White Water Fungus among us!!

[aylad]

Wow, you have been what we call "pool-stored"!

I would absolutely not add anything else to your pool at this point, except for plain, unscented, generic bleach (or liquid pool chlorine, which is bleach at twice the strength). I would purchase the K-2006 test kit linked in my sig (make sure Amato Industries is the seller--they seem to have the best price. If they're sold out late in the day, check back the next morning). It will test for what you need.


You need to shock the pool and hold it there until it clears up, but what your shock level should be is based on your CYA. So....we need to know a full set of test results, taken with drop-based testing, and we can give you recommendations from there. Also while you're at it, please fill out this short form with your pool's information, so we don't waste a lot of time posting back and forth to get enough information about your pool.


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Are you aware that while using the Frog system, you are also adding silver to your water? It is advertised as a good thing, because silver does help slow algae growth, and silver, or any other metal, once it's in high enough levels, adds a whole new level of complication to water chemistry. I'm guessing that we're going to find your CYA at very high levels, which will also be attributed to use of the frog system. You might do better to just switch to plain, unscented bleach for your chlorine once this is all over with.

Welcome to the forum!!

Edit: Frog adds silver, not copper. My mistake pointed out by Dave....thanks for catching that. Too many posts, not enough time!!

Janet