- Jun 26, 2015
- 428
- Pool Size
- 7600
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-30 Plus
This is a new one for me. My pool is clear, can see the texture of the harbor freight fatigue mats under the liner, but the water was dull. I'm having a few girlfriends over tomorrow to float, so I got in to give the pool a good scrub down. I moved the stairs and see the green culprit. Stairs are wedding cake that I've added PVC to the bottom for height and flow, and are weighed down by 12 1-gallon jugs of cement. Cover has been on for over a month, so levels obviously must have dropped sometime in the last 30 days. I'm thinking it was sometime last week when I was out of town and the temp outside was 110+
I proceed to dive under, pull out the jugs, place them on top of the stairs to keep them held down, brush them, repeat. They were definitely a bit slimy. Then go back down and scrub in the hole for as long as I can before I run out of air, repeat.
After a while there is a bunch of stuff floating through the water that kinda looks like the labels had peel off the jugs but there was a lot more in the water than what a label or 2 would have left. I skim some out and after google research on my phone while still in the pool, realize what it was.
My question is, what is the way to treat this? I double brushed down all the pool walls and floors. Brushed the inside of the steps as well as one can for a minute at a time while holding their breath, pulling the stairs out of the pool is not an option. Took all of the jugs out of the water, sprayed them down with bleach and brushed again. Spent about 30 minutes skimming the pool and vacuuming as much out as I could. Anyone have any experience with this? I have a good DE filter set up, do you think the floating mold should be filtered out in the next 20 hours before the float party starts? I do have a sparkling pool reputation to maintain. I brought the pool up to SLAM levels when I thought it was just plain algae.
I proceed to dive under, pull out the jugs, place them on top of the stairs to keep them held down, brush them, repeat. They were definitely a bit slimy. Then go back down and scrub in the hole for as long as I can before I run out of air, repeat.
After a while there is a bunch of stuff floating through the water that kinda looks like the labels had peel off the jugs but there was a lot more in the water than what a label or 2 would have left. I skim some out and after google research on my phone while still in the pool, realize what it was.
My question is, what is the way to treat this? I double brushed down all the pool walls and floors. Brushed the inside of the steps as well as one can for a minute at a time while holding their breath, pulling the stairs out of the pool is not an option. Took all of the jugs out of the water, sprayed them down with bleach and brushed again. Spent about 30 minutes skimming the pool and vacuuming as much out as I could. Anyone have any experience with this? I have a good DE filter set up, do you think the floating mold should be filtered out in the next 20 hours before the float party starts? I do have a sparkling pool reputation to maintain. I brought the pool up to SLAM levels when I thought it was just plain algae.
