Housekeeping Question

[kimber_lee_314]

My water dishes are always covered in algae. I rinse them out almost every day with a jet spray and fill them with clean water, but most of them still get algae. Even the rocks get algae on them (or at least a slime.) Then I have to take a scrubber out there and scrub them clean which is a pain with all my tortoises. I'm curious as to what everyone else does.

 

[lynnedit]

I wonder if anyone has any idea if barley products are safe; they are for fish, pets, etc. Barley itself is fine.
I use them in my pond (bags of barley straw, and the barley pellets) and they work so well.

http://www.petsolutions.com/C/Pond-...ract - 18 oz&gclid=CM-O1dKl6K8CFQOEhwodyye90A

 

[kimber_lee_314]

I was hoping to get more responses as to how people deal with algae in their water bowls. Do you leave it, or scrub it clean?

 

[Utah Lynn]

I just rinse and wipe mine.

 

[tyrs4u]

Daily I wash rinse repeat. After that in 2 weeks I dip them in hot water with a little bleach to dilute it and clean it up by soaking for a minute, scrub, Wash/Rinse/Towel dry.

 

[MikeCow1]

I just hose them out with the highest pressure on my hose nozzle and refill.

 

[Laurie]

My water dishes and rocks also seem to be a bit slimy. I just wash them with dish soap everyday. I'm not sure why its happening because they never go more than 24 hours without being washed.

 

[Yvonne G]

I just tip the water out, rinse under a strong stream of water from the hose and refill. A little bit of algae never hurt anyone! Occasionally I will take a scrub brush to them, but mostly I don't.