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____________________________________ FAQs & Guides: Dealing with Algae Algae . . . or something else? Recognizing & treating pool algae...
Mustard algae tends to be very chlorine resistant, and tends to reoccur. Most algaecides are ineffective against it. There are several options, but...
_____________________________________ Algae . . . or something else? Recognizing & treating pool algae successfully. this post . ] ...
I too am a newbie to this forum, thank you. I've been having an issue with green algae, it seems like every other day after I vacuum and brush the...
What is the first step that should be taken?
I have a 16 X 32 AG with 6 ft deep center area and have an AutoPilot SWG. Chemistry as follows (PS233): CL > 5ppm (OTO only as DPD...
We have never owned a pool before. We are on our 4th summer with our pool and haven't been in it yet as we have been doing all kinds of repairs. ...
I've had 3 pools. Lots of experience with Pools. I am a chemist by degree. My question is pretty simple. Does anyone have any experience with...
Haven't posted for quite a while - things are going generally very well with the pool now that I'm following this forum. Watermom - you are in my...
Hello everyone, New to the forum and have been reading alot and rereading. Thanks for takeing the time to help everyone. I have an Intex style...
I have a 35,000 gal gunnite pool and upon opening the pool, the water was really green. After a week or so of trying to clear it up, my pump died and...
Hello, Ive been struggling opening up my pool this summer. I neglected the pool over the winter and it got dark green, almost black. I just...
Last year I bought my house and with it I adopted a 16x48 above ground pool. The water was in 'ok' shape then, so went ahead and got it ready for...
I'm going nuts this year with my pool. I get algae every time I look at it. My CYA is at 75 - is that too high? Alk is 120, Ph is 7.2, Chlorine is...
Hi. In April of this year we had our liner replaced in our in-ground pool. Water has been great up until last 2 weeks. Chemicals are balanced and...
I set up my Intex 32'x16'52" Rectangular AG pool about a week ago. I filled it with the our tap water, which probably comes from some well...
hello all, my water is crystal clear but i have some black slime ring in skimmer i dont have any other problems i can clean line out with a clorox...
just took cover off and was wanting to see clear water as usual but it was cloudy and either had dirt or start green algae on bottom could see bottom...
any help with issue of opening pool for the 6 year but first with cloudy dirty water could it be that 2 year old cover is falling apart? or algae?...
Water is green & cloudy and chlorine levels were very low. Been reading here and am trying to clean this up. We had been using a chlorinator for...
OK I am so tired of my pool I could literally weep right now. We have had this pool for about 5 years but this year seems extremely difficult for...
Hi I have lurking this forum for a few years, lots of good advice here. Heres my problem. I have had my in ground salt water, plaster pool for about...
Hi, I have a pebble tech 10K gallon pool. Located in southern california. I took a water sample into a local pool supply and here are the...
Hi y'all, I am a newish pool owner (this is our third summer), and I am trying to become less dependent on my local pool store. Don't get me wrong -...
Help...I'm 100% stumped. I don't understand why my pool became cloudy and why I have an algae bloom with high FAC. Vinyl/18,000 gal Sand...
My husband and I have been trying to open our pool and it's been so frustrating. We got the water to a light green color and it wasn't very cloudy...
Hello! We are in the process of opening our pool. We drained it completely and cleaned out the leaves (because we did not cover it when we closed...
My pool water is swampy green and I don't know what to do!!!! I tested my chlorine level today and it was pretty much nonexistent, also my ph level...
We have a 10,000 AG pool. We were going to sell it this year and free up our lives a bit, but our daughter wanted to keep it...so here we are...
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...
Hi all.. I'm back again. With the same issue. We believe we have mustard algae and we are not getting rid of it. We've also changed out the sand in...
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