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Green - Black - Blue/Green - Mustard For "Pink" or "White" algae, (which are not really algae) see Bisolime Background or Bioslime I and Bioslime II
Pool Size: _____________ gallons.
Sanitizer System:
Chlorine
Baquacil
Softswim
Bromine
Other ______________________________
Test sanitizer and pH levels. Adjust the sanitizer to normal levels, and the pH to normal or high, depending on your decision in step two. Vacuum or scoop all debris from pool bottom.
If you can see the bottom of the pool, skip to step six. If you cannot see the bottom, remove most of the live algae by floccing the pool.
To floc the pool, and remove most of the live algae, raise the pool water level to near the top of the skimmer. You will be losing 1-3 inches of water in three days. Re-test the pH, and raise to 7.8 or above (Baquacil Pools) or 7.9 or above (chlorine or bromine pools). Brush the walls to put the algae into the water. Note: quaternary and didecl algaecides will interfere with the floccing action at high levels. Polyquats interfere at very high levels. If you have already added a large amount of algaecide, the floc may not work. If you need to add algaecide before trying the floc, use an elemental copper algaecide.
Mix the correct amount of floc: ______________________________ in a bucket of pool water, spread evenly over the pool's surface, and shut off the filter. Do not disturb the pool by swimming or filtering for one to three days.
When the algae has settled to the bottom, vacuum to bypass or waste — not on filter or backwash! If you do not know how, ask us to show you. If you do it incorrectly, you could damage the filter.
Now immediately kill the algae. If you wait too long, the algae may grow out of control. Re-test the pH, and if necessary, adjust to a normal level. Add a normal dose of shock to the pool: ______________________________. Immediately thereafter, add an initial dose of algaecide: ______________________________. Remember, never mix chemicals together. Add them separately to the pool.
Brush the walls and floor well, to break up the algae and to allow the poison (the shock and algaecide) to come into contact with all of the algae.
Filter 24 hours a day until the water clears. If it does not clear in 4-6 days, add a clarifier, or ask us for a water clarity treatment.
Return to your normal 3-step chemical usage (sanitizer-shock-algaecide) in whatever method you normally use.
If you have mustard algae, or black algae, and it returns one to three weeks after following this treatment, treat it the second time, with Bioguard Mustard Buster or Target Yellow and Black treatment (a chlorine enhancer) and Burn Out Extreme or Super Shock. Follow the directions on the Mustard Buster or Yellow and Black treatment—they will contradict the shock directions and our directions here. These chemicals are not compatible with Baquacil, but we've never seen mustard algae in a Baquacil pool.
Please let us help you, anytime.
IMPORTANT
Pool Size: ___________ Gallons Technician: ___________ Date: ________________
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