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Location: KS | I know this has probably been talked about before, but asking anyway.
How does everyone keep their tanks clean. I have a float hooked on and as soon as I get it cleaned up and filled again, in days water is green. I know part of reason is float keeping it full at all times, but I have a better piece of mind knowing they always have a tank full of water.
Been thinking about trying goldfish? Any other ideas?
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | If water is turning green then Goldfish will not help. Every time I clean my water troughs I add just a tiny bit of clorox to the water troughs to help keep the algae from growing, I clean at least once or every other week. |
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| My troughs are not huge but I use a couple splashes of colloidal silver. It seems to help. |
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"Heck's Coming With Me"
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Location: Kansas | Our metal tank is easy to keep clean just by washing it out with the hose every now and then. The rubber one whole different story. The green stuff clings and doesn't want to wash out.
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Location: KS | Mine is plastic. I wash it out as soon as I see buildup or moss, but water is green within 2 days. So how much Clorox do you use. I just hate the idea of them drinking bleach. My take is 500 gallons, we switched to a smaller one but still 250. Its a chore for me to clean it out once a week. |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Peewee212 - 2018-08-15 5:01 PM Mine is plastic. I wash it out as soon as I see buildup or moss, but water is green within 2 days. So how much Clorox do you use. I just hate the idea of them drinking bleach. My take is 500 gallons, we switched to a smaller one but still 250. Its a chore for me to clean it out once a week.
I hated the thought of putting bleach in my horses water too, but goodness the water troughs would get so much nasty moss and algae in them within 3 to 4 days after cleaning, so I thought what the hack, my troughs are 100 gal and I have 4, one in each pen and I use just a tad less then a 1/4 cup (2oz) per trough all I have out here is well water, and the bleach has helped so much, I have been doing this for about 4 or 5 years now and the horses seem to dont mind it a bit. I still clean them out at least once or every other week, but I can see the difference I dont have all that junk growing on the sides and bottom no more. |
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| I keep them only half full so its easy to clean and doesn't get too nasty and we power wash them about every 2 weeks. I'm super picky about having clear clean water for my boys. |
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| Power wash and bleach, fish did nothing but they were kind of cool to have. |
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| The bleach helps so much, even just a splash helps more than nothing. I'm out and I had algae in my tanks in three days. The bleach keeps it from growing stuff for two weeks, but it won't be crystal clear after a couple days. I tasted the water just to be sure I couldn't taste it. |
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | Many years ago, when I worked in the Research Labs of Kent Feeds, my boss (PHD) suggested putting Copper Sulfate (Blue Vitrol) in my water tanks. Since that time, I have put a Tablespoon in our 150 gallon Rubbermaid water tanks...... NO algae grows and no health problems with horses. |
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Location: The Lone Star State | Barley straw!! it totally works, you can get them on amazon 2 for like $11 lasts a couple of months. |
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