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Using an aquarium "cleaner" to help with water barrel?
Do any of you have any experience cleaning out your water barrel? I know that we've had some either mold or algae(?) grow inside the water barrel and I was wondering if anyone had any personal experience with using an aquarium cleaner to try and clear it up? It's sort of problematic when the barrel is full, but the sides are green-ish. I figure that not all aquarium cleaners are the same (just like Clorox and Charlies soap aren't the same kind of cleaner) but I wasn't sure what to look for. This is actually a gift idea Dh and i have for my BIL who lives in a very arid climate and doesn't have the luxury of dumping his barrels to clean them in anticipation of rain--simply because their rains fall so seldom (and he has multiple barrels).
Re: Using an aquarium "cleaner" to help with water barrel?
It depends on what he uses the water for, I think. I use ours for the veggie garden and sometimes I catch critters drinking from it. I don't think I'd feel comfortable putting something with chemical aquarium cleaner on our garden or letting the dog or birds drink it.
I use vinegar to clean ours, and unless I let it get out of control the vinegar takes care of the algae/mold with very little scraping. I don't think there's any way to introduce chemicals (including vinegar) without some dumping involved, unfortunately.
He might have better luck turning the barrels daily and scraping as needed to keep the mold from forming in the first place and leaving them open to the sun whenever possible. He'll still get some buildup, but a little algae or mold won't hurt a garden anyway.