Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Matt - aquatec on August 10, 2013, 09:52:46 pm
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Hi chaps,
My storage ibc has got some Greek algae starting to grow in it... How do you suggesti clean it?? I was thinking about beer line cleaner???
Cheers
Matt
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Green algae. Not Greek
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bleech with a little bit of water to cover the bottom leave to soak.. and then wash it out around edges
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and to stop it happening again, cover it so no sunlight gets to it ;)
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Acgood jet wash in and out and as rg has already said cover them over or place them in a shaded area
I did find when I was using them day in day out the water never went green even in the summer ( didn't have time to settle )
Darran
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Hi chaps,
My storage ibc has got some Greek algae starting to grow in it... How do you suggesti clean it?? I was thinking about beer line cleaner???
Cheers
Matt
Find someone with a swimming pool. Get a small jar of their chlorine powder (or buy a lifetime's supply, 2kg for £10-£12). Put a level teaspoon (level it with a knife, should be about 4g) in a full IBC. It'll raise your TDS to about 3 but you can use it. Every 1000 litres that go into your IBC for the next couple of weeks, put half as much in (so about 1/4 teaspoon). Algae will disappear.
It'll also kill off any legionella in there, which is no bad thing.
Vin
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i have one of them blow up hot tubs, you can buy chlorine powder for cheap for these as the other person said do this, and then paint it black
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Pressure jet would do wouldn't it?