Hi all,
I had a stain that I couldn't remove from my pool wall, and after doing a Jack's Magic Stain ID test I determined that a Jack's Magic "O2 Safe Shock & Stain Solution #2 Treatment" should work. I went ahead and did the treatment about 10 weeks ago. Oh boy am I regretting it! The instructions explain that there can be false FC readings for 3-4 weeks and I was willing to deal with that, but what the instructions didn't say is that the treatments result in a high nitrogen level (which is what causes the false FC readings) that makes it quite easy for algae to grow.
I've been dealing with algae issues non-stop. Over 3+ years I only had 1 algae bloom, but in just the 10 weeks since doing this treatment I've had 5 algae issues (all being more intense than the one I had prior to the treatment). I keep having to SLAM to control it, making it harder to have water that's safe to swim in. I contacted Jack's Magic and they said I should just be patient and keep waiting for the nitrogen to dissipate. They said that I could try doing just a O2 Safe Shock treatment to get the nitrogen out of the water faster, but wouldn't guarantee that would fix the issue. Aside from their iffy response, I don't want to purchase more of their product to fix an issue their product caused.
Any opinions on what I should do at this point? Should I just keep waiting? Should I dump all or maybe half of the water in the pool to start fresh? I have a large pool so I was trying to avoid that, but will if I have to. Should I do the O2 treatment?
Thanks for any advise/opinions!
I had a stain that I couldn't remove from my pool wall, and after doing a Jack's Magic Stain ID test I determined that a Jack's Magic "O2 Safe Shock & Stain Solution #2 Treatment" should work. I went ahead and did the treatment about 10 weeks ago. Oh boy am I regretting it! The instructions explain that there can be false FC readings for 3-4 weeks and I was willing to deal with that, but what the instructions didn't say is that the treatments result in a high nitrogen level (which is what causes the false FC readings) that makes it quite easy for algae to grow.
I've been dealing with algae issues non-stop. Over 3+ years I only had 1 algae bloom, but in just the 10 weeks since doing this treatment I've had 5 algae issues (all being more intense than the one I had prior to the treatment). I keep having to SLAM to control it, making it harder to have water that's safe to swim in. I contacted Jack's Magic and they said I should just be patient and keep waiting for the nitrogen to dissipate. They said that I could try doing just a O2 Safe Shock treatment to get the nitrogen out of the water faster, but wouldn't guarantee that would fix the issue. Aside from their iffy response, I don't want to purchase more of their product to fix an issue their product caused.
Any opinions on what I should do at this point? Should I just keep waiting? Should I dump all or maybe half of the water in the pool to start fresh? I have a large pool so I was trying to avoid that, but will if I have to. Should I do the O2 treatment?
Thanks for any advise/opinions!
