What homesteader has extra time to spare? Not us for sure and most likely you don’t either! Today I am wrapping our fourth IBC with black plastic to keep the rays of the sun and algae out of our tanks.
Algae. The dreaded enemy of our IBC’s. Not only does it make the water disgusting, it takes plenty of time to drain and clean out an IBC. Consider wrapping it!
So far we have seen a difference in the clarity of our water supply from these covered totes. No GREEN! We’ve come a long way with our water storage and have learned plenty. Check out how we first started here!
Once of the best things we purchased was this little tiny water transfer pump. I kick myself because this is a recent purchase and it has made water transfer SO simple! Don’t waste your time, grab one right away, you AND your back will thank me for it!
So if you don’t want to see the dreaded algae, check out this video and see if wrapping an IBC is for you.
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What’s the best way to wrap a cut or halved IBC container? I’m working on a small aquaponics system, so I’m going to be using a modified IBC container to hold my fish.
Wow! We purchased a few 10 gallon pools that were at a crazy clearance price for our someday aquaponics. I really am not sure how to make a 1/2 container work, but here’s my thought. If I were to attempt to wrap a cut IBC, I would invest in some black Gorilla tape (I used some at the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket that split and it was all I had a the time. It needed to hold water so I taped the split from the inside, with black Gorilla tape and the bucket is still holding water TO THIS DAY!!!). I would try not to have the tape hit the water line so if it’s possible to have the water about an 1″ or more below your tape line – this may work. So just wrap as I did but pull the plastic over into the open (inside) side of the IBC and tape. Tape really well! If it holds like it does with my bucket then you should be good to go! Best of luck!!