Forum: Dealing with Algae & Slime

Opened up pool and I have green water ( I can see the bottom kind of - 52" deep). The readings I have are Hardness 200 Free Chlorine 10 PH 7.5...

HI guys, I have been trying to eliminate mustard algae for abotu a week now and am not sure if i am doign it right. Brief history... 30ft above...

Hello All! First things first- Thanks for such an incredible forum- I've learned so much already, but no doubt have a ways to go. I wanted to post...

I have a canister of "Green To Clean" made by Coral Seas, which I inherited with new house & new pool. Previous owner said it worked great to...

Hello, I am new here and am one of those people who hates my pool right now. I have a totally green, cloudy pool and nothing I do seems to fix it. ...

we had the worst opening this year. The green algae is so bad I can't see to the bottom of the deep end. Lots of leafs and debris. Our pool...

My pool is about 20,000 gallons. I added an algaecide. Directions said 1 ounce for every 1000 gallons. It was a quart container, and I added it...

My pool will clear up then it turns green again .I am 300 ft away from chicken houses could this have any thing to do with my pool turning green .I...

My father-in-law and I are trying to get the pool opened in their recently purchased house. The 32 ft AG vinyl lined pool had not been touched for...

My cloudy blue water is clearing up, and it seems that I have dead algae on the bottom of the pool. I have a Polaris 380. Is this an effective...

Last fall I put POLY 60 in and set to recirculate per pool store when I closed my pool. Now, I just put poly 60 in and the pool lady says set to...

Hi, I have been fighting mustard algae all season so far. First time with this stuff and it is relentless. I just have a little, here and there...

Hi I'm new to the world of pools since we just moved into a house with a pool. It was closed in December apparently, so all the leaves that were...

Hi- I am new here and I have a 18x 48 intex metal sided pool. Within two days of setting it up it turned a shade of green. I went to the pool store...

my pool was looking good now it shows that i have no chlorine and i have a chlorinator .i am so ill about this .

does dead algae sink to the bottom or float in water and cause cloudiness. I am confused. some people say their water is clear and can see dead...

Hey folks, I don't have a waste line, so I can't vacuum to waste, but I do have algae I need to get rid of. My DE filter gets it's pressure...

Hi, I had green algae in my pool, and put about 30 gallons/litres of chlorine in from the pool store. I was then told to add two different...

I need everyone's expertise. My son's graduation party is in one week and if I want to stay married the pool needs to be crystal clear. I have a...

Ok. I am not a princess, but I like to think... well yeah anyhow. HELP! I am brand new to the world of pool care and it seems that my parents pool...

I am trying to figure out the way skimmer socks work. the "sock" filters out smaller particles that a sand filter might miss. but in doing that how...

When I opened my pool last week (21 x 48 lined above ground) the water was a nasty green , and you couldn't see the bottom. I had the water tested...

Hello all If this topic has been discussed anywhere else in the forums, please direct me to the thread. We opened our pool last weekend, a 21ft...

If I use polyquat in my pool do I use filter mode or recirc on a hayward sand filter. If I use recirc how long? Mike

What effect does polyquat have on your chlorine(free)levels?

In my quest to see if bleach in shock amts will conquer this mustard algae, I have a question. I have shown NO combined chlorine the whole time this...