My husband and I are new pool owners (bought the house in June) and we are now having problems with mustard algae. In July we had horrible nitrate problems but after draining, refilling and adding tons of chlorine, we got it under control (hundreds of dollars later). During this time, the pool store employees never gave us consistent information and now we doubt their advice. With that being said, we need help getting rid of this yellow algae. For the past week I've scrubbed and vacuumed almost every day. One day the pool will look great and I'll think I've taken care of it and the next morning there will be yellow/brown stuff on the floor and walls. My pool stats are below. The pool store said we should add 2 lbs of Yellow Out, wait 5 minutes and add 2 lbs of Power Powder Plus, wait 12 hours and add 1 lb of Power Powder Plus and then wait 12 hours and add another 1 lb of Power Powder Plus. At this point the algae should be dead and we'll need to add a clarifier. Like I said we've gotten such bad advice before and I'm hesitant to listen to them now. Would this method that they suggest take care of our problem? Any help and advice would be great.
16K Above ground pool - sand filter
FC - 1
TC - 3
PH - 7.8
TA - 70
CH - 220
CYA - 100
Phosphates - 200
16K Above ground pool - sand filter
FC - 1
TC - 3
PH - 7.8
TA - 70
CH - 220
CYA - 100
Phosphates - 200