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Light Green Pool

by Hobo1 » Fri 06 Jul, 2007 10:56

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Our pool is a 3 year old, 9,600 gal GUNITE (with attached Spa), located south of Tucson, AZ . . . approximately 5 - 10 miles from a large, active...

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Backglass: We ran "the 2/3 water new pool" overnight . . . took a sample into our pool store . . . test results were: Total Chlorine 2.3;...

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Tue 10 Jul, 2007 08:55
Mustard Algae Killer

by ncroncrew » Tue 10 Jul, 2007 08:20

I have a 30,000 vinyl liner, in-ground pool and have been fighting algae for quite some time. After a couple of reoccurrance bouts, I found out that...

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Tue 10 Jul, 2007 08:20
white algae

by Lisasalgae » Sat 10 Jun, 2006 07:18

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I have clumps of white, grayish stuff on bottom of my above-ground pool. It is "fluffy" and disperses when brushed and re-settles. It is...

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I have clumps of white, grayish stuff on bottom of my above-ground pool. It is "fluffy" and disperses when brushed and re-settles. It is...

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Mon 09 Jul, 2007 12:36
wall algae

by mike g » Sun 08 Jul, 2007 19:34

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In ground guinite pool, water clear but walls have green that I CANT scrub off or pressure hose off. Chlorine is used EXTREMELY fast and not sure...

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In ground guinite pool, water clear but walls have green that I CANT scrub off or pressure hose off. Chlorine is used EXTREMELY fast and not sure...

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Sun 08 Jul, 2007 20:38
Persistent algae

by wdwfan » Sat 07 Jul, 2007 15:14

I have been having alot of trouble with algae this year. One week ago I finally had the pool all blue with no signs of algae & all the levels...

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Sat 07 Jul, 2007 15:14
Light Green Pool water after adding pH

by miduffy » Fri 29 Jun, 2007 19:03

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We bought an 18' round Easy Set Pool. We then filled it with water from our well. All was fine until I shocked it. It turned green. The local pool...

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Green can indicate Iron hence pool shops advice to add metal remover. The other way to remove iron is to keep filtering and keep chlorinating.

Try...

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Last post by dynamictiger
Wed 04 Jul, 2007 17:20
mustard algae

by Guest » Sun 01 Jul, 2007 21:32

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i have mustard algae in my pool and i'm having a heck of a time getting rid of it.this is my first pool and i've done a pretty good job of keeping...

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Actually, BioGuard Back Up is mostly "Alkyl dimethylbenzylammonium chloride" as seen in this MSDS link so is a standard linear quat (not as...

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Wed 04 Jul, 2007 12:03
Is grren always algae?
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by vjpool » Sat 30 Jun, 2007 11:35

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I'm very new to this and my pool water is still light green. Yesterday, I vaccuumed, backwashed, rinsed and shocked. Results-light green, slightly...

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You really should get your own Taylor K-2006 test kit since I'm not sure whom you can really trust. The "5" chlorine level is suspicious...
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Mon 02 Jul, 2007 00:46
mustard algae

by Woods » Fri 29 Jun, 2007 18:53

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I just found out that the fine grainy stuff that has been in our salt pool for several weeks is mustard algae. This is the first summer we have used...

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I took some of the substance to the pool store that tests my water. They told me it was mustard algae. We have been having our water tested on a...

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Fri 29 Jun, 2007 21:17
chlorine levels high and water is still cloudy

by summerpoolmom » Thu 28 Jun, 2007 16:54

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We have had our above ground pool up about 3 week and I have constantly struggled to keep the free chlorine levels up. I add chlorine every night and...

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Hi!

Welcome to the joys of pool ownership. :lol:

Do you have a test kit? Thats the first thing you should buy if not. If you have one, please...

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Thu 28 Jun, 2007 17:27
Green pool

by dkohio » Wed 27 Jun, 2007 20:14

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I have 30000 gal inground pool. In the past three weeks I have dumped 24 gal of hypo 15lbs of granular shock changed the sand in the filter but still...

