my pool is cloudy with a tint of green, not algae. Its from phosphates (pollen) would this help. Its already been liquid shocked, no brown water.
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It should. I deal with oak pollen every year and I use this product exclusively for a sparkling pool. Good luck!
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It is my understanding that this shock has the same function as liquid shock. I use this instead of liquid shock. Love it! Are you adding chlorine as well? Hth has home algae control stuff that comes in a gallon that you measure out and pour in depending on the size of your pool. You could try that. Maybe take some of your water to a local pool dealer and have it tested. They could tell you exactly what to do. Good luck.
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Although the HTH pool shock did help, I still had to take out and fully clean the pool filter. The shocker will certainly kill algae, but, it will not get rid of pollen or dirt coming off the trees and the ground. I have a few large trees around my pool and have to clean the filter every 3 months, at least, as dirt sits at the bottom of the filter holder and stats to clog up the pipes going from pool filter and into the pool. Short answer, yes, this product kills algae, but, will not kill dirt. I suggest you do both, use this product to kill any signs of algae while also fully cleaning your filter and pipes going into it and from it. Although the HTH pool shock did help, I still had to take out and fully clean the pool filter. The shocker will certainly kill algae, but, it will not get rid of pollen or dirt coming off the trees and the ground. I have a few large trees around my pool and have to clean the filter every 3 months, at least, as dirt sits at the bottom of the filter holder and stats to clog up the pipes going from pool filter and into the pool. Short answer, yes, this product kills algae, but, will not kill dirt. I suggest you do both, use this product to kill any signs of algae while also fully cleaning your... » Read More Although the HTH pool shock did help, I still had to take out and fully clean the pool filter. The shocker will certainly kill algae, but, it will not get rid of pollen or dirt coming off the trees and the ground. I have a few large trees around my pool and have to clean the filter every 3 months, at least, as dirt sits at the bottom of the filter holder and stats to clog up the pipes going from pool filter and into the pool. Short answer, yes, this product kills algae, but, will not kill dirt. I suggest you do both, use this product to kill any signs of algae while also fully cleaning your filter and pipes going into it and from it. « Show Less
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This will not help with the cloudiness, make sure you have a good clean filter to remove the cloudiness.
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Add a flocking agent let it set then vacuum on waste. Works for us every time.
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It is a good product, however the cloudiness of the water may be due to different causes: too much food, tank stabilization, overpopation of bateria so depending on your problem it may or may not work. sometimes people say it doesn't work because the issue they have will not get solve with this. If everything in the water is ok (chemically) this will help. New tank syndrome will help for a few hours and then come back. In those cases, you just have to wait for the tank to get over the stabilization period(new tank syndrome") for the water to clear up. Nothing else will work. I know it is not visually pretty but that just how it is.
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It will if you add too much to your pool. It does go away. I find it works better for me if I use the whole bottle I do not have any algae problem. My pool is a play pool so is shallow and has not dropped in temp below 88 degrees all summer. This was causing me grief with algae until I used black algae killer. Try adjusting how much you are using.
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NO, only for plants to control fungus. Very bad for humans. Look at a product called Pool Perfect Phos Free Plus. This stuff works great kills the food in the water that forms Algae. I have been using it for years weekly in my pool. Pool stays perfect and also makes the water feel soft. Amazon sells it, Hope this helps. Paul
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I would contact the company I use this stuff and ended up replacing all of my de filters if your trying to fight green algee and have not broken down your de filter and cleaned all of the screens that's what you need to do they algee up and your just pumping the green stuff back into your pool I wlll never use this stuff again hope this helps
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The system has a boost mode that acts as a shock by generating copper with the chlorine. The copper will kill any algae or pathogens. It will run 6 times longer than usual. My pool looked like the black lagoon when I tried it then was krystal clear 24 hours later
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I do not know. We have a solar-heated inground plaster pool that also gets like bathwater. I have been very happy with this product's ability to prevent algae growth.
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short answer, Yes... since that Phosfree is poured in the skimmer and if your filter is working properly will stay in the filter. One thing I need to point out. Phosfree does not reduce algae per se. It removes the food that algae uses to grow. Make sure that you have more than adequate chlorine to kill any existing algae. Eventually the amount chlorine can be decreased.
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It could be getting too much light, which is creating an excessive amount of algae. They respond best to fluorescent light during the day and darkness at night.
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The most common cause of a green pool is algae. An algicide should take care of the problem. Take a sample of the water to a local pool store, they will analyze the water recommend a solution. The pool shops in my area do the analysis for no charge.
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you should be fine with 6 to 8 hours. too much more than that and you start to get an algae problem.
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I still have a little bit of the black algae on a powerhead and a few rocks, but for the most part, it grows very, very slowly, so it doesn't get out of control to where the algae looks like somebody's hair waving in the breeze. As far as a can tell, it was actually changing the ph of my water which helped out there. I run a freshwater tank and try to keep the ph anywhere between 6.8 and 7.2 - obviously, if you are running salt water, that might be different, but where I live in Nebraska, the water tends to be quite hard and slightly alkaline, so I used an acid buffer. That's really what got the algae under control for me. I've heard some people have success with Flourish Excel in terms of keeping algae under control, but I don't think its really formulated so much for that as it is for overall plant health. Could be that it changes the ph slightly, and this causes the algae to die or inhibit its growth, but I don't think that is the case. If you want to control the algae, I would think that you need to lower the ph just a bit. It won't take much. That's been my experience.
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Yeah, thanks everyone. Really confusing reading online some people say nothing but salt, others say bleach, borax, stabilizer, shock. It's hard to know how to start it. Picking up my pool today and I have my three bags of salt and saltwater generator ready and waiting!
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Shock is basically chlorine, so yes you still need to chlorinate your pool. Phosfree simply removes phosphates which are food for algae reducing your chance or severity of algae if your chlorine level dips too low. I'd recommend reading ABCs of Pool Water Chemistry on trouble free pool website.
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I hope so . I'm converting my pool to salt water this year.................i'm thinking if you rinsed it with clear water it will be fine. let me know how u make out.. norm2428@comcast.net
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It is bubbled, blue but not real dark and has definately helped the pool stay a little warmer. Be careful to make sure to keep your chemicals up and keep it off on 90 plus degree weather as some of my friends have found it will build up algae.
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I have tried to keep it away from direct sunlight and sources of heat, and that has worked for me for a few years. I also try to keep it fairly full or I'll notice condensation on the top of the bottom segment that holds the filtered water (that is visible in the clear container). Hope that's not confusing. I would make sure everything is fully scrubbed before starting a fresh batch - it only takes a little bit of algae to grow into a mess you don't want to deal with. You could use a diluted bleach spray to get rid of it....just make sure to thoroughly wash it off!