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psik0tik:
Someone told me using bleach instead of pool shock is better is this true. Or do I need to stick with pool shock. It's getting this cloudy green stuff in it recently and I'm having a hard time getting rid of it. The guy told me to add 1gallon of bleach per 1000 gallons of water...that's 25 gallons of bleach...seems kind of alot
polaris:
no idea on the products or bleach but, in our fish pond we had a real algae problem.
it turned out to be because there was concrete around the pool which leached undesirable substances into the water increasing the algae problem, we moved any concrete and replaced with natural stones and it sorted it out.
i think it was the ph that was too high cos of the concrete.
might be worth considering :cheers:
DrumAnBass:
Funny I am battling algae in my pool right now as well...
My pool isn't holding chlorine long at all. I have been told that my water is old and I probably need to drain and refill. Just have been avoiding it because of the expense... A buddy converted to the salt method of chlorination but that conversion isn't cheap....
AtomSmasher:
bleach seems like a bad idea, but I've never tried it (or heard of anyone trying it), so I don't know for sure. Is the pool having problems holding its clorine? Have you tried adding conditioner? (I'm not sure what pool shock is, it could just be conditioner) Are you having a hard time keeping the pH correct, or is it just the clorine?
psik0tik:
By the tester it's perfect. The water doesn't need replacing yet I just had it replaced like 4 mths ago. It holds chlorine fine and the Ph is as good as it gets. I think I'm going to look into the concrete part...we just had a waterfall installed like 2 mths ago and maybe the material they used is messing with the water. Thanks for the suggestions.
Also the salt treatment thing is very very expensive and it doesn't work as well as the 200.00 biogaurd system. It basically breaks down all the oils and sediment into a jelly that sits at the bottom of the pool....then you just vacuum it up.
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