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    Default White Film / residue floating on top of pool.

    Well i put in a algaecide last weekend didn't read carefully and put in a little too much a day later the white film / residue appeared then i backwashed and it want away then resurfaced again yesterday. now it doesn't seem to be going away backwashed just to check but perfectly clean. I don't see it but my fiance things the water coming out of the return is cloudy doesn't anyone know what this might be?

    any help would be greatly appreciated.

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    JIm

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    Default Re: White Film / residue floating on top of pool.

    any powdered chlorine? was it liquid or powder algacide? (not sure if there is such a thing but) reason i ask is because at the start of the season when i shocked with chlorine, i forgot to premix the chlorine crystals in water..dumped straight into the skimmer..had crap on my pool for at least 5 days floating on top and just kept running the pump and it finally dissolved.

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    Default Re: White Film / residue floating on top of pool.

    I've been using the bleach as chlorine and it was liquid Algaecide probably put a little too much in not sure what to do now.

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    Default Re: White Film / residue floating on top of pool.

    If it was the algaecide, then it will go away on it's own, bump your chlorine up and it should clear faster.
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