Re: White Water Mold
I am skeptical of any new product that does not have documented studies that show it's effectiveness because I have seen LOTS of "snake oil" products but I do have an open mind and if you want to give it a try they are offering it for free. At best it will work quickly with no side effects, at worse you will still have the mold and have to try one of the other tactics. FWIW, I have used my own personal pool as a test pool on more than one occasion. Usually I have been disappointed but there has been one notable exception and that was adding borate.
In any case your pool will be out of commission for a week or more while you get the water in shape. I will tell you this. If it were my pool I would add the borate (already have it in my pool, BTW) and go with the sodium bromine and just resign myself to the fact that I will have a high chlorine demand until the bromine is consumed by sunlight and chlorine. Monocloramine is nasty stuff in my opinion but it does work. I am less enthused about the linear quat algaecide. Your pool will look like a bubble bath for a while and it will be very irritating to the eyes.
I would definitely look into the product for biofilms but I would not get my hopes up. It seems that biofilm eradication has become the NEW phosphate remover to the pool/spa industry since the price of lanthanum salts has gone way up. Everything from enzymes to sphagnum moss (really? REALLY?!?) to sodium metasilicate/sodium carbonate/potash alum are being used in these new miracle products
Last edited by PoolDoc; 06-15-2012 at 03:54 PM.
Reason: (removed comment that was triggering OT posts - sorry, WB)
Retired pool store and commercial pool maintenance guy.
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