We had a very thoughtless house guest with toe nail fungus (don't know what kind of organism) who was walking around our deck & swimming in our pool & lounging in the spa. Now my wife who swims everyday will not go into our pool. She is a germaphobe & says the idea of going into the pool is like bathing with those feet.
She has been on the internet & says she gets mixed messages about whether chlorine kills foot fungus or not. My local pool store said to "just shock it & I'll be fine, cuz chlorine kills everything" but I don't really have the confidence that they know much outside the basic training they got with the job. I thought I would perform the SLAM protocol & wash the decking with a strong bleach water. But wanted to ask here to see what the best approach is & how effective it is against this type of fungus.
The pool area is enclosed in a screened cage & gets full sun through most of the day with the exception of areas nearer to house which are in shade for part of day as sun is raising & setting.
the pool is about 14k gallons with a 800 gallon spillover spa.
pool surface is a quartz (I think its the Diamond brite brand super blue) with tile at water line
pool has several built in step & bench features with more tile at underwater edges
Deck is a stamped concrete painted with a cool deck type paint
I let my pool guy go at the end of last year as the pool was often cloudy & he just wasn't doing a good job, I have been learning how to take care of it myself but my current knowledge is still pretty novice. I just recently found this site & plan to learn & follow the protocols here.
Currently I am testing with 5 in 1 strips & keeping in the following ranges according to the strips
Ph 7.2-7.4
Free Chlorine 3
total alkalinity 80-120
Cya 30-50
I use a chlorine tablet feeder & liquid shock, when I found out about the contaminated feet I immediately added shock to bring the FC up to 5 ppm & switched the pump to always on.
Apparently this person has had a fungus problem for years, possibly decades & has never sought treatment or diagnosis of any kind. He does not consider it even worth thinking about even though his feet look & smell disgusting. Aside from being angry about the person who has no concern over their own health or any consideration over others. I just need to fix this problem & ensure my pool is safe for me & my wife.
She has been on the internet & says she gets mixed messages about whether chlorine kills foot fungus or not. My local pool store said to "just shock it & I'll be fine, cuz chlorine kills everything" but I don't really have the confidence that they know much outside the basic training they got with the job. I thought I would perform the SLAM protocol & wash the decking with a strong bleach water. But wanted to ask here to see what the best approach is & how effective it is against this type of fungus.
The pool area is enclosed in a screened cage & gets full sun through most of the day with the exception of areas nearer to house which are in shade for part of day as sun is raising & setting.
the pool is about 14k gallons with a 800 gallon spillover spa.
pool surface is a quartz (I think its the Diamond brite brand super blue) with tile at water line
pool has several built in step & bench features with more tile at underwater edges
Deck is a stamped concrete painted with a cool deck type paint
I let my pool guy go at the end of last year as the pool was often cloudy & he just wasn't doing a good job, I have been learning how to take care of it myself but my current knowledge is still pretty novice. I just recently found this site & plan to learn & follow the protocols here.
Currently I am testing with 5 in 1 strips & keeping in the following ranges according to the strips
Ph 7.2-7.4
Free Chlorine 3
total alkalinity 80-120
Cya 30-50
I use a chlorine tablet feeder & liquid shock, when I found out about the contaminated feet I immediately added shock to bring the FC up to 5 ppm & switched the pump to always on.
Apparently this person has had a fungus problem for years, possibly decades & has never sought treatment or diagnosis of any kind. He does not consider it even worth thinking about even though his feet look & smell disgusting. Aside from being angry about the person who has no concern over their own health or any consideration over others. I just need to fix this problem & ensure my pool is safe for me & my wife.