Check out the Barley Straw Pellets and water treatment products at our store
Did you know?
Barley is a natural way to control algae and there are different forms of barley:
- barley bales
- barley pellets
What they do: once in the water they start to release barley extract which is the key ingredient that prevents algae growth. It’s not an algaecide, it’s an all-natural way without any chemicals to help control algae. It’s not the fix-all though, and sometimes it’s not enough. In these cases we use barley extract in conjunction with an algaecide like AlgaeFix to get a good grip on it – most of the time.
Factors that contribute to algae growth:
- lack of plants because having other plants in the water will steal nutrients that algae needs to grow
- any type of phosphates that get into your water can contribute to algae growth
- fluctuations in PH can also contribute to algae growth
So there are a lot of things that contribute to it, but if you stick to the plan of using bacteria, barley extract, and an algaecide like AlgaeFix you can keep it under control instead of trying to figure out the problem, asking, where am I getting this algae growth? It’s coming from the sun mainly.
