Recent content by crashcop

This has not been my year. I have gotten some great advise on here and I am back for a little more. I am using the BBB method and my numbers are as follows: Free Cl 16ppm Combined 2ppm Total Chlorine 18ppm PH 7.2 Alkalinity 100 CYA 100 My problem is that I have a blue to purple colored...

Dan, Just kidding about the initiation part. I just thought it would be funny seeing me diving down trying to suck up some algae in a bottle. :) As far as the pictures go, I am going to shoot some tonight and try to get them on here tomorrow morning. I am off tomorrow so I should have them up...

Hello everyone, It looks like the treatment is going along well. Most of the offending algae are gone with just a small patch left. More vacuuming and brushing tonight, as that seems to really be the second part of the 1-2 punch. Just an FYI about Black Treat. My neighbor was able to dig up a...

Hello, The pictures will be no problem, although most of it has started to disappear. Now for the samples...I have to laugh...is this the welcome initiation for the new guy on the site...LOL? If you think it might help someone else down the road, I would be more than happy to do it, but I do...

Thanks He was going to see if he still had some of the stuff and let me have it. If he does, I will let you know what is in it. I do agree with you that I should stay with what I have started and see what happens. Much of the algae was gone this afternoon and it looks like this will be the way...

Looking over my notes it appears that I transposed those two numbers when composing the post here. Thanks for the heads up. I am continuing the chlorine regimen. I took a reading this morning and will run home shortly to get a mid day reading. My neighbor had a similar problem last season and...

Kurt, The bleach is in (6% on sale at family dollar $2.00 for 1.5 gal), pool is vacuumed and brushed and my algae slaughter is under way. I have another question or two, if you don’t mind answering. First, I guess that having as low a CYA level as possible is the way to go? I remember...

Kurt, Thanks for the quick response. Sorry it took a full day to respond to your question. I hope that I have covered everything below. My water chemistry levels are as follows: Hardness 500 Total Chlorine 1 Free Chlorine 3 PH 7.2 Alkalinity 100 CYA 100 I have a 12 x 28 vinyl lined in...

I am having a problem killing some annoying Black Algae that has started to grow in my pool. I have looked at many sites and they provide some useful information for concrete, plaster and other non-vinyl lined pools. Many of the suggestions involve scrubbing with a wire brush and pouring...