officerjerky Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 I have an inground pool. I am in Florida and my pool and spa is about 10,500 gallons. The pool store is telling me my chemicals are perfect. I have a salt generator and my chlorine levels are high. I am still getting green algae in my pool and it is very hard to scrub off. I have never had this problem before. Can anyone with knowledge help me out cause im ready to make it a flower bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParagonPool&Supply Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 I have an inground pool. I am in Florida and my pool and spa is about 10,500 gallons. The pool store is telling me my chemicals are perfect. I have a salt generator and my chlorine levels are high. I am still getting green algae in my pool and it is very hard to scrub off. I have never had this problem before. Can anyone with knowledge help me out cause im ready to make it a flower bed. did this just happen?? sometimes around this time of year a few of my pools will randomly have a few green areas in them...it will be hard to scrub off if you have a plastered pool.... use a copper based algaecide to treat it and brush it well...that should take care of it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANG Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 What you probably have is Mustard algae. I'm also in Florida and this is the time of the year when mustard starts to bloom. I know, I have been treating more and more pools because of the season change. Your pool store is right, a perfectly balanced pool can still get algae. The easiest way to get rid of it is to treat the pool with a product like Yellow Treat or Yellow out, anything that is based in Sodium Bromide. Just follow the instructions and you won't have a problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
officerjerky Posted March 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Thanks for the help. This is the first year for my pool so I have never seen this before but I put in the product you guys said and it is looking better already. Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muss51 Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 What is exactly is your free chlorine level, combined chlorine level and your CYA level? Your free chlorine level should be 7.5% of your CYA level. This is because CYA, while stabalizing your chlorine, at high levels makes your chlorine less efficient. If your combined chlorine level is above .5ppm you need to shock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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