“A” for Algae
This red coating on my tank and fuel cap can only be one thing…Algae! I’ve been running veg for 5 years and have never contracted an algae bloom in my fuel system before. Damn. I should have used protection. I shouldn’t have been sharing nozzles with my friends. I showed my fellow co-op members and they told me their fuel tanks have looked like that for years. My friend Steve actually has an appreciation for his now living ecosystem in his fuel tank. Eh, he he. I’m not so thrilled. Apparently this algae can be killed by stuff called Biocide? The quandary is that once killed, the algae will clog filters, tank screens etc. I’m tempted to let this go. Does anyone else have experience with this?
What would be nice is if I can get this algae to produce oil as it’s growing.
-Jason Jelonek