CUTURHAIR
05-12-2006, 08:31 PM
Hi,
I need some advice on mustard algae. I have it and the owner of the pool store I used for my liner and repairs was just here to check on something I was not happy with that they did (a repair) He said I have mustard algae, and said I need to come in to their store and use something they sell that will take care of the mustard algae. I think he said it was a copper based product. My pool is vinyl liner, inground, and I have never used anything other than what Ben reccomends, and like the idea of having no "outside" chemicals in my water, other than the grocery store chemicals. There are no "outside" chemicals in my pool water since I had the liner changed, and I would prefer to keep it that way. However, he said chlorine alone will not take care of mustard algae.
I am still trying to get my cya up a bit. It is finally getting a little cloudy but not quite enough when I test the cya levels, as I didn't have enough on hand when I put it in last week. My cya drops to zero over the winter every year.
So, my question is, once I get my cya to about 30 or 40 ppm, is it possible to get rid of this mustard algae with consistent shock levels, and for how many days would you reccomend? OR, do I HAVE to get the pool store, copper based stuff, and will it mess up my water balance, once I add that, and create a summer full of problems???
One thing he said, was that when I treated the mustard algae with this product they have, he said I should put all floats, brushes, vacuum heads, nets, etc in the pool to be treated as well, because if they are not treated, they could reinfect the pool with the mustard algae again. Sounds reasonable, do y'all agree with that thought?
Thanks for any advice. I really don't want to add this copper product if I can shock it, and vac to waste, brush, brush, brush, etc instead. On the other hand, if I need to go ahead with the "store" product, I would like to get that going soon and get rid of this mess.
Thanks!
John
I need some advice on mustard algae. I have it and the owner of the pool store I used for my liner and repairs was just here to check on something I was not happy with that they did (a repair) He said I have mustard algae, and said I need to come in to their store and use something they sell that will take care of the mustard algae. I think he said it was a copper based product. My pool is vinyl liner, inground, and I have never used anything other than what Ben reccomends, and like the idea of having no "outside" chemicals in my water, other than the grocery store chemicals. There are no "outside" chemicals in my pool water since I had the liner changed, and I would prefer to keep it that way. However, he said chlorine alone will not take care of mustard algae.
I am still trying to get my cya up a bit. It is finally getting a little cloudy but not quite enough when I test the cya levels, as I didn't have enough on hand when I put it in last week. My cya drops to zero over the winter every year.
So, my question is, once I get my cya to about 30 or 40 ppm, is it possible to get rid of this mustard algae with consistent shock levels, and for how many days would you reccomend? OR, do I HAVE to get the pool store, copper based stuff, and will it mess up my water balance, once I add that, and create a summer full of problems???
One thing he said, was that when I treated the mustard algae with this product they have, he said I should put all floats, brushes, vacuum heads, nets, etc in the pool to be treated as well, because if they are not treated, they could reinfect the pool with the mustard algae again. Sounds reasonable, do y'all agree with that thought?
Thanks for any advice. I really don't want to add this copper product if I can shock it, and vac to waste, brush, brush, brush, etc instead. On the other hand, if I need to go ahead with the "store" product, I would like to get that going soon and get rid of this mess.
Thanks!
John