I'm estimating a pint of this sweet oily substance dropped into our 25,000G pool from an alder tree in one afternoon. Like algae, it eats up chlorine, lowers the pH, creates combined chlorine, and turns the water a murky brown in a couple of days. Anybody have any experience with removing organic oily substances from pool water. I'm in Southern California so draining the pool is not an option.
Aphid honeydew secretions in clorine outdoor pool
- Thread starter VHeller
- Start date
Hi there VHeller, glad to have you join TFP 
THis is a *very* unusual thing to ask here.... but in the past any time you have oils in the pool our advice is always Bleach! Bleach! and more Bleach!
(or liquid chlorine if you can get it, it has higher strength)
Chlorine will break down this substance over time.
Will this be happening again....and again??
Maddie
THis is a *very* unusual thing to ask here.... but in the past any time you have oils in the pool our advice is always Bleach! Bleach! and more Bleach!
(or liquid chlorine if you can get it, it has higher strength)
Chlorine will break down this substance over time.
Will this be happening again....and again??
Maddie
- May 3, 2014
- 62,771
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
S1ngram
Well-known member
Kill the aphids and your problem will be solved! I had a tree like this years ago. I was getting honey dew all over my house, patio and landscape plants. It was nasty. I bought a product called Bayer Tree & Shrub. It was easy to use and got rid of the aphids.