Frogslegs Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 After 5 years of not too many problems we have just taken off the winter cover and the pool is green. We did 'winterise' it, the same as other years. The pool is 30 square metres, approx 6000 gallons. ph and clorine levels o.k. Have tried Delsalgin 1 litre application, no improvement. Tried Fi-clor superfast fine granules, chlorine shock with pump running for 24 hours. No improvement after three days!Any other ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eslier Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Floculant should clear it and then you just need to vacuum up the residue, but your problem may be a build up of stabiliser which means you may need to empty about two thirds of the water and refill. I am sure Andrew will be able to advise the best course of action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wils Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 PH level OK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 [quote user="Frogslegs"] After 5 years of not too many problems we have just taken off the winter cover and the pool is green. We did 'winterise' it, the same as other years. The pool is 30 square metres, approx 6000 gallons. ph and clorine levels o.k. Have tried Delsalgin 1 litre application, no improvement. Tried Fi-clor superfast fine granules, chlorine shock with pump running for 24 hours. No improvement after three days!Any other ideas?[/quote]I had exactly the same problem a week ago with a 7500 gallon pool plus even algae floating on the surface. It is amazing what a strong dose of just choc chlorine does as the water was clear in 48 hours, now all that is required is a good vacuuming. I never worry too much about a strong dose of chlorine as this will burn off once the weather gets warmer, it may well worth just giving it another dose of chlorine as this should do the trick.Baz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poolguy Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 FroglegsSorry to hear about your problems, the solution may be simple or complicated depending on your systems.You didn't say what santisitaion system you are using, as a lot dependson that. Can you tell me what you used to put into the pool and whatproduct you used to 'winterize'. Test your water with DPD1 tables for chlorine and phenol red for pH and post the answer and well go from there.Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogslegs Posted April 6, 2006 Author Share Posted April 6, 2006 Water is clear...good enough to jump in!....albeit freezing cold!!!!many thanks for the replies and especially to the private email which somehow I deleted...suggesting peroxide. All I did was persevere for a few more days and.... voila!Now lets hope the sun keeps shining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poolguy Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 I would urge anyone to think very carefully about using Peroxide in their pool. This is also know (somewhat spuriously as Oxigen Actif, but its Peroxide just the same.)This chemical is particularly agressive not to mention expensive. Somepeople report having to spend over 30 euro per week to keep their poolclean using this product, I do not see the point in this as you can doa better job with liquid chloring for under 100 euro per year. There is no question however that it will kill the algea and all theother nasties that aspect will never be at issue, its very effective,,but rather that I would warn that the use of this chemical as yoursanisation has to be through through and analysed VERY CAREFULLY. Onceyou use Peroxide than you need to nearly flush the entire pool if youwant to change. Secondly that chemical is VERY volitile (exposive), asevidence in the London Tube Bombings - the major component of which Iunderstand was Peroxide. Its also very agressive, and reactive withbleached hair and sensitive skin, so you must be very careful aboutyour levels.They should be more the 4ppm but not more than 8ppmaccording to DDASS Norms. So its not something to just hurl into the pool to clear up the mess(like Chlor choc), which it will do very nicely, but the consequencesto the health of swimmers are not alltogether agreeable if its not keepvery tightly measured.Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apero Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Our pool is checked out by a professional at the start of year and we were told, as Andrew said no Peroxide use.He also said that any lightening storms may cause a change of the water color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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