Texas Gardening: concrete livestock trough, 1 by crowellli

crowellli wrote:
You would probably have to clorinate. I have 2 fountains, one small in front garden and a large one in back. They both have birds at them frequently and both have continously pumped water. They both get algae in them and the grackles make the problem worse because they seem to dunk everything they eat before eating it. so there always seems to be bits of bread and stuff in there. I have a bird bath close by without circulating water and clean it daily, but they still foul the fountain. We use spa size, 1" diameter, stablilized chlorine tablets. In the summer about 2 a week in the large fountain and 1 a week in the smaller one. Even with all this, we have to drain and clean the large one 2 to 3 times a year. Both ours are concrete. Here's a pic of the one in the front garden.