Algae in swimming pool?
Question:Our pool is 30 years old. It's stained, has some small cracks. It can't be re-plastered or acid washed anymore. However, we've never experienced anything like this until...our pool man died and we hired a new guy. Within 4 weeks of taking over, our pool looks like something "Kermit" would swim in. What caused this algae? It doesn't seem to be getting better, although Don ensures me, saying..."It just has to run it's course". Is this true?
Answers:
well yes and no - generally once a pool get algae it's hard to get rid of - the best course of action is to put a small amount of algaecide in it every month to prevent it - once you have it you have to get the water chemistry perfect and keep it that way until it's all gone - one thing you can do is (like an aquarium) do a partial water change - empty out the pool about 18 inches deep and refill it with fresh water (add algaecide) then get the water chemistry right and keep it that way for a couple of weeks - that should do it
get calcium chloride and add it. Your pool will cleare up in 1 to 2 days. I have been working with pools for years.
hire a new pool man. If this has never happened before with the old pool guy something must be going on.
All sorts of possible causes of algae are detailed here, and in the connected pages. But, the most problems with algae can be related to a few things. (This discussion relates primarily to chlorine pools)
Failure to maintain adequate levels of chlorine.
Stabilizer buildup from use of dichlor, combo shocks, trichlor based shocks and the like.
Nitrogen buildup or other chlorine consuming/defeating build up from combo shocks, cheap algaecides, clarifiers and the like.
With respect to many swimming pool chemicals sold today, less is more. The less you use, the better your pool will run. Every time you add something to your pool that you didn't really need, you increase your risk of problems of all types.
Today's pool chemical company marketing programs are dedicated to convincing you that more is more. And, they are right: more chemicals means more money for them, and more problems for you . . . which leads to more money for them.
But, the bottom line is that you'll never escape from the cycle of dependence on the products the pool chemical companies want to sell you, and the problems caused by those products . . . unless you learn to test and manage your own pool's chemistry. The entire pool chemical testing/computer analysis/'custom dosing chart' package is designed with one overarching purpose in mind: to make certain you leave the store with an armful of chemicals.
Until you are ready to learn to test and manage it yourself, you'll remain the pool chemical companies' victim.
Better get some chlorine fast love haha.
ROBERTA IS RIGHT! your new pool guy sucks. it is an easy job and he blew it! shock the pool, let the filter take out the dead algea and clean the filter. it will take two or three days. he did NOT make the chem right, you need to maintain the right ppm of chlorine to- keep the bacteria and algea from growing- and not hurt your swimmers!
Try throw a grenade in it (defensive one). Those nasty algae will soon then pass out.
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