Forum: Dealing with Algae & Slime

Right now on our local news there is a story on backyard pool algae. According to the reporter; pool companies are selling more chemicals this summer...

I'm a newbe here but I've been a pool owner for about 13 years and have had the same pool in my family for a total of 35 years (I bought my parents...

We've been battling leaks and mustard algae this summer. We've had no time to really enjoy our pool. We plan on getting a new liner next spring,...

Him my inground pool 70,000 litres is slighly cloudy. I had put 3 cups of granular chlorine in this morning, and 10 litres of bleach before taking a...

Posted this the other day but it's disappeared. Dismanted my DE filter for cleaning the other day and, after removing the top half of the tank, I...

I would appreciate advice regarding remaining stains. http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=9AZMWrZw3asZw you don't have to log in, just...

Is it algae? I cleaned up the pool after a good thunderstorm. There was a lot of debris at the bottom. The water was clear and my numbers have...

I was pulling my cleaner out of the pool yesterday and notice some green algae inside the flex tube that connects to the suction line in the wall. I...

I tried to raise my CYA ( is just around 30 ) up some by using my 3in tabs I have (...

Looking for directions for the use of polyquat 60 to help with Black Algae. What to do before??? PH? Brush? Vacuum? Shock? How much to use? ...

Although some of you might investigate further, I found this site that offers the 1Qt. Pooltrine 60 for $18.99. They have flat rate shipping $3.99...

If anyone is interested: Ebay has the Applied BioChemist Pooltrine 60 listed for $56.99 per gallon with $6.00 shipping...that's only $15.75 per...

I've done this to myself 4 times in 2 years. Let chlorine get to low again. I normally keep the pool cover on to slow down evaporation, but I was...

I don't know how many others have had/are having persistent algae problems. But for what it's worth, here's what I think is happening in my case. ...

I have an 18 inch round above ground pool with vinyl lining. It was installed about 6 years ago. I am beyond sanity. My pool water was gorgeous...

I've been dealing with White Water Mold in my pool for a while now. It took me a long time to properly identify this stuff. After researching a...

I've tried using the search function, it doesn't seem to work for me. Anyway , it seems that I have white water mold, slimy, tissue paper like. I...

I thought I had maintained my chlorine levels during the winter but when I finally pulled both the net and cover off I was greeted with a dark green...

I am waiting on my DPD-FAS test kit, I currently use a Taylor test kit (color matching), could SOMEONE please tell me how much bleach at 8.25% to add...

Sis has a 65k inground gunite pool with a pebbletec finish. She has black algae really bad. is there anything that can be done?

Have been fighting what thought was black algae all summer . Have been down the road of super chlorinate for 2 days -black algae treatment and the...

My pool got wwm and after 3 weeks I decided to drain my pool and start over. My question is what do I clean the empty pool and everything with to...

The water near the steps.. about 3.5 feet is clear but the deep end of it.. 11ft portion still remains cloudy. I put an algaecide and that cleared...

I have a salt water gunite pool about 40k gallons. It is half empty already as we had to replace lights. So my question is it simpler to just...

Hello All, I had a new liner installed in April. Dark blue, previous one was white. I use the BBB method and never any problems. This year,...