Forum: Dealing with Algae & Slime

I have an above ground pool that is about 9800 gallons. I'm using a 6-way HTH test kit to test my water. I keep getting green algae on the bottom...

Our neigbour has a saltwater pool. It has black algae, particually in some places where the very thin top layer of plaster has separated from the...

We have a 45K gallon Gunite Pool and thanks to this website and the test kit I have had an easy time keeping it clear and algae free for the past...

Please help me figure this out. We have a 29K plaster inground pool. We've been getting a lot of rain lately and the chlorine feeder wasn't high...

Hi. Thanks for taking the time to help me out. I've ordered one of Ben's kits (yesterday) after reading TONS of great material about pools on this...

I see this in many threads: "My water is cloudy." Sometimes, it means you can't see the bottom; other times, there's a "green tinge", or "white...

I've been messing around with something in my pool for almost a week now. First it started out as reddish-brown bits that I was unable to positively...

We have an in-ground pool which is about 7 years old. It's about 15,000 gallons with a Pebble Tech surface. I have had very few problems over the...

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 have been battling my pool for three weeks or maybe longer. i have used lots of bleach, but it remains cloudy. the readings at the pool store today...

Hi all, Been battling some algae. Thought I had it licked last week, then it came back after having the pool covered every day this week. Problem I...

I sprang a leak in my hose from filter to pool so off to the pool store to get another , I took along my sample bottle so they could check my CYA...

Hello, I started with very cloudy water in my fiberglass 14,500 gallons pool. My numbers - FC = 15 - trying to keep it there, but it keeps...

I have a 24' above ground pool. Latest stats are: FC 4, CC 0 , TC 4, PH 7.5, ALK 100, CAL 110, CYA 30 temp is about 74 I added a liquid solar...

OK. I put our pool at the new house last summer and bought Ben's kit and went BBB. Great. I thought I was doing pretty good. Opened this year to...

FC 10 CC 0 TC 10 PH 7.4 CYA 42 After a week of shocking this pool to over 24 FC at one point I had given up on ever getting the CC to...

I thought I'd post some photos of my green pool in the hopes that seeing it might shed some light on my situation. The photos dated 5-23-06 is where...

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

Helping a friend with her 16 x 32 liner pool, with salt water generator (not sure on gallons). Said her pool is green with algae, she hasn't turned...

Have had pool for 16 years 16x32 inground, vinyl lined, sand filter, heater, in-line chlorinator. Three years ago began experiencing this brown,...

I just got an email with Leslie's winter clearance specials advertised. Both the above products are on sale. For curiosity, I looked at the MSDS...

I have had my pool running for 10 months and didnt have any issues until around November with what I thought was mustard algae. I then get rid of it...

I have an AG vinyl liner, de filter, northstar .5hp Hayward pump, 18x34: cc- .6 or so tc- 17 ph- 7.3 alk- 160 cal- 220 cya- 35-40 temp- 68

Wasn't sure where to post this...I went outside and added 4 cups acid to the pool this morning. Went over to check the filter pressure (which was...

We have drained our (Plaster) pool and have small patches of Black algae that just wont go away!!! I can scrub and get some of it, but not all of...

I have been getting a yellowish substance in my pool that is VERY easily swept/vacuumed up on a consistent basis the past month or so (every week and...

We opened our pool the middle of April and everything was fine - crystal clear water and great numbers- only little problem was a few small stains...