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    Black Spot Algae not going away :(

    this mob http://tftestkits.net/splash-page.html dosent ship to Australia.... :( I clicked on the pool school link on ur signature but that didnt work.... :P yeah been reading it , but its huge and some of the terminology takes me time to absorb.
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    Black Spot Algae not going away :(

    havent got a test kit at home, which one is recommended ?
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    Black Spot Algae not going away :(

    hi guys, the pool shop gave me BioGuard Power Chlor and told me to put the lot in the skimmer while the pump is running. Later in the evening I will take a water sample to them for a check.
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    Black Spot Algae not going away :(

    thanx 257WbyMag and George . according to the pool calculator, for my 40000 lt pool I need 5.2 liters or 2.6 (2 liter) jugs of 6% bleach. so do I only add the bleach or do I add the liquid chlorine as well ? sorry for asking silly questions.. really new to this. and thanx a lot for helping me...
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    Black Spot Algae not going away :(

    thanx for the reply. to shock the pool I read the pool-school/shocking_your_pool article. I have a question though.. according to this chart pool-school/chlorine_cya_chart_shock my CYA is 20, so how much Liquid chlorine do I need to add to get the Shock FC to 10 ? Also do I add Algae killer as...
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    Black Spot Algae not going away :(

    Hi all, have got quite a few spots of black algae in the pool, have previously put in 20lt of chlorine but to no effect. I had also put in an a liquid algae killer that the local pool shop gave me. But no joy. here is the pic of the problem area in pool http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/81...