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I’m not complaining about the heat, but is anyone else having major problems keeping their swimming pools from turning green this summer? It seems that I’m just dumping in more and more chemicals, but the water looks like it is always on the verge of turning. Since there doesn’t seem to be a pool forum on the web, does anyone have any tricks that work?
TIA, Brian
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I can't get mine to clear up. It was cloudy but not green. I went away for a week, when I came back it was green. It still is. The water tests fine. I'm cleaning the filter twice a day.
Where are you? I'm in the San Diego area.
*Throw in some good ol' rock salt. About 10 lbs/2,000 gal. If that doesn't clear the water, step up the ratio. Don't use the salt made for water softeners.
*Mike,I'm in Ancaster, Ontario. The ph is difficult to control, I'm forever raising it. This is the first time that we have had to cool the pool down, it's been so hot here. I've never had to work so hard on the pool before. Rich-I'll look into adding salt- a new concept to me. Will this help to prevent or rid the algae?Brian
*Brian,You're in my neck of the woods. If you haven't already, I'd suggest that you bring a water sample to Bud's Pools & Spas on Hwy.53. Dob exactly what they tell you, step by step. I argued with them years ago that I simply needed chlorine and shock and chased the chemicals and the algae, like you're doing now. I learned the hard way and now listen to the pros and haven't had any problems at all! Everyone here is having a hard time keeping the ph level.I've been keeping my pump on 24 hours a day when it's this hot. If you have a sand filter, have you tried changing the sand. I have a cartridge filter and am very pleased with it.Best of luck,Beatrix
*Thanks for the advise. Guess I'm looking for the easy way out. Ok. Bud's it is,I'll do that this weekend. Someone once told me of something , could it be calcium something or other, that you buy at the drugstore, to prevent algae from building up? I've heard good things about cartridge filters, no backwashing sounds good to me!Thanks again, Brian
*Brian,Forget about taking the easy way, do it the right way; it'll be easier in the long run.Good luck,Beatrix
*My family has had pools for years and the only chemicals we ever used were chlorine (tablets), shock (sodium hypochlorite) and baking soda. My pool has averaged 86 all summer. Just added 12 pounds of baking soda last week. The baking soda raises the PH, as the chlorine slowly lowers it. The water will just start to look cloudy from the ph dropping - that's when I add the baking soda. The alkalinity always falls back in line with the PH after the soda goes in.-Rob