I bought a home with a pool last year and have been constantly battling this algae(?) since we moved in. Having found your amazing Wiki and forum last night, I've been binging content and found at least one post suggesting some of us novices are mistaking dirt and dust being blown into the pool for mustard algae. Our pool is downhill of another home with a large (> 1/2 acre) yard that has bare patches of red clay-dirt and I have been wondering if I'm truly algae ridden or not. Backing up that theory, we've recently painted our deck varying shades of blue and noticed red dirt dust here and there on the deck within days of painting it.
Of note, I have not yet tried the SLAM method and do not have a good test kit like the Taylor / TF style that is recommended. I simply have Hach Aquacheck 7 test strips and a little Clorox 3-Way Test Kit with as of yet unexpired chemicals (OTO, Phenol Red).
Unfortunately most of the internet photos of a mustard algae infestation either do not look like my issue at all or are so bad that I have trouble telling if I'm early-stage or, again, just dirt.
Anyone have a good eye for algae?
Of note, I have not yet tried the SLAM method and do not have a good test kit like the Taylor / TF style that is recommended. I simply have Hach Aquacheck 7 test strips and a little Clorox 3-Way Test Kit with as of yet unexpired chemicals (OTO, Phenol Red).
Unfortunately most of the internet photos of a mustard algae infestation either do not look like my issue at all or are so bad that I have trouble telling if I'm early-stage or, again, just dirt.
Anyone have a good eye for algae?
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