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 Post subject: Bottom of pol has green funk...best way to clean ?
PostPosted: September 24th, 2011, 5:03 pm 
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OK so I was away for a week and my pool did not get any chlorine. Now on the bottom of the pool is a green funk along with a bunch of leaves and the pool is murky. I know...my fault . Anyway---I vacuumed out a ton of leaves and brushed the bottom of the pool with the vacuum head...this is really hard to do though. I got a lot of it but still have a ton of green spots: I there a better way to get this up ? I added some shock to bring up the CYA (which is probably around 15). I intend to add chlorine as well to get to shock level and see what that does. Any suggestions ? PH is around 7.2



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 Post subject: Re: Bottom of pol has green funk...best way to clean ?
PostPosted: September 24th, 2011, 5:11 pm 
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That article is your friend along with the cya/chlorine chart in pool school. It sounds like you need an adjustable pole with a brush head on it, and you can also get a deep leaf scooper head for it as well.



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PostPosted: September 24th, 2011, 11:09 pm 
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There really ain't no easy way. It's chlorine and brush and elbow grease.

If your CYA is really that low, you shoulda gotten a floater and some trichlor pucks. Hindsight is always 20/20. :wink:



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