Successful treatment of "pink algae"

[mbar]

One other thing you can try is a "skimmer sock" It goes in the skimmer and collects the very fine particles. You can find them on the internet, or at some pool stores. You can also cut a pair of pantyhose and tie it off and put it over the skimmer basket. As for donating to this site - you used to be able to, but I don't think you can anymore. There is an owner of the site, but he has been missing from here for a while. The good moderators have kept up the site using all of their knowledge to help We all appreciate them so much Just keep posting and the good people here will help you with any question you have. Welcome to the forum.

[Water_man]

One other thing you can try is a "skimmer sock" It goes in the skimmer and collects the very fine particles. You can find them on the internet, or at some pool stores. You can also cut a pair of pantyhose and tie it off and put it over the skimmer basket. As for donating to this site - you used to be able to, but I don't think you can anymore. There is an owner of the site, but he has been missing from here for a while. The good moderators have kept up the site using all of their knowledge to help We all appreciate them so much Just keep posting and the good people here will help you with any question you have. Welcome to the forum.

Skimmer sock : another great idea I learned about in this forum.
My previous dying pump almost choked on it, but my new pump is unaffetcted. I'm amazed by the amount of fine particles it blocks. Cleaning it every few days by a garden hose is easy and it's worth the smal effort.

[traceyb]

Will it hurt to close the pool for the season if you haven't fully rid of the "pink" bacterium? I'm trying to shock the crap out of the pool after scrubbing and vacuuming it down, what else can I add to help kill this stuff? I was hoping to close in 3 days?????? Help?

[aylad]

If you don't kill all of the "pink" bacterium, it'll still be waiting for you when you reopen in the spring, and likely make your water worse as well because any chlorine you put in to winterize will just be used up fighting the pink stuff. Can you please post a set of current numbers taken with a drop-based kit, so maybe we can help you get it accomplished quicker?

Jante