Water Bottles Turning Green

[adbirdy 14]

Hello All,

 

I'm sure I've seen this on here before but I can't b****y find it now. Now that the warmer weather is here, (hopefully for a while) even though I change my ferts water every day, I am having a problem with the bottle turning a bit green, does anyone have any good tips in getting the bottle clean and keeping it clean.

 

Thanks in advance

 

 

Ade

[Guest jt750]

I used a small handful of dry rice in the bottle half fill with water.. top on ..a good shaking will clean the inside ...Don't think you can stop it getting green tho

Edited April 25, 2009 by jt750

[Kay 3,709]

I used a small handful of dry rice in the bottle half fill with water.. top on ..a good shaking will clean the inside ...Don't think you can stop it getting green tho

 

Thats what i do & stick your finger in the top of the bottle & give it a shake , dont know anything else that gets them as clean really as the dry rice

[ferreter.al 22]

alrite mate,when im refilling the bottles i stick my little finger in the top of the bottle and like hook it round and turn the bottle so it like cleans all the green crap off the top of the bottle but....i do have small girl like hands so that may not work for you.atb

[ferret15 0]

baby's bottle brush. you can delay them turning green by covering them as it is the sun that makes the algae grow you can buy jackets for them but a sock works just as well, only disadvantage is you cant see at a glance if there water is empty i personally give clean fresh water twice a day as tap water will turn after 8 hours (ever taken a swig out of a bottle of water thats sat in the sun all day :sick:) so they never run out anyway.

[para1 11]

If you can arange it so that the bottles are always in the dark or shade they dont go green

[Guest jt750]

Good idea the sock ....and yes fresh water twice a day

[Nobby 65]

Ive been using a plug chain or a lenth of small linked chain for donkeys years drop it inside the bottle with a bit of water and give it a good shake job done .

[the_stig 6,614]

used to keep plenty of bottles in to rotate them when i kept rabbits , leave them soaking in steradent the denture cleaner . or some baby bottle steralizer ..

[adbirdy 14]

Thanks all for the replies, some good solutions there and I will start changing the water twice a day to keep it as fresh as possible.

 

Ade

[The one 8,579]

Ive got a chain off a sink plug at the back door and when im filling the bottles give them a clean dont let it start to build up

[andy s410c 62]

You could give these a go,got them off Ebay £3'ish each...thermo bottle covers,had no probs this winter & they keep the water cooler in the summer.

 

 

The green cover i bought from pets at home...no price on it when i got to the till,£10 but it's good quality...

 

[tarn 7]

try using milton sterilising fluid for babys bottles or i use some bottles that are white not clear, they dont seem to get green the same. sorry i cant remember what makr they are just got them from a local pet shop.

[Malt 379]

I use the dry rice method mentioned above.

[sue 1]

for the odd ferret thats caged and has a bottle i made myself a few of these