My SLAM is going as well as can be expected. I have seen huge improvements in the color of the water. I have algae on the bottom of my pool though. I have been scrubbing with my pool brush as far as I can reach and running my dolphin. For the most part, the algae "poofs" away when I run the brush over it. Some algae, I really have to scrub to make it go away. Is that normal for algae? I have only ever had the fluffy kind upon opening and never any that took elbow grease to get rid of.