fish while minimizing acute and delayed mortality and poor tournament fish health. The Oxygen Edge™ automatically controls the correct dose and volume of pure oxygen required by your live bait fish and tournament limits; it's a turn on and forget boat livewell/bait tank system that's quiet, dependable and works flawlessly year round, especially in warm summer livewell water. Oxygen life support systems must not fail at anytime and must.
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