Black water tank additives QUESTION
Question: If probiotics are good in the holding tank and some of the RV stuff has them in them, can we just add our over the counter probiotics that we take to our holding tank? If so how much would y...
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Reality is it's all marketing. Probiotics and other additives are just money makers that do nothing.
Every time you sit down, you are adding a dose of "probiotics" along with the nutrients they love.
Go to a commercial waste treatment plant and ask. They don't add probiotics or anything else. It will break down on it's own. Same thing if you have a septic tank system at home. Adding magic powders doesn't do anything.
That said, 2-3 days on a weekend trip...you will be draining the tanks long before it can break down (with or without probiotics). Even at a week, the breakdown won't do much.
Biggest thing you can do is use plenty of water with the solids deposits and make sure the tank gets at least 3/4 full before dumping (run extra water before pulling into the dump station if needed). That ensures enough water so that the solids are carried out with the liquid.
If the solids are sitting in a pile under the toilet pipe in 1/2" of water, when you open the valve the solids stay right where they are. Done repetitively, the top of the pile will dry out and eventually can reach high enough to block the toilet outlet pipe.
Every time you sit down, you are adding a dose of "probiotics" along with the nutrients they love.
Go to a commercial waste treatment plant and ask. They don't add probiotics or anything else. It will break down on it's own. Same thing if you have a septic tank system at home. Adding magic powders doesn't do anything.
That said, 2-3 days on a weekend trip...you will be draining the tanks long before it can break down (with or without probiotics). Even at a week, the breakdown won't do much.
Biggest thing you can do is use plenty of water with the solids deposits and make sure the tank gets at least 3/4 full before dumping (run extra water before pulling into the dump station if needed). That ensures enough water so that the solids are carried out with the liquid.
If the solids are sitting in a pile under the toilet pipe in 1/2" of water, when you open the valve the solids stay right where they are. Done repetitively, the top of the pile will dry out and eventually can reach high enough to block the toilet outlet pipe.
