Wasn't sure where to post this, but here goes. We boat on the weekends and I'm wondering if it's ok to swim in the pool clothes that have been in the lake without needing washed, if so should I bump my chlorine up at all?
I hope this isn't considered a hijack of the thread, but I think it belongs here...That could introduce some forms of algae that are harder to control.
My question above was about the fear of introducing 'harder to control' algae from lake water into our pools. In short, any reason to think that algae from natural bodies of water are, in fact, different and harder to control than the species that usually cause trouble in swimming pools?
Well, I don't have citations at my fingertips, just awareness that different water bodies harbor different things (not necessarily just algae). Vibrio is one example of a bacteria that rears its head at times in water down in the coast.
I've cared for patients with infections acquired from water borne activities and even know of cases of getting sick from fish tank bacteria, and while of course our chlorine filled pool should be able to handle them, I wouldn't want to encourage inoculation of the pool with unusual flora and fauna.
Just tossing this out there- "safe for drinking but don't get it up your nose" UGH.
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Not trying to be argumentative, but aren't algae spores all around us anyway? I had assumed that a swimsuit dunked in lake water, and then hung up in the sun to dry, was no greater hazard than the ambient environment around the pool.
My question above was about the fear of introducing 'harder to control' algae from lake water into our pools. In short, any reason to think that algae from natural bodies of water are, in fact, different and harder to control than the species that usually cause trouble in swimming pools?