Algae Help- New Pool Owners

[taylormccain23]

We are first time pool owners and are struggling to completely clear our pool. I’m working on going through Pool School but I wanted to see if anyone could help with our current situation.

Is this dead algae or living algae? We had a pool service come out yesterday and within hours there were some cloudy build ups in the shallow and deep end. Now this is what our pool looks like this morning.

Any advice on how to completely clear it?

 

[mknauss]

Welcome to the forum!
You need to follow the SLAM Process. To do that, you need a proper test kit. I suggest the TF-100/Pro or Taylor K2006C. A proper test kit is needed to get the accurate water chemistry results needed to follow the TFP protocols.

While you are waiting on your test kit, add 5 ppm FC worth of liquid chlorine / plain bleach to your pool each evening with the pump running. This will replenish the FC lost each day to the sun and also inhibit any algae in the water from growing further.
I suggest you read through Pool Care Basics - Trouble Free Pool and even look at a few of our videos TFP-TV - Trouble Free Pool

 

[PoolStored]

Welcome to the forum.
Follow Marty's advice.

 

[taylormccain23]

Welcome to the forum!
You need to follow the SLAM Process. To do that, you need a proper test kit. I suggest the TF-100/Pro or Taylor K2006C. A proper test kit is needed to get the accurate water chemistry results needed to follow the TFP protocols.

While you are waiting on your test kit, add 5 ppm FC worth of liquid chlorine / plain bleach to your pool each evening with the pump running. This will replenish the FC lost each day to the sun and also inhibit any algae in the water from growing further.
I suggest you read through Pool Care Basics - Trouble Free Pool and even look at a few of our videos TFP-TV - Trouble Free Pool

Thank you. I've got a TF-Pro ordered, just waiting for it to come in.

I'm really just curious about what your thoughts are on what's in the pool, if it's active or dead algae, just by the visual appearance.

 

[mknauss]

Likely dead is what you see. You also likely have live algae you cannot see.