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    draining pool water

    hi i put alot of bleach in my pool water to clear algae. once this process is complete , according to pool school , i should shock the water and drain water below skimmer and return so i can close the pool. with all the bleach used in my pool water over the past 4 days to get the algae out of...
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    shocked 2 days water still milky

    hello for 2 days i been adding 6% bleach to pool water to keep ahead of algae . pool not green anymore but water is milky white. i posted this yesterday and response was to keep adding chlorine until water is clear and clean filter more. i did that all day and no change in water color. do i...
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    Shocked pool to rid algae and water is milky white

    Since yesterday nov 9 at 3 pm i have been adding pool shock (calcium hypochloride) to my pool water. to keep the water at shock level. today i added 3 gallons of regular bleach over a period of 7 hrs now the green seems to be gone but the water is milky white. i cleaned the cartrige filter...
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    shocking pool water

    just wondering if you can safely mix bleach and calcium hypochloride together when shocking pool water. what i mean is lets say im trying to shock pool water with cal hypochloride to rid algae and the water is at shock level and i run out of calcium hypochloride can you use bleach in that...
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    recomend chlorine

    hello can anyone recomend a brand of chlorine to use when trying to eliminate and shock the algae from my pool. i always used what the local pool store sold me which is Dichlor. i am told this isnt what you want to use. thanks tom
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    algae condition

    Hello I am just about to begin fighting an algae condition in my above ground pool. the local pool store sold me "Green Out". see ingredients ACTIVE SODIUM DICHLORO-S-TRIAZINETRIONE DIHYDRATE 64% ALKYL (95% C14 3%C12 2%C16 )DIMETHYL BENZYL AMONIUM CHLORIDE 1% INERT INGREDIENTS 35 %...
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    DRAIN POOL RID ALGAE?

    HELLO, MY POOL WATER IS GREEN AND HAS BEEN FOR APROX 3 WEEKS DUE TO ALGAE. I DONT HAVE THE TIME TO GIVE TO TREAT THE POOL WATER DUE TO WORK HOURS. IF I DRAINED THE POOL AND RE FILLED IT AND TREATED IT WOULD THAT GET RID OF THE ALGAE...
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    MIXING POOL CHEMICALS

    HELLO EVERYONE, I SHOCKED MY 10 THOUSAND GALL ABOVE GROUND POOL WITH 4 BAGS OF "GREEN OUT " SHOCK AS PER THE POOL STORE RECOMENDATIONS. THIS WAS TO RID THE POOL OF GREEN ALGAE. AFTER ADDING THE SHOCK I ACCIDENTLY KNOCKED OVER A BOTTLE OF "BLACK ALGAE OUT" THIS IS THE STORE BRAND FOR...