Water Trough Algae - Pool Shock?

[MossRoad]

Maybe ask around on some horse boards. :confused3:

 

[Diggin It]

Maybe ask around on some horse boards. :confused3:

Will a chat over a chess board do?

 

[AWSubie]

I think the best way to treat your tanks is with liquid bleach I know you don’t want to use liquid but what if you used a self measuring bottle see attached link Tip n Pour Measuring Bottle, Tip n Pour Bottle for Pest Control then basically all you need to do is measure out your ounce or 2 ounces depending on the size of the tank. This would keep the process pretty simple. Ideally you will want to keep the chlorine level at 4 parts per million (which is safe for humans to drink) and still prevent algae growth. The down side is this would be a daily affair.

 

[Argonne]

Maybe ask around on some horse boards. :confused3:

Maybe a livestock board. Horse boards are utterly dominated by complete whack-jobs. If I asked this question on one, I would have a hundred irate replies in a hour.

 

[Argonne]

I think the best way to treat your tanks is with liquid bleach.

Like you, we live in Texas. Imagine transporting bleach in any spray, squeeze, tilt-dose, etc bottle in your vehicle, every day, 365 days a year, and employing it 2500 times a year. There will be accidents with liquid bleach, and accidents with liquid bleach are expensive and dangerous.

 

[MossRoad]

Maybe a livestock board. Horse boards are utterly dominated by complete whack-jobs. If I asked this question on one, I would have a hundred irate replies in a hour.

I can only imagine. We were involved in 4H for 15 years with out kids. We always joked that there are two 4H fairs; one for the horse people, and one for everyone else. :laughing:

I'm not sure just chlorine will solve your algae issue. We always use an algaecide along with chlorine. Don't know how safe that stuff is for animals to drink. I mean, yeah, people might swallow a bit of water in a pool, but it's not like we're drinking gallons of it every day like a horse would.

 

[MossRoad]

24 tablets for $30. 1 tablet lasts 12 months.

Something like this maybe?

https://www.amazon.com/Airmax-Stock...locphy=9016277&hvtargid=pla-306935070615&th=1

 

[MossRoad]

24 tablets for $30. 1 tablet lasts 12 months.

Something like this maybe?

https://www.amazon.com/Airmax-Stock...locphy=9016277&hvtargid=pla-306935070615&th=1

Some people comment returning to plain bleach. Lots of other comments about using bleach as well.

I've used bleach for 10is years in the pool. Only splashed it out onto my shirt once. Where a white shirt and goggles on bleach day.

 

[MossRoad]

HA! Found it in my work clothes pile on the laundry table...

 

[Diggin It]

There will be accidents with < XXX >, and accidents with < XXX > are expensive and dangerous.

Insert any of many liquid product there from gasoline to insecticides.