Algae breakdown - will cloudiness itself break down?

[DaTruAndi]

switched to salt system.
Algae present (very green) as it took a while to replumb everything (a few weeks).
Quintuple shocked.
Then next day also used algae killer.

Then let circupool RJTech-60 plus run on hyper chlorination in 15000 gallon pool.

Now, I wonder if the cloudiness from algae breakdown itself will break down over time with high chlorine levels or if it has to be filtered out through the pool filter completely.
( I am in no hurry to use the pool )


Thoughts?

 

[Newdude]

Then next day also used algae killer.

Algecide is an algae *preventer*. Chlorine is the killer.

Now, I wonder if the cloudiness from algae breakdown itself will break down over time with high chlorine levels or if it has to be filtered out through the pool filter completely

Both. Have a read. Then read it a couple more times for good measure.

SLAM Process

Quintuple shocked.

Chemistry requires actual values. Quintiple shocking is what we like to refer as 'dump and pray'

 

[DaTruAndi]

Algecide is an algae *preventer*. Chlorine is the killer.

Both. Have a read. Then read it a couple more times for good measure.

SLAM Process



Chemistry requires actual values. Quintiple shocking is what we like to refer as 'dump and pray'

Yup, that’s what I did (dump and pray) lol. I will go into more nuanced mode later but for now wouldn’t mind overkill amount of chlorine.
CYA levels were within normal range. Quintuple shocked = 5 doses of shock here (2 gallons liquid, 3 shock packs).
Will measure going forward of course but the question was really about the breakdown of the cloudiness not about getting rid of algae and proper chemistry/process.
That said about algaecide I was able to clear a pool before (last year) mostly with a high dose of algaecide where shocking seemed to fail. It killed those algae well.

 

[Newdude]

Live algae is green and once it's dead or mostly dead, then the pool goes cloudy / milky and it all needs to be filtered out. In short, the chemical battle becomes a mechanical battle. But you need to maintain SLAM FC per your CYA throughout or you risk losing the leg up in the battle. You also need to brush/vac at least once daily. Your walls could be covered with algae under a biofilm to protect itself. Each pass of the brush removes another layer to be killed by the elevated FC.

Read the SLAM link above. It's worked for an untold number of folks around the world. It's good stuff. But it also requires calculated doses and maintaining the FC level frequently at first.

 

[Bperry]

Yup, that’s what I did (dump and pray) lol. I will go into more nuanced mode later but for now wouldn’t mind overkill amount of chlorine.
CYA levels were within normal range. Quintuple shocked = 5 doses of shock here (2 gallons liquid, 3 shock packs).
Will measure going forward of course but the question was really about the breakdown of the cloudiness not about getting rid of algae and proper chemistry/process.
That said about algaecide I was able to clear a pool before (last year) mostly with a high dose of algaecide where shocking seemed to fail. It killed those algae well.

The issue with “quintuple shocking” is that damage to equipment and people is possible if you overdose and it tends to waste money. Theres two test kits you can use to measure the exact chlorine levels so no need for dumping or praying in this case. The tools are there for you to use.

Lots of algaecides also contain copper which can cause staining to pool surfaces so they are generally not recommended or needed.

 

[Donldson]

but the question was really about the breakdown of the cloudiness not about getting rid of algae and proper chemistry/process.

A key hangup here is that you believe there is a difference between these things.