green pool

Stats: 33,000 gallon vinyl in ground pool Sand filter - new sand as of May 2024 Located Eastern Shore of MD Last summer, we brought our pool back to life after it had sat for years with the previous home owners. Compared to this summer, it was easy. The pool was uncovered over the winter. We...

Started with an essentially black pool Saturday- lots of leaves, organic debris. Got it all out and started the SLAM process. Just want to make sure I’m on the right track. I’ve been maintaining SLAM via the CYA/Cl chart. Unfortunately my CYA is on the higher end due to adding too much...

Last Saturday, a ton of groundwater/dirt flowed into my pool from significant flooding. I began using liquid chlorine to clear it up. We have gone from brown to now extremely cloudy. I have cleaned my DE filter twice and I am shocking it every 24 hours at night. My pump has been running 24 hours...

Help! I tried posting this in a pool maintenance Facebook group about 10 hours ago, but it still hasn’t been approved, so I’m asking you guys. We had our pool covered for about 5 days because the weather got crummy and we had torrential downpours. I also didn’t feel well so I didn’t go out to...

We just had our pool re-plastered and tiled. We're on the process of filling using garden hoses with filters attached to the ends. We even wrapped in cloths around the filters to increase the filtration, and, well, our pool looks like this. Please help!

Okay, so we opened first week of July. The month of June we were sick with covid, my mom almost died. My pool was green. I took the water to a pool store to check it and they told me hardness plus would help adjust the water balance then shock with four bags of power powder plus. I asked...

Hi, we need help. We opened the pool and we had a hole in our cover, the pool was disgusting. We got all the debris we could see and shocked it. It turned blue but very cloudy. After a week or so it would green again . We used the green to blue shock treatment. It just seemed to bring algae to...

Hey, I'm Karen, Just getting started here on this site and have been reading for hours. My husband and I have had a pool for a few years now, and up until now, have almost always been able to keep it pretty. It has turned green this time, and through this site have learned that thr reason why...

Hello Is there such thing as light greenish cartidges particularly for pls 520? The cartidges were washed thoroughly and they still have a light green pine color. I would expect them to turn whitish color after washing.They are a year old. Also debris is still shooting out the jets. Been...

Hello, I recently took over the care of my family’s pool. It is green and very cloudy (I can't even see the jets which are max 2' below the water level). My first reading now that I (FINALLY) have my test kit: FC = 0 CC = < 0.5 pH = > 8.0 TA = 70 CH = 200 CYA = < 30 What do you recommend for...

Is it true that the use of a chlorine salt generator eliminates the appearance of algae in the pool (I read it here: Why is My Pool Green? | Discount Salt Pool Blog Or is it just a marketing ploy?

I’ve been living at the pool store daily, followed their advice and while a couple of things have helped a little, my pool is still green. We have an 18x48 above ground with sand filter (we switched pump to the one it came with yesterday). My first test results (last Thursday) I was told to add...

Hi Guys! I'm new here :) We are in the very LONG process of building our inground pool so we bought a 16x48 vinyl intex pool for the summer. We put it up at the end of May and things have been great until last week. I will be honest, I have never owned any type of pool before so yes, I am a...

First post- Need help! Background: As per routine, had pool guy open our 20,000 gallons, outdoor DE pool 10 days ago, added 10 gallons of chlorine. The pool started to clear and algae sunk/ collected at bottom over next 3 days. Added tablets to the chlorinator. Rained continuously 2 days...

About a month back, I moved in this house with pool, and I had no clue. :) The pool has been untreated for this whole time and we used it a few times. It has noticeably started to turn green over the past week. I have gone through the chemistry related pool school. Currently I am pondering...

Hello TFP! This site is truly amazing. It’s great to see people helping people. As a pool owner for the first time, questions seem to be never ending. We have a 27000 gallon in-ground pool with a sand filter and in-line automatic chlorine feeder. I am already dealing with what seems to be a...

Hi, my name is Lynn. My husband and I recently moved to Springfield, Tennessee from West Chicago, Illinois. The home we purchased came with a nice 33’ above ground pool with a Perma Salt system. We know nothing about this system or pools really. We hired a local company (Hutch Pools) to close...

Hi im Micheal From Northern California. Im new to the forum and here is my nightmare. 22,000 gallons in ground pool i think >w< Ok so i finally got a house with an in ground pool. i knew i would have a lot to learn and it would cost me. well i came in with absolutely know knowledge and just...

I am a very new pool owner! With all this stay at home business I went and bought an 18ft by 48” intex above ground pool. I have not been able to get a reading for any chlorine since putting it up and now my pool is green. I saw the SLAM process but since I’m new I honestly just don’t...

Have an AG pool, trouble-free for over a year, but started having issues about a month ago when the pool turned green. We've been using tablets with an occasional shock. When we shocked it this time, it felt like the problem got worse. I read through the forums and other online places, and I...

I have been trying to clear up my 18K gallon above ground vinyl pool since the end of March and I am having no luck at all. We have been getting a lot rain which probably isn’t helping, but I’ve tried “slamming” the pool, try my best to brush, scoop out debris, draining some water and...

Hi! After weeks of trying to make my green pool clear and after having the chemicals balanced for two weeks I decided to use flocculent. I have an oval 18 by 33 above ground sand filter pool and I put the flocculent in last night. The flocculent as of tonight has still not dropped to the bottom...