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I did the vitamin C tablet test and there were no noticeable improvements. It's pretty dark outside though, so I'll try again tomorrow.

Do you mean any OTC vitamin C tablet? Or is there a special product for pools? Sorry I'm fairly new to this.

Hi, sorry guys for the late reply. I used my own kit to test the water, I'm not sure how accurate they are though. FC >1 ppm CC >1 ppm PH 6.8 Hardness 100ppm Alk 20 ppm I'm not sure about the stabilizer, it wasn't included in the kit :( Also, the black spots are only on the uprising of the...

thanks guys for the feedbacks. I will get my water tested tomorrow. I can't scrape it off with my finger nail and it's not slimy. Does that mean it's not black algae? I am able to scrape it off with wire brush. However, it comes back very fast after a few days of rain.

I have been experiencing a lot of problem with black algae for the last few months. It seems that every time I brushed them away and vacuumed out all the dead algae, it keeps coming back. I even had the crazy idea of bringing my pressure washer into the pool to wash it off. It actually worked...