Forum: Dealing with Algae & Slime

:confused: Hello, I am having a period (last 2 weeks) of floating stuff in pool that looks like pieces of tissue. I catch it in the screen skimmer...

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 just opened. no chlorine, cya 40. the pool looks like a lake, very green. i added bleach, do i add polyquat now too? thanks

I use BBB method. It's my first spring with a pool - new pool May of last year. I'm in GA so I opted to keep my pool "open" all winter - just used...

I've been reading and reading ......This is my 3rd year(yuckiest by far) My pool started off dark hunter green, so far i have vacuumed to waste, (i...

In the 6 years that I've owned our IG pool, I've only "lost" the water to algae twice during the summer and only twice have I opened the pool in the...

This year, we decided to not cover the pool over winter. We lowered the water level to below the return, covered the skimmer, disconnected the pump...

While I was gone, the pool was overcome with algae. My wife came here for help but didn't get any cooperation from the local pool supply store for...

I have gathered from forum perusal that using bleach is recommended for algae. I have a semi-persistant green/yellow algae that won't leave me...

I have a inground pool that I maintain myself. All my numbers are perfect - I can't recall them off the top of my head to post them but they are :) ...

Hello - Algae took over the pool! I have been brushing the pool every couple days and it just keeps coming back. The water is cloudy and has been for...

I'm a first year pool owner, who just went through the process of converting from baquacil to chlorine. Things have been going great until recently...

Ok so two months ago i had back to back green algae breakouts, my cya was very low so the pool could not hold any bleach. now my cya is @ 60 and i...

I have a gunite inground pool - 25,000 gallons. 4 years old.Current readings are: PH: 7.4 TA: 130 CYA: 100+ I have had clear water all year -...

OK, here is a little background. 28ft AG pool w/paper cartridge filter. The pool is old. We had a piece of the plumbing hardware break a couple of...

Durning the summer my pool always seems to remain crystal clear. As sooon as water temp drops and it gets into early fall, I notice I have more algae...

As nitrates contribute to the growth of algae at what level are they considered to be to high? Assuming proper chlorine for a given level of CyA,...

Ok, so its raining here north of Toronto, the water is near the top of the skimmer. I just opened it up and noticed a little black oil slick spinning...

OK! Here we go. I've battled this algae long enough!:mad: I poured 4 gals of 6% bleach in my 10,000 gal. pool. With a CYA level of 40PPM my...

Those of us who use skimmer socks swear by them. They catch all of the small stuff which would normally get sucked through the basket holes and clog...

I guess I need to shock to at least 15PPM or higher to kill this algae. 10000 gal CYA is 40PPM. My question is how can I vacuum w/ a CL level this...

This is my 2nd year with a pool using bleach. Does anyone have any tips for keeping algae at bay during rainy weather....like should you keep your...

This is the first year I've started having problems keeping the water clear. The strange thing is my test results are all in the proper ranges. FC:...

I have had my pool cover rolled up for about four weeks and it has grown algae on it. If I unroll it on to my pool will the algae on it take hold in...

OK, so I had a bit of a black algae problem. So after reading through the forum here I found that the best way to deal with it was to rub a...