Hi to all.
i have battled a very green above ground pool for a week and today I walked out and it is clear minus the 50% of the bottom covered in the green algae. I'm worried about vacuuming all that into my DE filter as is has been put through quite the workout this week. Also if I vacuum I assume all that algae will break up and need to resettle which seem counter productive time and efficiency wise. What should I do do get the last of this algae out. Thanks fellow pool people. Also I broke my pressure relief screw off in the top of pump,no leak but I need to replace, I can get a new screw anywhere i assume, correct.
i have battled a very green above ground pool for a week and today I walked out and it is clear minus the 50% of the bottom covered in the green algae. I'm worried about vacuuming all that into my DE filter as is has been put through quite the workout this week. Also if I vacuum I assume all that algae will break up and need to resettle which seem counter productive time and efficiency wise. What should I do do get the last of this algae out. Thanks fellow pool people. Also I broke my pressure relief screw off in the top of pump,no leak but I need to replace, I can get a new screw anywhere i assume, correct.
Since you have algae, you probably know you need to perform a TFP "SLAM" (link below). Follow that page closely. DE filters will clog-up quickly. You can filter to waste if possible, or run on recirculate if you can from time-to-time when you can't be there to watch the pressure. But eventually, you will need to rinse those grids off (and re-coat) quite a bit until the algae is gone and you pass the 3 SLAM criteria.