Firstly I want to say thanks for this site - the info is enormously useful. I live in Spain and don´t have access to a lot of the kit you mention, anyway....
I have black algae and have been in the pool with a wire brush rubbing it off. I have shocked the pool and the chlorine level is remaining high which I think is good news. I can´t get at the algae in the deep end of the pool and so I´m now trying to find a scuba kit so that I can get down there and scrub away. This may take a couple of days because I´m in a fairly remote spot (for dive kit anyway). So my question is - should I be running the filters as per normal or not? I´m worried that I´ll just get spores (or whatever) in the pump and they´ll fester there and re-emerge to torture me! Also should I be using algicide at this point in the clean up or is there no point to that?
Muchas gracias!
I have black algae and have been in the pool with a wire brush rubbing it off. I have shocked the pool and the chlorine level is remaining high which I think is good news. I can´t get at the algae in the deep end of the pool and so I´m now trying to find a scuba kit so that I can get down there and scrub away. This may take a couple of days because I´m in a fairly remote spot (for dive kit anyway). So my question is - should I be running the filters as per normal or not? I´m worried that I´ll just get spores (or whatever) in the pump and they´ll fester there and re-emerge to torture me! Also should I be using algicide at this point in the clean up or is there no point to that?
Muchas gracias!