[p1w1]

hi all,

I have my water tank in the back of my van but with sunlight coming through the back windows the area on my tank which it hits starts to build up with algae i have cleaned it out a few times however it's quit difficult to reach inside and a couple of weeks later it starts coming back it's like its ingrained a bit inside the tank. I was thinking i could maybe fill the tank up with normal tap water and put some bleach or something that would kill it off and leave it over the weekend but am a little worried that this would then contaminate the purified water does any one have any ideas on any type of chemical or sterilising solution i could use.

many thanks
paul

[JSMC]

cover the tank possibly?

[pingu]

Could you make a cover for it...say out of plywood or similar?

Just a thought...Cheers Dave.

[p1w1]

yeah the tank is already covered as i have put a plywood shelf on the top and its only the end of the tank that has the problem (its a 400l flat tank). The thing is i need to try and and get rid of it properly somehow first  then after i will also cover the end of the tank, the algae slowly gets worse even if the sun is not on it.

paul

[tomy jackson]

spay bot with blech in it neat blech  spray and lave over nit , hose out , put towel over tank , or pant van windows in side to leve it looking lick you sprad it

[p1w1]

tomy have you done that yourself and did it contaminate your water or was it ok...

can you not blank your windows out

I will do something like this after i have managed to clean the tank out properly as i need to do that first.

thanks for all the comments..keep them coming
paul

[dmlservices]

ive never had that problem , even when i used a 250 ltr upright in a berlingo multispace.

daz

[Oakley Windows]

What was the name of the bloke in 'Allo Allo who was an English airman disguised as a French Onion seller?

[tomy jackson]

rince well all will be ok ,iv not dunt my self but one of the gods on one of form has ,i wooden hesetae to do , i have panted van windows on lods of vans & put wire mesh on in side to stop the thevs it dusent mater how bad you pant it looks prfesnal on out side of van

[Nathanael Jones]

Milton will kill it, and its a lot easier to rinse out than bleach. Maybe a strong dose of IPA would work too?

[tomy jackson]

the cors is sun lite

[windowwashers]

hi all,

I have my water tank in the back of my van but with sunlight coming through the back windows the area on my tank which it hits starts to build up with algae i have cleaned it out a few times however it's quit difficult to reach inside and a couple of weeks later it starts coming back it's like its ingrained a bit inside the tank. I was thinking i could maybe fill the tank up with normal tap water and put some bleach or something that would kill it off and leave it over the weekend but am a little worried that this would then contaminate the purified water does any one have any ideas on any type of chemical or sterilising solution i could use.

many thanks
paul

Cover the back windows imo would be the first thing I would do.

[karygate]

paint the tank black.

[windowwashers]

the cors is sun lite

100% true, sunlight will griw algee very quick you cant get rid of it if it is in direct light even a UV filter would find this hard as the tank side would grow it. keep out of sunlight, block off the windows, or paint tank black (windows is cheaper option and will look far better IMO.
Ian

[p1w1]

thanks for all the replys peeps and i hear what you are saying but my question is not how to stop it as i know how to do that it is more to do with how can i get rid of what has already happened i'm going to try the milton idea as i was thinking of that myself and i'm going to blacken out the back windows after this has been done..as for the milton idea what ratio do you reckon i would need..
 thanks for all your inputs

paul