Forum: Dealing with Algae & Slime

Water is finally looking like it was last year , yaaaaaaaaaaaa ! The pool looked great but every time I back washed the sight glass turned green ,...

hi everybody, I need a little help with my pool. I have a problem with algae in my pool. I have gonr to the pool store and bought everything that...

Okay... So... Of course, I learned the hard way to refer to these forums FIRST. But instead I went ahead....purchased some cheapo algaecide and...

I have read many posts on the subject of Mustard Algae. Most asking, “Do I have it?” But find no definitive description to identify it, and I have...

Hello, Thanks for this great site!!!! My pool worked fine until I left town on vacation, came back home and had algeae. shock/vacuum, clear up...

Hi Everyone..we are so newbies to the larger pool and we are freaked that we found some algae at the bottom yesterday...its not alot,just bits here...

Hi! I need your help please! I have a 48 inch by 18 foot Intex pool. I know the filter is inadequate. I also use a device called a Slimebag to...

I have a pond which is about 100 feet from the pool and it is starting to turn greenish. My question is, will the algae from the pond somehow...

I have an intex pool 18' 42" , can't control algae. Levels were normal added half gallon of bleach, can somebody help me? Thank you

Here are the numbers for my 10,000 gallon above ground vinyl pool, using Walmart/HTH 6 way test kit: TC: 3.0 pH: 7.2 TA: 200 CYA: 100+ (could...

According to the local paper, the city pool was closed down due to an algae bloom. The newspaper reports, the "algae contamination is believed to...

Hi All, I've been reading this thread about Deb's mustard algae problems. I've got mustard algae right now also. What a frustrating problem! We...

I've been lurking here for a few weeks trying to learn how to deal with the algae bloom I had in our Intex 15X36 pool. After struggling with the...

My pool has been green now for about three days and I can not get it clean. I have added algaecide and shock it to it, but it doesn't seem to be...

I can not begin to tell you how happy I am to have come across the Forum. This would be my second year on Baquacil for a South Florida 15,000 gal. ...

I have a 24' x 15' AG that sees full sun all day long. I am looking into getting a solar cover and would like suggestions on who makes a quality...

And I have the empirical evidence. This is the first year in the four I've been living in the south, and owning my pool, that we had a significant...

Just wanted to add my pics to prove it works. This was our pool last year.... it had everything but the bass. That's when I discovered this site...

I read here that algaecides are better to use as a preventative measure than a treatment. I never had an algae problem with my pool – only in my 2nd...

We've had our IG gunite pool/spa for nearly a year now and everything's been fine until today, when we noticed green algea (quite a bit, actually)...

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...

I would like to thank everyone here for all your help. I had Algae and cloudy water for weeks and I was going crazy as well as broke trying to clear...

I can get rid of this stuff. Some people tell me that it is not even algea, so an algecide will not help. It has a slimmy feel. I have heard that...

:) Just signed up after reading late last night and more today . This forum is really getting me up to speed . Had a algae problem that was...

I know I have made a boo-boo. Now what are the consequences. My water was clear and all the numbers were looking good but as a preventive measure I...

Greetings-- I thought I had this @#$%^&* alge/cloudy problem beat... until... 32k Vinyl IG Water temp 80+ "normal" chlorine level kept (4+)...

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...