I've got yellow mustard algae and probably green algae at the same time. I used Yellow Out, added two pounds of chlorine as it says on the label, circulated for two days, but then it rained for three days and overflowed the pool. I had added 15 pounds of 99% Sodium Dichloro-S-Triazinetrione Dihydrate before the rain, but now the chlorine levels are not on the scale so the rain must have diluted it to basically nothing.
Yellow Out + fiber cellulose has worked for me in the past (sand filter).
So I should basicallly start over right?
Should I add chlorine now, or wait until the cellulose fiber has cleaned up the color of the water and the dead algae in the pool? What I did last time was to keep brushing the dead yellow algae which was settled with flocculant towards the deep end so that the main drain can filter it through the cellulose in the sand filter. It took several days.
I know yellow algae eats up chlorine very quickly when it's alive, so should I wait a few days to add the chlorine or just start adding it now?
Hayward Pro Sand Filter 300 lbs., 20 gpm/ft with 3.1 feet area / Hayward Super Pump / in ground vinyl liner / 18,500 gallons / only two jets.
Thanks.
Yellow Out + fiber cellulose has worked for me in the past (sand filter).
So I should basicallly start over right?
Should I add chlorine now, or wait until the cellulose fiber has cleaned up the color of the water and the dead algae in the pool? What I did last time was to keep brushing the dead yellow algae which was settled with flocculant towards the deep end so that the main drain can filter it through the cellulose in the sand filter. It took several days.
I know yellow algae eats up chlorine very quickly when it's alive, so should I wait a few days to add the chlorine or just start adding it now?
Hayward Pro Sand Filter 300 lbs., 20 gpm/ft with 3.1 feet area / Hayward Super Pump / in ground vinyl liner / 18,500 gallons / only two jets.
Thanks.
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