| Green Pool Water and Green Algae in swimming | | | | get and eventually the harder to clean. |
| pools can be a common problem. Nothing can be | | | | Now your probably thinking..."How much chlorine |
| more disappointing when your look out your back | | | | do I put in my swimming pool?" |
| window and you have green pool water. | | | | Because there are many types of chlorine's and |
| Swimming pool algae can come in all sorts of | | | | different dose rates for each type, it can become |
| colors, from light green algae, right through to | | | | confusing really quickly. Now here's my little |
| black algae. It can float in your water or stick on | | | | secret! Use liquid chlorine, it works way faster and |
| the walls and the floor of your swimming pool. | | | | you don't need to dilute it or pre-dissolve it in a |
| There is only one true chemical that will | | | | bucket before you put it into the pool. |
| effectively kill algae and that's chlorine. | | | | Tip the liquid chlorine into the pool right in front of |
| But before you go adding chlorine to your pool | | | | the return jet...when the pump is running. This will |
| you must put in a little elbow grease. First you | | | | shoot the chlorine quickly. You want to put in a |
| must brush the walls and floor of the pool with | | | | few gallons and walk away from the pool. Come |
| your pool brush. This will get all the algae floating | | | | back in 15 minutes and see if the green pool |
| around in the pool so that the chlorine can attack | | | | water has gone lighter? If it looks heaps lighter |
| it from all sides. | | | | you've added enough. If not keep adding chlorine |
| Don't be scared to give it a really good scrub. | | | | until the pool water turns a lighter green. |
| Don't Stress...the pool may actually look worse | | | | The lighter color means that the chlorine is killing |
| after you scrub it because everything is now | | | | the green pool algae. That's great! |
| stirred up. Don't worry, thats normal and that will | | | | Now, you want to keep the filter clean and run it |
| make the chlorine's job a hell of a lot easier to kill | | | | continually until the water clears. |
| your green pool algae. | | | | If this does not work, you will need to use more |
| The sooner you get some chlorine into your pool | | | | drastic action to get rid of your green pool water. |
| the better. The longer you wait the worse it will | | | | |