Very useful video. I use copper algaecide and always have to increase chlorine levels before adding it. Then since chlorine raises ph in my pool often have to add muriatic acid. It is a real pain to deal with. Phosphates too due to leaves and debris but adding phosphate remover clogs filter up quickly.
I do not own a pool or even swim that often. But for some reason you tube was like, check out this channel and learn the ways of the water. so ya might need a pool with the new house we are looking for!
Thank you for video we’ve been dealing with algae that keeps coming back and trying to keep everything balance is hard. Question is do you treat algae first or balance pool first? Currently we have low alkalinity, high chlorine and low ph. We have in the past done everything all at once but came back to same thing. We even had to drain entire pool and yet here we are back again with same issue. Any help please appreciate it.. pool maintenance we hire didn’t even help up to now so trying to find solution and y’all have been the best I’ve found with good info. Thanks
I do pool work, and I would treat for the algae first. Get it killed and gone. You'll likely have to vacuum to waste following. Then balance, so you're not vacuuming chems just added to waste.
Yeah, Justin makes a good point. Treat the algae first. With a low pH situation, the chlorine will work harder for you as there’s a higher level of Hypochlorus Acid (the killing kind of chlorine) make sure the pool is running 24/7, and make sure the filter is dialed in. If you can vacuum to waste, you can vacuum as much of the live algae directly out before even treating. That means less money spent on chems to cure the pool. On to chemistry though......have we checked phosphate, hardness, and CYA levels? When those two things are high, it can be a real fight to eradicate the algae and it may be best to drain, do a chlorine wash and refill fresh. If those things are in a good range though we have a good shot at knocking it out with chems. You’ve gotta get that chlorine up and keep it up. That means testing frequently and bumping the chlorine levels often until they hold. Go with a metal based or polymer based algaecide as ammonium based algaecides consume chlorine and you’ll struggle further to keep the levels up. If you stay on top of it and hit it hard, you should be able to knock it out.
Swimming Pool Science thank you for response could not let me read the rest of what you wanted me to make sure off something. Based on this video what would be best way to treat algae(FYI we have some type of brown orange spots on wall and some on bottom) thinking this metal spots? Could this be also affect the balance?
Stuff like swimtrine, which was one of the algaecides in the video is copper based. You can add chlorine with it, but not necessary if you have a chlorine reading.
Thank-you for taking a complicated subject and making it simple enough to comprehend.
Thanks for the video, this is the best explanation of algaecide I have seen (I've been doing it all wrong!)
Very useful video. I use copper algaecide and always have to increase chlorine levels before adding it. Then since chlorine raises ph in my pool often have to add muriatic acid. It is a real pain to deal with. Phosphates too due to leaves and debris but adding phosphate remover clogs filter up quickly.
Thanks Josh. I learned a ton from this video!
Glad you found it useful! That was a sweet video of you at the Cinders!
I do not own a pool or even swim that often. But for some reason you tube was like, check out this channel and learn the ways of the water. so ya might need a pool with the new house we are looking for!
Thank you for video we’ve been dealing with algae that keeps coming back and trying to keep everything balance is hard. Question is do you treat algae first or balance pool first? Currently we have low alkalinity, high chlorine and low ph. We have in the past done everything all at once but came back to same thing. We even had to drain entire pool and yet here we are back again with same issue. Any help please appreciate it.. pool maintenance we hire didn’t even help up to now so trying to find solution and y’all have been the best I’ve found with good info. Thanks
I do pool work, and I would treat for the algae first. Get it killed and gone. You'll likely have to vacuum to waste following. Then balance, so you're not vacuuming chems just added to waste.
Yeah, Justin makes a good point. Treat the algae first. With a low pH situation, the chlorine will work harder for you as there’s a higher level of Hypochlorus Acid (the killing kind of chlorine) make sure the pool is running 24/7, and make sure the filter is dialed in. If you can vacuum to waste, you can vacuum as much of the live algae directly out before even treating. That means less money spent on chems to cure the pool.
On to chemistry though......have we checked phosphate, hardness, and CYA levels? When those two things are high, it can be a real fight to eradicate the algae and it may be best to drain, do a chlorine wash and refill fresh. If those things are in a good range though we have a good shot at knocking it out with chems. You’ve gotta get that chlorine up and keep it up. That means testing frequently and bumping the chlorine levels often until they hold. Go with a metal based or polymer based algaecide as ammonium based algaecides consume chlorine and you’ll struggle further to keep the levels up. If you stay on top of it and hit it hard, you should be able to knock it out.
Justin Kroll thank you
Swimming Pool Science thank you for response could not let me read the rest of what you wanted me to make sure off something. Based on this video what would be best way to treat algae(FYI we have some type of brown orange spots on wall and some on bottom) thinking this metal spots? Could this be also affect the balance?
Can you please put whole video on CZcams
With a copper 7 product, do you still add chlorine?
Stuff like swimtrine, which was one of the algaecides in the video is copper based. You can add chlorine with it, but not necessary if you have a chlorine reading.
What is the name of your polymer based algaecide called and do you have a link? I'd like to try this after using copper based algaecides.
i just wanna get rid of the black algae....easy and fast Josh
Are you affiliated with splash pools in Vegas ?
No