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Has anybody else been "recommended" to mix algaecide in there diesle fuel by the co-ops? or has any body had problems with it?
 
If the fuel is kept in a metal tank, and light can't get to it, why would you need an algaecide? Not trying to pick an argument, just don't understand why algae would be a problem.
 
There are algae or bacteria that can grow in fuel tanks at the boundary where the fuel and any water separate at the bottom of the tank. It happens more when you have fuel that has sat for long periods of time without getting sloshed around. Growth begins in the water and will extend into the fuel. The biggest pain about this is that it will get sucked up into filters and clog them. (sort of looks like blue gray snot!)
 
Algaceide is like a winter cold, you have it but don't know where you get it. All tanks have a vent hole and pulls in outside air. I think bio-diesel would be more likely to contain it then straight diesel.
 
Never had any trouble with algae on our farm, but up in ND it is below freezing all winter and our fuel doesn't get stored for more than a couple of months - and in steel tanks so no light gets to it.
 
We never have, and I don't see why unless you have had problems with it. If no problems, tell them thanks but no thanks.

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
I own and operate a fuels testing lab and we see
both aerobic and anaerobic growths in fuels these days. www. Fuelsandlubestechnologies.org.
 
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