Bob Eager wrote:

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:33:32 UTC, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

Spent the weekend getting the garden ready for summer.

Pressure washed the deck & furniture, oiled both & decided to clean out
the water feature.

What with handymanning it none of it got done last year so it was all a
bit of a mission.

Water feature was really smelly when switched on, I suspected something
had got into the tank & died!

Turned out just to be filthy, cleaned out tank & filter and all is well.

Is there anything I can add to the tank water to keep things clean &
fragrant?

I'd try Milton. Rather less damaging and toxic than bleach (if it's OK
for babies....).
Get at the chemist.


Milton *is* bleach.

Milton contains Sodium Hypochlorite, same key ingredient as most household
bleach. If you get a thin unperfumed bleach with no extraneous additives
(eg Tesco's Value Bleach) I'm pretty sure it's the same stuff for less
money...

Here's a useful reference: http://www.milton-tm.com/healthpro/pro_faq.htm

Cheers

Tim