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Member
Mar 5, 2024
7
Clemson, South Carolina
Pool Size
17000
Surface
Vinyl
Well some of the moderators have greeted me by virtue of my first post - but howdy y'all!

Purchased a home with a 27' / 17000 gallon above ground pool last year and been through the wringer on maintenance issues. Piecemeal rebuilds of the plumbing, a possible algae(?) issue I cannot seem to fix and finish.

While I can't describe my local pool store as particularly egregious, they aren't shy on shilling a $85 a bottle mustard algae "cure" and, insofar as I'm aware, their specialty is installations not routine chemical maintenance. Thank you to whomever wrote the Wiki entr(y|ies) on pool test kits. I was getting close to shelling out for the LaMotte disk analyzers they have in-store along with the obscenely priced BioGuard chemicals.

Once I nix this algae(?) issue, hoping to explore the worlds of pool automation and emulate some of the amazing decor I've seen y'all posting. I may live in the mountains but my heart rests on the Carolina coast.
 
Hey Ox and belated (official) Welcome !!!!

they aren't shy on shilling a $85 a bottle mustard algae "cure"
Some are Sodium Bromide and in as little as one treatment, you have a Bromine pool that can't be undone because any chlorine you add turns to bromine.

What specific bottles did they sell you (if they did)?


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