Mustard/Yellow Algae Help PLEASE!

[skystone]

Greetings--

We've had a rough season this year with mustard alge. The pool store and several of the service guys I see around have all said that this has been a rough year here (Texas).

We run our filter 24x7 now. A careful watch on the CL levels and pH has helped. After the first serious outbreak -- we got that one cleared up with two good doses of Eliminator (Sodium Bromide I think)and serious shocking over a two week period.

Its much better, but I do see it start to come back if the CL levels drop. We've been trying to keep them above 4, and if we're going out of town, raise them up to 6-8 or so.

I can't keep my chlorine levels up, can I use chlorine bleach to get the level of chlorine up, even if I have been using chlorine shock? What else can I do? I want to close the pool, but I know I have to get rid of the algae first.

[aylad]

I can't keep my chlorine levels up, can I use chlorine bleach to get the level of chlorine up, even if I have been using chlorine shock? What else can I do? I want to close the pool, but I know I have to get rid of the algae first.

Yes, you can use bleach...it's all chlorine once it gets into the water....

Janet