Green algae in water troughs

14u

Anyone got a solution to getting rid of green algae type stuff growing in water troughs.
Does my head in having to clean them out every week.

jt65

a fist full of lime

otherwise some chlorus , leave over night and empty

14u

Tried both but it only slightly improved the situation , thanks anyway.

moy83

14u wrote: »

Tried both but it only slightly improved the situation , thanks anyway.

I bucket out the water first , then lash in a few fistfulls of lime while its filling again . Then scrub the lime well into the inside of the trough so it penetrates all the sides , then empty it out again of that water . It should settle down nice and clean after that .

trixi2011

herd if put a few goldfish in each of them they stay clean have never seen it done tho

Capercaille

Put some straw in tights and put in trough. When straw rots it inhibits algae growth.

larrymiller

trixi2011 wrote: »

herd if put a few goldfish in each of them they stay clean have never seen it done tho

Would the cattle not eat them??

micky mouse

moy83 wrote: »

I bucket out the water first , then lash in a few fistfulls of lime while its filling again . Then scrub the lime well into the inside of the trough so it penetrates all the sides , then empty it out again of that water . It should settle down nice and clean after that .

any ideas how to keep ibc tanks from growing algae/how ya clean them out

Milked out

You could cover the trough when cattle are out of field. No light no algae

A cow called Daisy

Capercaille wrote: »

Put straw in tights and put in trough. When straw rots it inhibits algae growth.

I'm sure that has happened someone on here on a personal level:o

whelan2

how come the algae is only in some drinkers and not all of them?

A cow called Daisy

whelan2 wrote: »

how come the algae is only in some drinkers and not all of them?

Heard people saying that the ones along a hedge a lot worse than those that not.
There often a lot of chlorine in some group/council schemes, would that not help keep it away. Also heard the fish story.
Does whether it plastic or concrete drinkers make any difference?
Using scheme water here and no problem but others on scheme do. Have about 80psi here and those with problem have about 30-40psi. Would pressure of water into drinker have an affect on to.
Sorry, more questions than answers

whelan2

no algae in troughs on outfarm but there wouldnt be as much of a flow there as its all drystock. Seems to be mainly concrete drinkers, doesnt seem to make a difference if it near a hedge or not here. Both farms on own well

blue5000

Capercaille wrote: »

Put some straw in tights and put in trough. When straw rots it inhibits algae growth.

+1
I think it has to be barley straw. Be careful of fish, if they can swim back into the ballcock they will give you hell blocking all the other ball cocks:eek:

onyerbikepat

blue5000 wrote: »

+1
I think it has to be barley straw. Be careful of fish, if they can swim back into the ballcock they will give you hell blocking all the other ball cocks:eek:

Have you been watching 'Finding Nemo' ?

blue5000

onyerbikepat wrote: »

Have you been watching 'Finding Nemo' ?

No, a neighbour put fish in a tank years ago, heard all about it after that.

TUBBY

Had same problem. 20-30ml of iosan into each water trough. Bye bye algae. Its a great disinfectant and at that concentration no harm at all to cattle.