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My pool has algae. I need a few tips. Saturday evening, I added enough bleach to bring Chlorine to around 15 - 20 ppm. CYA was 50. No help. Sunday morning, I added 5 lbs. 73% Cal Hypo. Pool is around 20,000 gal. No help. This morning, I see some dead algae has fallen to the floor...

PH 7.2, Chlorine 2. 20,000 gal, Plaster. My PH was too low, and my chlorine was too low. I put bleach in, and then, some Borax to bring levels up to levels as stated above. Water is now too green. Suggestions appreciated. Thanks.

Pool was severely neglected by previous owners. Metal stained probably 30+% of the bottom. Maybe 20,000 gallon pool. Plaster. I used 2 lbs ascorbic acid, and it worked pretty good. 2 days later, I added another 2 lbs. It helped even more. I would guess it got about 85% of all the...

I treated with ascorbic acid over the last 2 days. This morning, I woke up and saw the water has turned green. I just added 96 oz of 6% bleach. How long should it take the bleach to dissolve? Also, should this be sufficient to remove the algae?