Algae!!!!

[aylad]

Hi Deb,

With your numbers the way they are, you don't need any Borax, because your pH is already high. The alk could come up a bit, but that's not a big deal for now. What you need is chlorine in the pool, and lots of it!!

You have a couple of choices--you can go with bleach for chlorine, but after you get the pool cleared up you'll need to add some stabilizer separately; or you can use dichlor, which is a powdered chlorine that will drive your pH down and will also add your stabilizer. Many forms of dichlor have "mystery goop" in them, so we try to avoid those, but if you have a Sam's available, the PoolBrand dichlor they have is okay to use. Alternately, the KemTek dichlor from Amazon will work, too. Take a few seconds to fill out this form about your pool's info, so we don't waste a lot of time with back-and-forth posts to get the basic info we need, and we'l be happy to help you go from there!

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[DEBKNTX]

Take a few seconds to fill out this form about your pool's info, so we don't waste a lot of time with back-and-forth posts to get the basic info we need, and we'l be happy to help you go from there!

Thanks for the reply, I did fill out the form last night prior to posting. I hesitate to add anything other than the BBB to the pool because of the damage to the pool and our skin.

that 1st year we used the BBB it cleared up the algae right away and everyone noticed a change in their skin being soft and smooth in stead of dry and itchy but due to the delay in treatment this time it was so out of control that we could not keep ahead of it.