Forum: Dealing with Algae & Slime

I recently put up a 22ft x 52inch round above ground pool. I chose to go with a saltwater system and a sand filter pump. I read my booklet that came...

Hi! I was looking through your threads and saw a post called "another before and after" by sunlove I believe. My water looks exactly like the before...

Hello all, This is my first post. Stumbled across your guys' website and found a lot of helpful info so I decided to join. I figured this board...

We have been using the BBB method ever since I found this forum and it worked the 1st time when our pool was overrun with yukky green. last year we...

Hi there, New to the forum here. I can be very patient. My pool has maintained it's cloudiness for two weeks now. I can wait another week or two. ...

having trouble yellow alg .wiil just using high does liq chorine kill it . allchemicals are in range

We moved into a home this past November with a in-ground 30,000 gal fiberglass pool. We we moved in I could not tell you a single thing about pools....

We had a late spring. I'm just now opening my pool. I have a 24' above ground pool. I've had it 8 years. Since it's late in the season, we have...

We did not cover our 28' above ground pool last Winter. (I KNOW BIG BOO BOO) Needless to say it was filthy, leaves, green beyond belief. WE...

Hello all, would love some help as I am VERY frustrated at this point. Pool is one year old and starting this spring have had a lot of trouble...

I have been dealing with green cloudy water for weeks now. In the past four days alone I have dumped twelve gallons of 6% bleach and five pounds of...

Hi, everyone. New to the forum, so I apologize for any amateur questions. I opened our AG 18 round, 52 inch deep pool last month. I've been...

Would appreciate any viewpoints/suggestions re phosphate levels in pools. Some say I should be very worried about the level (mine looks to be...

A quick question?? The temps here have been in the 100's for days... Do you need to use more algicides other than your maintenance dosage to prevent...

As a newbie with no kit and having and battling a pool for two years I have decided to fight back. I have well water with metals. I have a 15000...

I have a problem with my pool water, the bottom of the pool started getting some green streaks so I vaccumed the pool yesterday got the bottom of the...

What should I do for high (>1000 ppm) phosphate levels ? Are the test strips accurate enough ? The pool dealer tests my tap water at 300-800 ppm....

Hi, All.. We discovered The Pool Forum years ago and have been grateful to have this great source of reference for maintaining our pool. Happy to...

I been fighting with algae for a few weeks now and it just keeps getting worse. free chlorine 7.3ppm I been fighting with algae for a few weeks...

I have a 15x30 AG pool that was installed last year. About 11000 gallons. It has a Heyward pump and sand filter with multiport valve - it can vacuum...

Hello, I have an IG 24,000 gallon vinyl pool with Hayward's sand filter and a 1 1/2 hp pump. Two weeks after a massive thunder storm I had...

Getting a late start. trying to open the pool and cannot get rid of green dark algae. Total hardness 250 total chlorine 3ppm Free chlorine...

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...

Hi and thanks for any info....I'm still waiting to hear from Ben about my subscription account so I guess i can't post this question in any other...

A problem every year, but this year it's brutal. Strictly BBB treatment and I make progress, but a green haze stays in the deep end and the typical...

I’ve got a 22’ x 51” Intex Ultra Frame pool filled by the local VFD with about 10,250 gallons of “questionable on source” water. I have no clue...

I have a vinyl inground pool that holds 28,000 gallons. This is our 4th year and Im having a awful time keeping it from having a green tint in the...

So I have a inground vinyl liner pool that is 35,000 gallons with some problems. I apparently don't know what I am doing. I have a rather large...

Trying to read about how to get my pool clean again after fighting it for 3 years. I'm sick of seeing green! Please complete my registration so I...