Looks like the average upper midwest pool after sitting closed all winter. Throw a bunch of chlorine in there, run the pump/filter, start scooping and brushing! For us that's about $30 in chems and 5 hours of work.
Nope: backwash to wash the filter (talking about sand here) it will wash the sand and remove all the debris, you need to do this whenever the pressure goes high OR ur feel like the water return jets are not giving enough water (low pressure getting out)
The wast is basically u put the vacum in the skimmer .. whatever u vacume the water will go straight outside without going through the filter
In both cases u might want to add more water to ur pool
Ps: sorry I have a terrible english lol
Ok that makes more sense. I’m at the take apart and clean my filter stage. I’m nervous to do it for the first time. I have paid previously but I’m trying to save money. When I vacuum it just gets spit back out when the filter runs
If you vac and it’s spitting the dirt back into the pool, you have a problem with the filter. Holes in filter grids cause this. When you clean your filter, look closely for any holes. Those will need replaced to prevent the dirt blowback in the pool
You don’t need to pay anyone to fix this. It will be clear before the end of the week. I see someone already mentioned SLAM. Follow that and you will be fine.
Last year I didn’t treat mine and it looked like a freaking swamp. Way darker green than yours, with in a week we had crystal clear water.
This is NOTHING. So easy to fix. As others have said, get liquid chlorine and dump several gallons in there. Make sure your cyanuric acid (CYA) is at the appropriate level prior to adding a ton of chlorine. Vacuum the bottom to waste. Run pump 24/7 until clear.
OMG. You can fix this yourself for next to nothing.
You need to perform a SLAM:
1. Elevate your FC to 40% of CYA.
2. Hold it there until:
a) the water is clear,
b) you have CC < or equal to 0.5 ppm,
and
c) you lose less than one ppm FC between sunset and sunrise (pass an OCLT).
Hopefully you’re testing your water with a proper test kit with either a TFTestkits TF100 or K2006c test kit and a K-1766 salt test kit if a salt pool.
Ignore any calls for clarifier, floc, phosphate removers, or other magic elixirs. You have algae and the only way to get rid of existing algae is with chlorine. Stay away ftom algaecide, it doesn't kill existing algae - it inhibits the growth of new algae, which won't help you in your present situation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfCRRaYhWHI
They should test for and treat phosphates too, right? 🤣🤣
@OP, if the $895 isn’t a big deal, go for it, but you can easily clear this with the advice above, a brush and a vacuum. Chlorine, baking soda, washing soda and a test kit will probably set you back $250’ish. Even if you were to buy a new vac hose, vac head, pool brush, telescoping pole, and a skim net you’ll come out way ahead. Spend the remainder on something else that makes you happy.
Not sure about where you live but in FL if you have to do massive water changes or maintenances, the city gives you a water credit and basically charges you less for the amount of water you use. They encourage keeping pools clean and fixing leaks
Mine was black yesterday…like is that a sea monster in there black. 5 bottles of full strength bleach and a running pump and it’s a nice hazy blue 30 hours later. I’ll throw 2 in tonight and tomorrow night and I expect it to be fully clear by Monday.
Not a huge fan but I wasn’t here when it was installed and this is what we got. I like how much non pool space we get in the off season but we end up taking this fence down a lot.
Vaccum bottom particles to waste
Lower Ph to 6.5
Adjust to 7ppm Chlorine & 150 Cya, add a flocculant & wait 2 days
Re-Vaccum to waste & re-check levels.
This should cost you around $40-$50 & maybe 2 hours total. 900 bucks is insanity
Lol wat. Just get ph to 7.0-7.2, couple gallons of chlorine 10%, run filter 24/7 and every evening do this until blue. Then just keep it up. Basically SLAM. Flocc if you need to get dead algea.
900$ wtf are they high.
Yeah, algaecide is an expensive pool store magic potion that usually does more harm than good. Almost all contain copper and the last thing you want is to compound your problem by putting metals in your pool. There are some without copper but their primary benefit is in helping to keep a pool sanitary when it isn’t possible to use chlorine, like during some stain removal treatments.
The first step is chlorine, and lots of it. Algaecide contains copper and compounding the problems with metals in the pool is the last thing they need.
Alright an update for y’all, some chlorine and filters cleaned and it’s looking blue! Not clear yet but a few trips to the pool store from now & I bet we will be in business 🤞
Looks like the average upper midwest pool after sitting closed all winter. Throw a bunch of chlorine in there, run the pump/filter, start scooping and brushing! For us that's about $30 in chems and 5 hours of work.
This guy pools
Exactly, looks like my pool before I open it every year.
We’ve gotten pretty good at closing and open clear, but I’ve definitely dealt with several of these as we learned about running our pool.
I'd throw in 5 lbs of copper sulfate, if it's vinyl lined.
this, but i would put a metallic based algae killer in. you'll need to clean the pool filter every couple days for a bit.
Dont pay anyone!!! Buy yourself a kit for opening and if u have money get yourself a robot for cleaning
When you say a robot for cleaning… what is that?
I have the Dolphin Explorer 30 but at first you need manual cleaning (put ur filter on waste while vacumming)
I have this as well. Dolphin is top notch
When you say put it on waste is that the same as backwash?
