Forum: Dealing with Algae & Slime

First time homeowner with new pool and struggling to get the water looking correct. I have a Hayward sand filter. Pool is an above ground and I can...

Hi. In April of this year we had our liner replaced in our in-ground pool. Water has been great up until last 2 weeks. Chemicals are balanced and...

I started a post under Dealing with Stains and Metals back on May 19th . -- Help unsure if Black Algae ?After determining it is a organic stain...

We opened the pool a month ago and it was green. We shocked and turned light blue and cloudy and now the water ph is 7.6 and cl 1.5. Still cloudy...

Hello! We have a 28ft above ground pool not a year old yet and we are having a bout with dead algae. We didn't cover it over the winter and got some...

Problem: Recurring algae – Pressure in filter jumping from 17 PSI to 35 in 1-2 hours Background: I purchased a home with a pool about a year ago...

Used the pool for the first time yesterday. Put in my cholrine (dichlor) last night and left the filter run. Came out today and there was dirt or...

Hi. I am trying to get things up and running for the summer (like so many others). I have a 17,000 gal inground vinyl lined pool, Jandy60 DE...

I too am a newbie to this forum, thank you. I've been having an issue with green algae, it seems like every other day after I vacuum and brush the...

Hello, I am new here and have a problem with a white gritty substance on my pool walls no one can seem to figure out. Hoping to get some answer to...

Hello, Ive been struggling opening up my pool this summer. I neglected the pool over the winter and it got dark green, almost black. I just...

does adding an algaecide to your pool help keep alge down or does is truly help kill your chlorine?

salt water pool 18x36 - cover all winter - after opening it pump died and pool sat open for a week with out water moving - had major green algea. ...

Thread title says it all. Normally I would just search for an answer to this question, as I'm sure its been asked before. But the registration...

my pool is 16x32. how many gallons is that. Also open to green water , no chlorine reading and ph test says to add soda ash. Water is clearing up...

I have a 42,000 gallon pool, we are having problems with the pool being cloudy. We got it mostly clear and went on vacation for 6 days and came back...

Our pool is light teal and we have put every chemical known to man in it and it will not clear up. All the levels in the pool are where they should...

Since I made the mistake of getting a mesh loop-loc cover 3 or 4 years ago I've opened up to so much algae that my water has been almost black. It...

As stated earlier, we have used Baquacil and currently converting to BBB. Added the chlorine last yesterday evening. Pool is very green and my hubb...

Hi, I am a new user to this site. I wish I would have found it 30 days ago. I am struggling to get my pool in good working order this season. ...

We have a 25K , vinyl pool, sand filter. I years past we have almost totally used bleach for chlorination. We had a problem this year. It was losing...

I had never had a pool before and I bought a house with a pool 8(!) years ago. You would think that I would be better at this by now. I have an...

"Cowardly, cowardly Custard... Can't cut the mustard!" Well, it's time to divert my previous thread:...

My pump quit on me and I ordered a new one online. However, when it got here didn't get around to replacing it (winter in Florida so I wasn't in a...

opened up our pool this year and it was much greener than ever before. In fact, we couldn't see the pool bottom. I have a good testkit, initial test...

My stabilizer got to high, don't know the number sorry. I stumbled on this forum and some answers read lots of stuff. I use 3" puks. What I did...

We have shocked- adjusted ph and brushed until our muscles ache but still can not get a blue clear pool. any suggestions?

I'd read a forum before I registered that gave advice for a 17,000 gallon pool. The problem the original poster was having was that live algae was...

20x40 inground diving pool. Liner is 3 years old. I've been a pool owner for 14 years and this is the first time I have experienced this. Took...

New forum user. Doughboy above ground 28 round 18000 gallons 225# sand filter with 1 hp pump. Just south of Atlanta. Believe my historic issues...