Help!!! My water is Black and liner looks black & burned

[Gwendolyn]

Just an update on the condition of our pool...

First I need to say "DO NOT USE COPPER SULFATE!!!"

Anyway we drained our pool and tomorrow (Monday) we are having a new liner installed. It ate our liner up! There are spots where you can rub the color off. It is really gross!

We were going to get a new liner next year, so now we just are doing it a little earlier than planned.

My husband thought that copper sulfate is no different than the algecides you buy in the pool store, but I do believe he was wrong! I'm not sure where he got his information from.

Hopefully no one who reads this will make the same stupid mistake!

[CarlD]

We only recommend two algaecides:
1) Chlorine. Yeah, chlorine is still the best. We prefer it in bleach or liquid chlorine (same thing) because it has the least side effects to watch for.
2) Polyquat 60%. If it says "Poly...<something>..." 60% and the rest is inert ingredients, that's the stuff. Polyquat is really an algae PREVENTER, an inhibiter, not a cure.

But when you fight an algae bloom you do it with chlorine.

Start reading here and at the sister site PoolSolutions.com for any and all information.

More importantly, get your other half to read here--or let you take over the chemistry of your pool.