Thread: What Would you use to clear odour in water tank?

Not an expert opinion but years ago when our main house tank got a bit smelly I pumped the water out the bottom and back in to the top with a splashy jet of water to thoroughy mix and aerate the contents. Plenty of oxygen kills the anaerobic bacteria that breed in the deoxygenated stagnant bottom water. You could also weight down a compressor hose and let it bubble through for a while although it might get the compresor a bit hot. Its basically what you'd do to a fish tank.

Pink Stain, fermenter cleaner, available at your nearest Homebrew shop.

Just saw the size, thought it was 350lts

Baz.

I've heard of people using a sachet of Pool Shock in a tank. Cost about five bucks from your local swimming pool shop.

I recommend drain the tank and hose out well, make it clean.


Wash out with water and domestic bleach, ( it contains sodium hypocrite), or use some pool chlorine. No need to use a lot about 2 % concentration should do.

Leave the tank empty until the rain comes, (or a few days). when the tank has some water in it put a little bleach in there. Most domestic town water is dosed with chlorine, ( available in domestic bleach), for biological growth control.

Originally Posted by simmo

I recommend drain the tank and hose out well, make it clean.


Wash out with water and domestic bleach, ( it contains sodium hypocrite), or use some pool chlorine. No need to use a lot about 2 % concentration should do.

Leave the tank empty until the rain comes, (or a few days). when the tank has some water in it put a little bleach in there. Most domestic town water is dosed with chlorine, ( available in domestic bleach), for biological growth control.

Just love auto correct Is that Sodium which doesn't do what it claims?

Originally Posted by Tombie

Just love auto correct Is that Sodium which doesn't do what it claims?

Well spotted sir ...................

You could get some Borax from Woolies/Coles. About $5 from memory. Looks like sugar crystals.

Do a Google on how to use it to clean tanks. Yachties use it when someone puts Diesel in the water tanks by mistake. Gets rid of odours and bad taste.

Empty it and clean it out.
You'll probably find a dead critter floating around in there.
Probably a frog.
Then wait for rain.