Green Pool Water & Swimming Pool Algae

Swimming Pool Care



Tips on fixing and removing your green pool water problems. Learn how to clear up, get rid of, and treating dark and light green pool algae. Swimming pool algae is by far the most common complaints from pool owners.

If the proper steps are not taken to avoid, eliminate, and control your pool algae, it can reproduce like rabbits.

When pool algae is present, the pool chlorine is used up trying to combat the problem.

Pool algae will also use up your chlorine and chlorine tablets that would otherwise be used for your pool’s regular sanitation. A pool algae growth can turn the pool cloudy green or give it that “you can walk across it” look.

To lessen your chances of pool algae you may want to consider fiberglass inground pools. You’ll need to chlorine shock the pool and use a swimming pool algae treatment or pool algaecide.

Follow the instructions on the bottle of the algaecide.


Swimming Pool Algae Prevention

Properly balancing all of your pool’s chemicals will greatly reduce the opportunity for green pool water. You can treat brown algae pretty much in the same manner as green algae. Black algae is a different animal all together.

Having your swimming pool chlorine, alkalinity, and hardness adjusted correctly is very important. Remember to brush and vacuum your pool because this will reduce the dirt accumulation and algae pores from sticking to the pool’s surface.

This goes for small swimming pools and lap pools as well.

If you have yellow algae, you'll probably brush it and think it's gone, but it will come back. It's kind of like that neighbor that keeps borrowing money from you. You give him a $20 and think it's over, but it's not. He's back for more, and he didn't even repay the last $20.


Time To Clear Up Your Swimming Pool Algae

When the time comes to clear up your green pool water it's always safety first.

  • Always take the proper precaution in dealing with these types of pool chemicals and read the manufacture’s labels.

  • Use heavy duty rubber gloves and goggles and keep pool chlorine out of reach of children and pets. Again, I recommend using granular chlorine a.k.a calcium hypochlorite.

    It’s easier, a bit safer, lighter in weight, easier to store, and 1 pound of granular chlorine equals 1 gallon (8lbs.) of liquid.

    • you need to jump on it quick, fast, and in a hurry because the longer you wait to more chance the pool algae will stain your swimming pool and cost you even more time and money.

    That's something we could all use more of.

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