Forum: Dealing with Algae & Slime

I opened the pool this year a bit late and discovered a pretty nasty mess of algae underneath the cover. It was mostly brown and pretty disgusting.....

Numbers are as follows, P.H. 7.2 (trying to lower TA per Pool Doc's reccomendation form SWCG pools), FC 5.0, TA 90 CYA 80, CH 300. I have small...

Yep, my pool was opened a few days ago and it's a lovely shade of green. :-) This is the first year I've had a test kit showing TC and I was...

I have a hayward cartrage filter.. how do I know if I am able to vacum to waste... Inground gunite pool 27000 gallons Mean green is dead but...

Hey everybody, I've got an annoying issue that I don't know how to clear up. I had a bunch of algae in my 15' circular above ground vinyl pool (with...

My husband and I purchased a home 2 weeks ago and it came with a pool!! Unfortunately, it was not maintained during the off season and was a dark...

in addition to adding appropriate levels of Cl- would covering pool to block out sunlight help fight algae? Algae is a plant, requiring light for...

Just educated myself on the BBB method and wish I had done so sooner..... it is what it is. I had the green monster and was able to get it back to...

Hi all, I'm new to the forum and looking for some advice. I live in Central Fl where it's currently pushing 90 and algae is in full bloom. I have...

Pressure issues, need help I have a pool and spa attached that has a fountain with DE filter. The spa/fountain is flowing water back into the...

We bought a house with a 30,000 gallon gunite pool that is black onyx. Across the winter we turned pump off and now have a solid green yucky pool....

I am new to this site but need help. I have a 24ft round above ground pool. Its an intex pool with a salt water system. It has been closed all...

Hi everyone! I'm a new home owner w/ inground 16 x 32 vinyl pool. We purchased our home end of November and the home had previously been on the...

long story short I have yucky green pool water(due to my neglect and ignorance) you could not see deeper than 6 inches. now Ill explain my...

I have a in-ground pool and no matter how much chlorine and acid I use, the pool is greenish in color and murky. So far I was using power powder plus...

Hi all, Ok, so I am guilty of lurking and hoping to get things fixed on my own. Well I almost made it :P lol I have a gunite pool, Freeform.....

New pool owner (just joined the forum today...), I have a salt water pool and turn off the filter for a few days (it was rainy) and noticed I had...

Carl, Thanks for the good advice. My wife found this forum for me as I had a major Green Algae bloom when I got back from vacation. I tried the...

Hi all, I live in the Northeast where I’ve used my in ground pool from June to late September. Last year I started using a solar cover and I got...

Hi all, I've been lurking on here the last four days trying to figure out how to clear up an algae bloom in my 21-foot above ground that was here...

I think we need some serious help and guidance here people!!! Our pool is a liner pool with 37500 gal of currently neon green sludge!!! Before we...

I have a 24' above ground, vinyl, 4.5' deep pool (13,5000 - 15,000 gal.) with a sand filter. We moved last fall so this is all new to me. Trying to...

Thanks again to this great wonderful site. I have an issue with algae-due to my hectic days and well, er laziness- but what kind I do not know. It...

My pool is too blue and brown stuff is settling on the bottom of pool. This was the 3rd day. I thought i killed this stuff off 2 weeks ago. I...

I've done some reading in here and i have a basic dropper test kit. PH 7.4 Alk 100 CYA 55 using the disappearing dot method it has 35k gallon...

I removed the solar cover to discover green algae growing in the pool. Brushed pool and brought CL up to about 18 (CYA is 50) at 9:00 this AM. Now...

Hi. Sigh. I wish I'd found this excellent resource before I attacked my algae problem: Above ground easy-set pool, 6K+ gallons, wimpy pump with...

About 3 months ago, I replaced the ORP sensor on my PoolPilot. About 2 months ago, I put Borax into my pool as a buffer. Right after doing that, my...

Several weeks I posted about our continuing algae problem. By the time I posted I had thoroughly read the other forum posts and we decided our...

Hello all - so thankful to find this site after spending enough $$ at the dang pool store!! Hoping you can get my pool back to algae free side...