Results 1 to 6 of 6

Thread: Algae . . . or something else? Recognizing & treating pool algae successfully.

Threaded View

  1. 06-25-2018 11:19 AM #6
    PoolDoc's Avatar
    PoolDoc
    PoolDoc is offline Administrator Quark Inspector PoolDoc 5 stars PoolDoc 5 stars PoolDoc 5 stars PoolDoc 5 stars PoolDoc 5 stars PoolDoc 5 stars PoolDoc 5 stars
    Join Date
    Jan 2005
    Location
    Georgia
    Posts
    11,386

    Default Re: Algae . . . or something else? Recognizing & treating pool algae successfully.

    ______________________________________


    Non-Algae

    ______________________________________

    Results of using quaternary algaecide:





    ______________________________________

    Results of using copper algaecide: clear water; stained pool!





    Interestingly, this user was quite proud of himself for having worked it all out himself, and was only a little worried about the lingering "algae stains".
    TN20186

    ______________________________________


    An example of killing algae with chlorine . . . and cleaning up with a DE filter.
    Live algae totally clogs DE filters, but once the algae is dead, nothing cleans the water as fast as a DE filter.





    ______________________________________

    More copper stains . . .



    TN22990

    ______________________________________

    ______________________________________

    ______________________________________
    Last edited by PoolDoc; 06-25-2018 at 07:16 PM.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« FAQs & Guides: Dealing with Algae | New Pool Owner with Algae »

Similar Threads

  1. treating algae before closing up pool
    By Kcas0772 in forum Dealing with Algae & Slime
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 10-03-2015, 12:00 AM
  2. Pool had a lot of algae and now finally balanced and algae gone but
    By phillipjko in forum Dealing with Algae & Slime
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 08-01-2015, 11:34 PM
  3. Avoiding Algae / Removing Algae
    By PoolDoc in forum Dealing with Algae & Slime
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 07-24-2011, 09:40 PM
  4. Cloudy water...then very small amount of algae...then algae bloom
    By Allan in forum Dealing with Algae & Slime
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 07-12-2011, 09:49 PM
  5. Green algae? Mustard algae?
    By AE340B in forum Dealing with Algae & Slime
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 07-15-2007, 08:32 PM

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts

Forum Rules