Purifying System (BLEACH)

[jslaney]

I completely agree that algae is a natural part of the system but there are definitely nuisance algae’s that I would like to avoid. I am pretty sure that Bleach is not a detergent but is actually just concentrated Chloramine (the same stuff they put in our drinking water) I figure it would be a good way to nuke the system of any life and then add the life I do want using LR and such. I am sure I will get some bad algae but hopefully I don’t get all of them. Are there any chemists out there that disagree with this statement? Also I am not worried about the stuff on the glass just the stuff that will grow over my corals once I start putting them in.

Thanks for the replies thus far.

Jon.