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An aeration apparatus for keeping aquatic life alive includes a container for containing a body of water, aquatic life, and an air space. The aeration apparatus is designed for transport in a vehicle receiving locomotive power from an internal combustion engine having a vacuum line. The aeration app

An aeration apparatus for keeping aquatic life alive includes a container for containing a body of water, aquatic life, and an air space. The aeration apparatus is designed for transport in a vehicle receiving locomotive power from an internal combustion engine having a vacuum line. The aeration apparatus has an exhaust tube which has an inlet in the air space and an outlet connected to the vacuum line for drawing air from the air space into the vacuum line thereby creating subatmospheric pressure in the air space. The apparatus also has an air tube which has an outlet in the water body and an inlet in the atmosphere. The method for transporting aquatic life involves providing means for fluid communication between the vacuum line and the air space, providing means for fluid communication between the atmosphere and the water body, and drawing air from the air space to the vacuum line in amounts sufficient to create a pressure differential between the air space and the atmosphere sufficient to cause air to flow from the atmosphere into the water body thereby generating air bubbles in the water body and oxygenating the air. The apparatus, vehicle and method are useful for long distance transport of aquatic life.

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A method for keeping aquatic life alive in a container during transport of the container in a vehicle, said vehicle having an internal combustion engine for powering locomotion of the vehicle, said engine having means for generating a vacuum associated with normal operation of the engine, said conta

A method for keeping aquatic life alive in a container during transport of the container in a vehicle, said vehicle having an internal combustion engine for powering locomotion of the vehicle, said engine having means for generating a vacuum associated with normal operation of the engine, said container containing a body of water for the aquatic life and further containing an air space above an upper surface of said body of water, said method comprising: (a) providing means for fluid communication between atmospheric air and the body of water at a location beneath the surface of said body of water; and (b) providing means for fluid communication between said air space and said vacuum means; and (c) operating said engine to cause said vacuum means to create a pressure differential between the vacuum means and the air space to cause air to flow from said air space to said vacuum means in amounts sufficient to create a pressure differential between the atmosphere and said air space sufficient to cause air to flow from the atmosphere into said body of water to generate air bubbles in said body of water and thereby oxygenate said water.