Ok my fellow aero growers.fav alage killers

Ok so Im finally getting my first little tatse of algae coming around.Never had it before so what Im looking for is suggestings or recommendations for a good safe to use in aero setup that will kill algae and unwanted bacterias.I was looking at hydrozime maybe.I wanna hear of good stuff you guys have used and can endorse.

h202 35% by grotek 1ml per gal works awesome for me plus its good for my plants. It will keep the algae away and keep a clean hydro system.

That was another item I had looked at.And may just get on the point I wanted to add some o2 in the water besides my air stones and pumps

just so you know, my ebbnflow system with rockwool was infested with algae when i add that h202 ratio it was as if it devoured all of the algae! I was amaze and now add the lowest amount everytime which is 1ml per gal to keep my system clean.

so 1 ml per gallon and I run a 50 gallon res..hmm how many ml per table spood lol guess Ill use the measuring cup

a 30 gal res is about 1 oz of solution.

How often do you add? Every res change or once a week??

He's talking about the 35% H2O2 to be used at 1ml/gallon. For drugstore H2O2, which is 3%, you would use 15-20 ml/gallon. A tablespoon is 15 ml.

But the BEST algae killer is darkness. The algae is growing because your light is hitting a wet surface, so cover that area and no algae will grow. But you'll still have to kill the algae that is growing now first.

HTH

a tablespoon is also 1 oz. 8 tablespoons is one cup. What are you using to cover that area?? VV

potroast said:

He's talking about the 35% H2O2 to be used at 1ml/gallon. For drugstore H2O2, which is 3%, you would use 15-20 ml/gallon. A tablespoon is 15 ml.

But the BEST algae killer is darkness. The algae is growing because your light is hitting a wet surface, so cover that area and no algae will grow. But you'll still have to kill the algae that is growing now first.

HTH

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i strongly agree with the bold statment, as for resivor cleanliness i use beneficial bactera, it's called Hydroguard Bio-Fungicide

VictorVIcious said:

a tablespoon is also 1 oz. 8 tablespoons is one cup. What are you using to cover that area?? VV

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One liquid ounce is close to 30 ml, and a cup is 16 tablespoons.

Maybe that's what's wrong with your cookies.

1 tablespoon is not 1 oz, where did you get that measurement obviously your out of this world!

correct is 30 ml = 1oz = 2 tablespoon = 6 teaspoon

It wasn't cookies it was a cake. Ended up with 3 different frostings. It was only a wedding cake for 200 people so it wasn't important anyway. I wasn't invited to the wedding. lol Sooo....what are you using to cover that area?? VV

The algae is showing up on the last 8 inches of return hose thats inside the res which always has a lid on it unless Im adding nutes or water.None on the plants or net pots just showing up on the hose ends.I think its an issue with the res temp getting warmer then I like close to 78 rather then the prefered 65.

yea having a 1kgph pump running 24/7 can cause alot of heat problems. If your getting algae there just wipe it off with a towel and cover up those holes so no light get to it.

I wish the algae was on the outside of the hoses ends but its inside the hose ends so I did a res change added some h202 used a rifle cleaning rod with cottom soak in h2o2 and will see how it goes.Im looking into using an old mini fridge with freezer to build a type of chiller.Thinking some copper tubing coiled inside then through a smaller coil in the freezer compartment then a out line all inline with my pump might work.I know I could buy one but thats not fun lol