Can't get green out of pool?
Question:I have opened my pool for the year and shocked it twice, backflushed it, chlorinated it and it is still green. HELP
Answers:
Sounds like you're going to have to use an algacide. Take a water sample in to your local pool supply store and get it off on the right track.
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lets see, how do u get green cards out of a pool, ummmm. oh, try to empty it, and then clean all tha pipes and then refill it
after doing all that sometimes you have to wait a bit. What kind of filter do you have? How long ago did you do this? it took our pool about 24 hours to come clear.
pool full of green!!where?!! why would you want to remove green from your pool? she's hot.
one cure i know from experience and i have tried dozenz of things ...
ALGIZIT
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Try baking soda,
Get the water tested at the pool supply place you use. At start up time, I do a better job than usual brushing the sides and bottom. The algaecide I use in the fall helps with this stuff but a scrubing with a pool sanitizer and algae product can help clean then you have to use a chem-out product. The fix is not easy it will require some scrubbing.
Highly chlorinate it and use bleach mops around the areas you can reach. Cover to keep new algae from growing. Then when it all looks dead back flush it. Balance it. Lather, rinse and repeat as needed. Cover often.
How did you shock the pool? Did you just add a "bag" of pool shock? If so, thst's not the way to do it. Shocking a pool is just a laymen's term for superchlorination. First, you must know how many gallons(capacity)the pool is. Second dtermine the amount of chlorine needed to superchlorinate the water. It is not a guessing game. It is not necessary to buy "pool shock" type products as they contain the same amout of calcium hypochlorite as standard granular chlorine products. Call your local pool supply for determining the amount of chlorine to add if you are unsure. It is not possible to teach you"in one easy lesson" how to care for a pool. I have 25 years experience so it is easy for me. Also, chlorine is not the only thing to consider. You must also test the ph level in the water. The more acid the water, the more effective the chlorine will be. Higher alkalinity will reduce the chlorine's effectiveness. The ph in a pool should be 7.4-7.6 which by the way corresponds to the ph of the human eye. "red-eye" in pools is usually not caused by too much chlorine, it is usually an incorrect ph level or too little chlorine which couls mean bacteria. Once you determine the amount of chlorine needed, add it to the pool and allow the water to clear. Vacuum the pool, brush down the pool and allow the particles to settle, vacuum the pool again. Next check the chemicals again and if necessary shock the pool again to acheive proper readings. You will also have to check the calcium hardness in the water as well as total alkalinity. Your local pool supply can do this for free. You may need to add some calcium chloride to bring the hardness up. Many people buy a pool only to later discover that taking care of a swimming pool is far more involved than just adding chlorine and swimming. Proper maintenance of a pool requires year round maintenance and not just summertime intervention. You should never allow your pool to get in the state it is in. The result can be black, green and mustard algae's as well as etching of the plaster surface, excessive wear to mechanical functions in the pump, the list goes on.
To honestly answer your question we need to know the chemical levels of the pool. Adding shock can compound the problem greatly if you don't achieve enough of a level of chlorine. Be careful of algaecides as many of them contain metals that can cause other problems in your pool.
Get a test result on your pool to see what your chlorine levels are. Specifically you are looking for combined chlorine (subtract the free chlorine from the total chlorine). Take this level and multiply it by 7. Add 20 to this. You now have the amount of chlorine in ppm that you need to raise the pool by. If you fail to reach this level then you are going to compound the problem by generating more combined chlorine instead of killing the algae and getting rid of the combined chlorine in the pool.
If done properly you will see results within an hour and clear water by tomorrow.
Feel free to contact me at robandliz1992@yahoo.com if you need any help or advice on your pool. I'd need the chemical readings of the pool, gallon size, what it's made of (concrete/tile/vinyl/etc), and what you've used in it recently. With this information I can get you a tailored maintenance schedule.
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