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I have a vinyl liner, ph 6.8 Ta 164, total cl2 10.6 fc 8.2 cya 50

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Wed 27 Jun, 2007 21:21
Abouve ground pool and algae/ brown stuff on bottom

by Z_Z_MOMMIE » Fri 22 Jun, 2007 08:35

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I have one of those blow up ring pools from walmart yes I know DUH!! Anyway it has started turning green every other day I shock and algaecide even...

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I have the same pool and the same problem. Mine is the 18ft pool and holds 5500 gallons of water.

I run the filter everyday for about 4 hrs minimum,...

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Wed 27 Jun, 2007 18:09
clear slimmey stuff in pool.

by Bbeeney » Tue 26 Jun, 2007 18:59

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I have some clear colored slimmy patches of stuff floating throughout the pool. You can see the stuff floating around and when you try to pick one up...

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It's probably a water bacteria.

Don't know.

You may have to shock higher and longer and filter 7/24 for a few days to get rid of it.

I...

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Last post by Buggsw
Wed 27 Jun, 2007 02:46
tissue algae

by rylee » Tue 26 Jun, 2007 20:05

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we have what is called tissue algae looks like white tissue paper floating in water had it last summer was told to use floc really didn't help. well...

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The article is good except for one thing. It uses Dichlor as the source of chlorine during the conversion. You want SOME CYA in the water, but if you...

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Wed 27 Jun, 2007 02:45
HELP! Green pool after $250+
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by green_pool » Sun 27 May, 2007 11:12

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I have an inground pool, 30,000 gallons of water. When we opened our pool about 3 weeks ago, it was green. We added chlorine and algaecide and it...

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Though normally I would agree that a combination of a high level of chlorine plus constant filtering and possibly vacuum to waste or scooping of...
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Tue 26 Jun, 2007 17:34
found a chipmonck in the pool what to do?

by nomad in madison » Sun 24 Jun, 2007 10:31

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I just scooped a chipmonck from the pool. It smells and seem to have been dead for a couple of days. What can I do to clean the water and make it...

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Bring your chlorine up to shock level and keep it there for a day or two.

It should be fine.

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Sun 24 Jun, 2007 12:45
Hairy alge? at waterline

by TFolk » Sun 24 Jun, 2007 11:09

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Have greenish-gray hairy growth on tile 1/2' above waterline in colored gunite pool. Only way to get rid of is brush, but back in two days. Don't...

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Sounds like mold or mildew, to me.

I would use an acid based tile soap and scrub it. Rinse well. Then I would use a strong chlorine solution on it...

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Sun 24 Jun, 2007 12:43
brown filter water

by cuse11 » Sat 23 Jun, 2007 21:10

I HAVE A INTEK 15 X 4FT METAL FRAME POOL BOUGHT NEW.. HAD A WATER DELIVERY OF 4300 GALLONS OF WATER DUMPED IN... WATER HAD A GREENISH TINT TO IT WHEN...

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Sat 23 Jun, 2007 21:10
2nd year, can't get rid of this stuff

by Kitty_9098 » Fri 22 Jun, 2007 14:00

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Starting last summer we had something on the bottom of our pool. I would take water samples to be tested and everyone of them would say...

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The problem is with having the CYA so high at 131. Just to keep algae from growing, you need an absolute minimum FC level of 10 ppm at your pool's...

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Fri 22 Jun, 2007 16:18
pool water

by Ed » Fri 22 Jun, 2007 06:46

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I had above ground pool for 28 years and never ran into this problem. Opened as usual got rid of dirt etc in bottom,vacuum filter etc. Water was very...

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I had above ground pool for 28 years and never ran into this problem. Opened as usual got rid of dirt etc in bottom,vacuum filter etc. Water was very...

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Fri 22 Jun, 2007 08:42

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