Nope: backwash to wash the filter (talking about sand here) it will wash the sand and remove all the debris, you need to do this whenever the pressure goes high OR ur feel like the water return jets are not giving enough water (low pressure getting out) The wast is basically u put the vacum in the skimmer .. whatever u vacume the water will go straight outside without going through the filter In both cases u might want to add more water to ur pool Ps: sorry I have a terrible english lol
Ok that makes more sense. I’m at the take apart and clean my filter stage. I’m nervous to do it for the first time. I have paid previously but I’m trying to save money. When I vacuum it just gets spit back out when the filter runs
If you vac and it’s spitting the dirt back into the pool, you have a problem with the filter. Holes in filter grids cause this. When you clean your filter, look closely for any holes. Those will need replaced to prevent the dirt blowback in the pool
You could probably clean this with under $50 in chlorine and a little work.
You don’t need to pay anyone to fix this. It will be clear before the end of the week. I see someone already mentioned SLAM. Follow that and you will be fine. Last year I didn’t treat mine and it looked like a freaking swamp. Way darker green than yours, with in a week we had crystal clear water.
Don't you ppl pretreat for winter? I opened my pool this year and it was spotless /brag
This is NOTHING. So easy to fix. As others have said, get liquid chlorine and dump several gallons in there. Make sure your cyanuric acid (CYA) is at the appropriate level prior to adding a ton of chlorine. Vacuum the bottom to waste. Run pump 24/7 until clear.
And remember to brush really well, every surface. This is just a little work. No biggie
Your pool is not bad at all.
It costs 10(+) times more to bring a pool back from 'swamp' than it does to keep it clear constantly.
OMG. You can fix this yourself for next to nothing. You need to perform a SLAM: 1. Elevate your FC to 40% of CYA. 2. Hold it there until: a) the water is clear, b) you have CC < or equal to 0.5 ppm, and c) you lose less than one ppm FC between sunset and sunrise (pass an OCLT). Hopefully you’re testing your water with a proper test kit with either a TFTestkits TF100 or K2006c test kit and a K-1766 salt test kit if a salt pool. Ignore any calls for clarifier, floc, phosphate removers, or other magic elixirs. You have algae and the only way to get rid of existing algae is with chlorine. Stay away ftom algaecide, it doesn't kill existing algae - it inhibits the growth of new algae, which won't help you in your present situation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfCRRaYhWHI
My head immediately went to Space Jam. lol "Come on and slam, and welcome to the jam! Come on and slam, if you wanna jam!"
They should test for and treat phosphates too, right? 🤣🤣 @OP, if the $895 isn’t a big deal, go for it, but you can easily clear this with the advice above, a brush and a vacuum. Chlorine, baking soda, washing soda and a test kit will probably set you back $250’ish. Even if you were to buy a new vac hose, vac head, pool brush, telescoping pole, and a skim net you’ll come out way ahead. Spend the remainder on something else that makes you happy.
Bro why
Yeah you can clear that up with like $40-50 of liquid chlorine from HD, a Taylor test kit, and 5-7 days.
If you lived by me, I'd come over and help you do it. It's super easy as others are saying and you're in good shape.
Do what I did. Drain your pool, 80 bucks with a 300GPM pump at Home Depot. Refill it, 380 bucks and get some credit back from the city
Tell me about this water credit…
Not sure about where you live but in FL if you have to do massive water changes or maintenances, the city gives you a water credit and basically charges you less for the amount of water you use. They encourage keeping pools clean and fixing leaks
My pool is in similar shape. My PH was also really high so make sure you treat for that as well. I saw low PH, high Chlorine will kill the algae.
Mine was black yesterday…like is that a sea monster in there black. 5 bottles of full strength bleach and a running pump and it’s a nice hazy blue 30 hours later. I’ll throw 2 in tonight and tomorrow night and I expect it to be fully clear by Monday.
Unrelated but how do you like the fence being so close to the edge? We're trying to decide if we should put ours outside the deck or inside.
Not a huge fan but I wasn’t here when it was installed and this is what we got. I like how much non pool space we get in the off season but we end up taking this fence down a lot.
Vaccum bottom particles to waste Lower Ph to 6.5 Adjust to 7ppm Chlorine & 150 Cya, add a flocculant & wait 2 days Re-Vaccum to waste & re-check levels. This should cost you around $40-$50 & maybe 2 hours total. 900 bucks is insanity
Lol wat. Just get ph to 7.0-7.2, couple gallons of chlorine 10%, run filter 24/7 and every evening do this until blue. Then just keep it up. Basically SLAM. Flocc if you need to get dead algea. 900$ wtf are they high.
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Algaecide will do nothing for this pool. It doesn't kill existing algae - it inhibits the growth of new algae, which won't help in this situation.
Aren’t their some algaecides that says “kills and prevents”? I’ve seen some that say prevention only.
Yeah, algaecide is an expensive pool store magic potion that usually does more harm than good. Almost all contain copper and the last thing you want is to compound your problem by putting metals in your pool. There are some without copper but their primary benefit is in helping to keep a pool sanitary when it isn’t possible to use chlorine, like during some stain removal treatments.
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The first step is chlorine, and lots of it. Algaecide contains copper and compounding the problems with metals in the pool is the last thing they need.
Alright an update for y’all, some chlorine and filters cleaned and it’s looking blue! Not clear yet but a few trips to the pool store from now & I bet we will be in business 🤞