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I started out with a pool full of green algae on Baquacil just before closing it. I found this site, got advise on the conversion to chlorine and started the process. The pool is much better, but the water is now a beautiful color of blue and I can faintly see the bottom. I ran to Walmart and...

Thanks for the information. When I started I wasn't just dealing with a conversion, but I had a pool full of algae and I had to get rid of that first so the chlorine I've been putting in has been eating that up and now I feel like I'm just trying to reach that 15ppm that I read I needed in the...

I started out with a green pool on Bacquacil and decided to do the conversion to chlorine now instead of in the spring after asking and receiving help here at this website. I've been dumping in liquid bleach, brushing, vacuming and backwashing, the pool looks so much better...not perfect, but...

Thank you so much for the help and advise. If I do a partial conversion, how far should I go or doesn't it matter? How much of the liquid bleach should I put in for a 13,500 gal above ground pool with green water (I can't see the bottom)? Should I add it all at one time or gradually? Of course...

The end of the summer season in Maryland and 2 days ago I go from a beautiful crystal clear pool to a green monster. It's terrible! I need advise on the quickest way to get rid of the algae so we can close the pool. We currently use Baquacil but I've had enough of it...cloudy water one pool...