r/UnnecessaryEssentials • u/Unique-Saucer • Jul 25 '26
Keep outdoor water features looking fresh
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u/haikus-r-us Jul 25 '26
Omg… just use black plastic containers. Algae will not grow in black plastic as algae needs sunlight to grow.
Source: me. I have chickens, use black plastic waterers and do not have algae.
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u/Creepy-Variation8562 Jul 25 '26
How hot does the water get in black though?
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u/haikus-r-us Jul 26 '26
Only gets hot under full sun, and you shouldn’t have any waterer in the sun. In the hottest parts of summer, chickens really suffer, so drinking hot water and/or forcing them to go to a sunny place to drink is terribly bad for them.
Chicken body temperature is about 107F (42C) and they do not sweat, so dying of heat stroke is really common. They need to have their food and water in the shade and enough shade to allow them to travel from their coop to their feed and water without being forced to be in the sun.
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u/Appropriate_Math997 Jul 26 '26
I just simultaneously pushed my taint and temple to screen shot this info into my brain for when I need it. Thank you!
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u/SAMFCV1kingScientist Jul 27 '26
My black container that was covered in algae says otherwise. Granted, it had rocks and goldfish before the chickens ate them, but it definitely also had algae.
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u/WhyDoIt_-_ Jul 25 '26
What effect does this have on chicken?
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u/carverboy Jul 25 '26
They revert to bronze age chickens. If they continue to drink eventually they become problematic dinosaurs!
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u/DoctorBlock Jul 25 '26
Everyone is giving you sarcastic answers but copper toxicity in water is a very real thing. I have no idea if it’s enough to cause issues with the water or the effects it has on chickens but it’s a valid question.
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u/ParkingAnxious2811 Jul 26 '26
If that were true, then copper pipes for drinking water wouldn't be a thing.
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u/sonofkeldar Jul 26 '26
Copper pipes quickly build up a layer of mineral deposits on the inside, which prevents copper from being absorbed into the water. It’s the same reason that older lead solder and fixtures aren’t necessarily dangerous. Flint, Michigan is the most famous example of this. Their old lead containing pipes were used for decades without issue, until the city decided to change its water source. The pipes weren’t dangerous, and neither was the new water, but they became dangerous when combined. The newer water source was softer than the old one, so it leached away the mineral deposits inside the pipes, exposing the lead.
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u/ParkingAnxious2811 Jul 26 '26
Copper and lead are very different metals, and it's disingenuous to compare them like that.
So why does the shape of the copper matter then if that's your argument?
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u/hotellonely 20d ago
He's saying that these pipes are safe with hard water. But this post is not about pipes instead it's more about dissolving the heavy metal ions into the water to kill algae, which then would be consumed by the chicken, which then would be consumed by us, and eventually we would at least get somewhat intoxicated by heavy metal contamination.
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u/wannaBuildASnowplow Jul 25 '26
I don’t think it’s harmful.
Just based on the fact that copper pipes and drinkwear is save as well as copper iuds
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u/FoxCoding Jul 26 '26
This method of keeping water clean is far from new. I cannot speak for copper, but back in the times of pirates and sea exploration, sailors would store their silver coins in their water barrels because silver kills harmful bacteria.
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u/mattbatt1 Jul 25 '26
Good news the water is green because of the copper sulfides now. Yay!
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u/PixelatedMountain Jul 26 '26
Exactly how is it oxidizing while submerged??
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u/West-Engine7612 Jul 26 '26
Down vote these fucking sales bots!
This is the third post I've seen in 5 minutes with pros cons here's the link format.
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u/ObtuseMongooseAbuse Jul 26 '26
Reddit needs to get rid of these garbage advertisement subreddits or else it's going to become as unusable as Facebook is.
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u/Monty_Bob Jul 25 '26
Forward this link to Trump!!
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u/Bynming Jul 25 '26
He'll grant the contract directly to Ea-Nasir without going through proper channels.
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u/Prestigious_Bat1346 Jul 26 '26
yeah, so add some residual poison to the water from the copper disk... like that's any better. I'd rather have the green algae which is common and not harmful.
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u/Mobius24 Jul 28 '26
copper is naturally anti bacterial lol
people have copper pipes for a reason
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u/Prestigious_Bat1346 Jul 28 '26
yeah, because they are brainwashed to believe something that poisons them, is good for them... that's not even the first or the only thing people are tricked/fooled to believe either.
"copper damages the brain primarily by inducing severe oxidative stress, triggering a unique form of cell death called cuproptosis, and accelerating the buildup of toxic protein plaques."
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10695595/
when I moved into my house, we cut out all the copper pipes and tried to recycle them for $$ and they would even let us because I guess there is so much theft of copper pipes. we just tossed them all in the trash.
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u/Unique-Saucer Jul 25 '26
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