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 Warrior Mom
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| Anyone do this to keep algae down? My sister in law swears by it. She says she uses just a few cap fulls in her horses trough and it keeps it pretty much algae free. I clean ours out about every other day but it still gets gross with the weather being so hot and humid. She says it doesn't bother her horses one bit. We are on well water. |
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Location: Kansas | Why would you pour bleach into your horses water? You wouldn't drink it would you??????
On a lighter note, I use a bleach/dish soap mix to SCRUB my tanks weekly and rinse throughly.....
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 Miss Laundry Misshap
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| I think I'd be wary of feeding an animal bleach...
That being said, they do make those tabs that you can drop in that are supposed to keep algae down. I have no idea what's in them. |
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Warrior Mom
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| hoofs_in_motion - 2015-09-15 2:35 PM
Why would you pour bleach into your horses water? You wouldn't drink it would you??????
On a lighter note, I use a bleach/dish soap mix to SCRUB my tanks weekly and rinse throughly.....
I don't personally do it.. I too feel weird about it. I was just wondering if anyone else out there does it. I Googled it and found several other discussions on it and was surprised just how many horse owners do it. |
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Miss Laundry Misshap
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| I think it would probably relate to the chlorine in the bleach, which chlorine is what they use in pools. But I wouldn't necessarily want them drinking pool water either. |
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| I have never did that, but it is really no different then chlorinated city water. That amount is even way lower then chlorinated water. The sun deactivates the chlorine so that would be the reason for adding more every couple of days. |
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Warrior Mom
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| I think she uses a few cap fulls in a 100 gallon tank. I've read people using up to a half a cup per 100 gallons . Some claim it actually makes the horses consume more water . |
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| Bleach we use for our clothes is the same stuff used in our drinking water systems.
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Location: Kansas | An old farmer once told me he keeps goldfish in his livestock tanks to keep the algae down.....might be worth a try! |
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| hoofs_in_motion - 2015-09-15 2:35 PM
Why would you pour bleach into your horses water? You wouldn't drink it would you??????
On a lighter note, I use a bleach/dish soap mix to SCRUB my tanks weekly and rinse throughly.....
if you are on city water you drink "it" every day.
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | hoofs_in_motion - 2015-09-15 12:56 PM An old farmer once told me he keeps goldfish in his livestock tanks to keep the algae down.....might be worth a try!
I tried goldfish and some other type recommended.... Not sure if they actually ate the algae... I still had to empty the trough eventually... Fishies didn't last long. |
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Location: Kansas | arion - 2015-09-15 3:04 PM hoofs_in_motion - 2015-09-15 2:35 PM Why would you pour bleach into your horses water? You wouldn't drink it would you??????
On a lighter note, I use a bleach/dish soap mix to SCRUB my tanks weekly and rinse throughly.....
if you are on city water you drink "it" every day.
Actually I'm not but thanks |
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Location: Piedmont, OK | I use the small chlorine tablets that we use in the pool. |
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Location: Peg-Leg Julia Grimm | Bleach is a disinfectant. A really good one. I pour bleach in my tanks when I'm cleaning them. Then I rinse it really well before filling it. I don't think it's a good idea to pour it in their drinking water. |
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Location: In my own world | A half a cup of bleach to a 100 gallon tank won't hurt a horse. Won't hurt a person either. Yes I would drink it. I use those little white tablets and figured it was bleach of some form. Can't say if it helps or not. We have to run water every 3 days |
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I Really Love Jeans
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Location: North Dakota | When I was a kid, the mare I had prefered to drink out of our pool even though we had a water trough for her. She did it for years and it never bothered her, she lived to be 32. I think you could put a very small dose of pool chlorine in the trough but you must be VERY careful to make sure it is at a low dose and balanced. If you dump too much in the water you would probably kill the horse!!!! |
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| I use bleach to clean them and then rinse. I also am on well water and I put bleach down my well only about a cup full. I was told to do that once a year. |
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Location: Here | Sandok - 2015-09-15 3:46 PM I use bleach to clean them and then rinse. I also am on well water and I put bleach down my well only about a cup full. I was told to do that once a year.
Yes you are right. Shocking a well is what it is called.
I know several people that do but only small amounts. We bought the tabs but I haven't used them |
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Location: where ever my L/Q trl is parked | I used 12 feeder fish (which are gold fish) in a 100 gallon tank and they kept the algae down to almost nothing. I would feed the fish every other day with tetra fish food. They grew to the size of a dessert plate then one day a white loon (cranes) came along and had a fish fry.  I was so mad!!!! |
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Location: Jersey Girl | I use bleach to clean the tub but have never dumped it in to drink. |
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