re: Paging Cdawg or pool guys- need pool help

Posted by bigberg2000

houston, from chalmette

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Posted on 6/27/14 at 10:00 pm to Paige

Come on girl you know it's all fun.

Hmu

Posted by iamalter

shreveport

Member since Nov 2013

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Posted on 6/27/14 at 10:10 pm to ehidal1

is it a chlorine pool or salt? Mine is a chlorine pool and I fought algae for years on one end thinking it was circulation. Took my water in for testing to the dealer and other local pool dealers and no one could figure out the problem. I fought this problem for 5 years and learned goggle is my friend. You need to buy yourself some phosphate remover. Phosphate is what algae feeds on.

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Posted by ehidal1

Chief Boot Knocka

Member since Dec 2007

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Posted on 6/27/14 at 10:13 pm to iamalter

I think I have some. How often/when and how much do I use?

Thanks

Eta: chlorine

This post was edited on 6/27/14 at 10:14 pm

Posted by iamalter

shreveport

Member since Nov 2013

72 posts

Posted on 6/27/14 at 10:28 pm to ehidal1

I'm sitting on the couch having a beer and don't feel like walking to the garage to read the directions on the bottle. If my memory serves me correctly you need to add about 12 oz's or so for starting up the pool. After you get the pool started up you add 2 oz's a week. You steel have to shock the pool etc... along with normal chemicals. But I can tell you once I learned of the need to add phosphate remover to my pool I went from spending a $1500 a year on my pool to probable $200.

Posted by ehidal1

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Member since Dec 2007

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Posted on 6/27/14 at 10:30 pm to iamalter

Ok no sweat thanks. I can look up the instructions. Didn't know if you had extra tips on it

Posted by iamalter

shreveport

Member since Nov 2013

72 posts

Posted on 6/27/14 at 10:40 pm to ehidal1

Didn't mean to sound like it was too much trouble to help you out. what I said about the amount to add will be close. What you add will depend on how big your pool is. I have lots of tips on pool care. Can't tell you how much I had to learn on my own and how pissed I am with the local pool store experts that I have went to asking for help with my algae problem.

Posted by Tiger Ryno

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Posted on 6/27/14 at 10:52 pm to ehidal1

C dawg don't play dat Cinco shithole

Posted by biglego

San Francisco

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Posted on 6/27/14 at 10:56 pm to ehidal1

Urine is a natural algae killer.

If that don't work you can just go swim at the cinco beach and gawk at the girls.

Posted by Paige

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Posted on 6/27/14 at 11:07 pm to Tiger Ryno

Cinco is a shithole?

Where do you live? North katy?

This post was edited on 6/27/14 at 11:07 pm

Posted by CtotheVrzrbck

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Member since Dec 2007

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Posted on 6/27/14 at 11:07 pm to iamalter

quote:
Took my water in for testing to the dealer and other local pool dealers and no one could figure out the problem. I fought this problem for 5 years and learned goggle is my friend. You need to buy yourself some phosphate remover. Phosphate is what algae feeds on.

You learned the lesson that no pool store will ever tell you.

Use Orenda Tech PR-10,000, with a small amount of copper based algaecide and a good shock treatment and you're good to go.

Also there is a product called Revive that is a god send, LINK

but for the OP, spend $13 on one of these first and clear all of your lines by hooking it up to a water hose, jamming it as far as you can into the pipes and turn the water on and let the pressure build.

Also, plan on buying new cartridges for the filter soon.