Summerville SC says "HI"

[Charleston-Dawn]

Hi Everyone!
It's been a very long time since I've posted anything, so reintroduction only seems appropriate. I love this site and the information available from all the great people here. I have been using the pool calculator every swim season without fail. Ya'll are awesome!

 

[Richard320]

Welcome back!

Pool Calculator hasn't been updated in a while. Change your bookmark to http://www.troublefreepool.com/calc.html

 

[woodyp]

Welcome back!

 

[Charleston-Dawn]

Re: Summerville SC says "HI"

Hi and Thanks!
Has anyone here had a problem with sand algae? I haven't found a thread yet.

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Thank you Richard320, just added that to my favs.

 

[Casey]

Welcome back!

Sand algae... Do you have algae in your filter or something?

 

[Butterfly]

Welcome back

We need more info - what do you mean...... sand algae?

 

[Charleston-Dawn]

it's algae that builds a "shell" and attaches to all surfaces under the water line. It's crazy weird. the only way to diagnose is to get scrapings of the "shell" in a glass jar, add distilled vinegar and wait until the foaming stops. If it's sand algae, you'll see a coating of very healthy green algae on the bottom of the jar.
I replied to my own post about "Calcium scaling problem? bad!! in the algae forum list. It has pictures when my problem started 4 years ago.

http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/24764-calcium-scaling-in-vinyl-pool-bad-(