Author Topic: Algae (Read 4610 times)

zwartbles · « **on:** August 21, 2012, 09:05:18 am »

Hi all !

Does anyone have ideas on how to prevent algae from forming in large plastic water containers ?
Particularly interested in systems not using a copper based additive.

Many thanks

Mallows Flock · « **Reply #1 on:** August 21, 2012, 09:26:20 am »

My friend painted hers black on the outside.... no algae or green water since!

Bionic · « **Reply #2 on:** August 21, 2012, 09:38:34 am »

My water container is black and I don't have the problem either
Sally

Foobar · « **Reply #3 on:** August 21, 2012, 10:29:11 am »

Goldfish, apparently.

woollyval · « **Reply #4 on:** August 21, 2012, 12:49:07 pm »

Quote from: foobar on August 21, 2012, 10:29:11 am

Goldfish, apparently.

Yep....either that or keeping the light off it!

Foobar · « **Reply #5 on:** August 21, 2012, 01:27:31 pm »

Dunno about the black - I have a black rubber water trough and it gets algae, both floating and on the sides, although maybe not as quickly as my other non-black troughs.

Greenmoor · « **Reply #6 on:** August 21, 2012, 01:48:09 pm »

Quote from: foobar on August 21, 2012, 01:27:31 pm

Dunno about the black - I have a black rubber water trough and it gets algae, both floating and on the sides, although maybe not as quickly as my other non-black troughs.

It's to do with the light getting to the water - in a trough it still does, but in a black container it wouldn't