Where to buy anti bacteria solution?

Gentleman · Sep 22, 2004

I recently noticed my tubes getting cloudy. I am just using distilled water in my loop. I realized that this was stuff growing in the water. I am using silicone tubing so I can't add water-wetter (which I usually use to kill the bacteria). I have seen some people use bacteriacide (sp?) with good results. Where do you buy this stuff? What is it called? How much does it cost?

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pirred908 · Sep 22, 2004

Use methynol. I think you'll need a perscription to get it though. I don't think water wetter is an anti-bacterial agent, but I could be wrong. Try a pool supply store if the methynol thing doesn't work out.

Gentleman · Sep 22, 2004

So will this methynol kill algae and stuff too? Would an aquarium store have what I need?

Crash893 · Sep 22, 2004

could you use iodine ( sp)

i know they sell it at backpacking stores to purify water so that should be enogh to keep things dead

also ive always marvaled that something can live in closed system like that no air no light nothing i can think of to eat

i would think that if you left it long enogh it would use up all the food in the water and just die by its self

wfarid · Sep 22, 2004

use anti-freeze dude, itll kill any bacteria... it acts like a bacteriacide... i'm surprised some1 didnt mention that to u earlier...

Electron Chaser · Sep 22, 2004

When I did the whole watercooled thing. I bought my supplies for this at either a waterbed store or a Pool Supply store.

Crash893 · Sep 22, 2004

wfarid said:
use anti-freeze dude, itll kill any bacteria... it acts like a bacteriacide... i'm surprised some1 didnt mention that to u earlier...

im not sure that it does

it makes the water more base but im not sure if actually kills anything

Gentleman · Sep 23, 2004

So does antifreeze kill bacteria? I never heard that it does or not. Would it make my siliconce tubing go weird if I did add some antifreeze? I know that waterwetter is bad for silicone tubing... not so sure about antifreeze.

wfarid · Sep 23, 2004

sorry i didnt clarify, antifreeze stops the growth of algea and bacteria, it doesnt kill it.... I would clean out my tubing and what not and then use distilled water and antifreeze (15% anti-freeze, and 85%distilled water is a good mix)...

Gentleman · Sep 23, 2004

Is that 15% anitfreeze by volume to water or is that by concentration. Cause i think antifreeze from the bottles is pre-mixed already. Sorry to be picky, I just wanna know the right concentrations.

Thx

hafa · Sep 23, 2004

Anti-Freeze will absolutely prevent ANY biological growth in your system. I've had my system running for over a year and there is no growth even with the case open all of the time and 28C ambient 24/7-365. As wfarid said, clean out your system to remove any debris which has formed and then fill the system with the 15-85 antifreeze / distilled water solution.

One other benefit of anti-freeze is that it will lengthen your pump life, as it works as a lubricant as well as a biocide.

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