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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dewey02 wrote:
A holding tank is NOT a waste treatment plant and it isn't a septic tank. So comparisons to those systems is not even relevant. A holding tank is just that - a holding tank. If you've got no smell problems, just continue using a lot of water with each flush. If you've got some smell problems, then there are many products you can use. It isn't rocket science and it isn't a big deal.
And despite what is said above, commercial waste treatment plants often add chemicals to sewage to precipitate out the phosphorous (tertiary treatment) that is present in sewage and isn't removed through the aerobic biological process.
Probiotics aren't going to precipitate out the phosphorous and even if it did that would only create the problem of having a layer of phosphorous on the bottom of your holding tank.
