Water treatment...

[S10xGN]

Hi All,

I built an indoor glass waterfall and need some suggestions on treating the water to prevent algae & sludge. I'm thinking add some Clorox, but I'm not sure how it would affect paint/trim/flooring as far as corrosion. The basin holds about 10 gals, been full for about 3 weeks and today when I changed it out, it was sludgy and gray. It's a pain to change out, I'm hoping for a longer-term solution.

The first water batch, I added about 4 oz of Jet-Dry hoping it would act like a "water wetter" but didn't see it. Also looking for a sheeting agent, think a regular radiator-type water wetter would work?

 

[John Larkin]

Treat it like a pool.

https://www.lowes.com/projects/other-activities/clear-cloudy-pool-water/project

 

[salvageV6]

Bacteriacide as used for a humidifier should work, Amazon has it.
Best Air is one brand.

 

[S10xGN]

Treat it like a pool.

https://www.lowes.com/projects/other-activities/clear-cloudy-pool-water/project

I've got to deal with a minor amount of splash-out and don't want to ruin my new flooring by unintentionally bleaching it. I've got a salt pool out back and haven't dealt with chlorine products in over 10 years. All I remember about chlorine is that it corroded everything within 10 yards of it's storage location...

Bacteriacide as used for a humidifier should work, Amazon has it.
Best Air is one brand.

I'll look into that! I heard back from the people at Baquacil, their stuff won't work for my situation.

 

[regan j]

My stupid opinion, it takes very little bleach to treat 10 gallons of water. I would think 3 to 6 ounces would be sufficient. Hope this is helpful.

 

[S10xGN]

The people that made the flooring (CoreTec) got back to me with a nice chart. Seems they tested all kinds of "kitchen" type stuff, but no "laundry" type stuff. Not willing to take a chance trashing a $7000 floor at this time, maybe after the newness wears off...

 

[achalmersman]

In medical equipment that recirculates the same water over and over we use a mix of distilled water and hydrogen peroxide. It gets changed every 6 months. Idk how that would work for you

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[S10xGN]

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