Is the water in your swimming pool green? Depending on weather conditions it can happen fast - almost overnight. Your water looks fine one day and then you get up the next and there it is ugly, green water. The green color you're seeing is a full-scale algae bloom. Algae are microscopic plant life that get into pools by rain or are carried in by dust. Some of them are free floating while others latch on and cling to the sides of the pool. Either way you can clear up your pool water, so don't despair - in a few days your water will be crystal clear again. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. What you'll need
Pool water chemical test kit
Unstabilized chlorine
Pool scrub brush
2. Use your test kit to determine the pH level in your pool water. It should be between 7.2 and 7.6. If it is outside of that range add pH Up or pH Down to adjust the level.
3. Scrub the sides and bottom of the pool with the brush to loosen any clinging algae.
4. Add unstabilized Chlorine granules (Shock) to the pool. The amount of Chlorine you add will depend on the capacity of your pool (150 grams for every 10,000 liters or approximately 5 ounces of chlorine for every 2500 gallons of water).
5. Turn on your pump and run your system for a day allowing the Chlorinated water to circulate and get rid of the algae.
6. Vacuum the white residue from the bottom of the pool the next day. The water should have cleared substantially, if it is still looking green repeat the "shock" process.
7. Clean your filter to remove any alga residue.
8. Rebalance your pool water.
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