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mykeys71
Specifics: in ground pool, algae can be scrubbed away pretty easily, but will return, dosed with shock and liquid choline. A pool tech suggested not wasting money on algae chemicals. Your thoughts please, thank you!!
Answer
Are you sure it is algae? There are treatments for it ("Yellow Out", for example works very well when used according to label directions).
The key here is how easily it brushes away. Do you have to scrub it, or does it just brush away easily into a cloud? (algae would normally take a little more effort to move)
I had a pollen-like mustard-colored substance that settled on the bottom of my last pool. (Probably from neighbor's trees.) My automatic cleaner used to pick it up, but more was back the next day. If that's what it is, don't know if there's an effective way to keep it out of the pool. (If so, I haven't found it....)
Are you sure it is algae? There are treatments for it ("Yellow Out", for example works very well when used according to label directions).
The key here is how easily it brushes away. Do you have to scrub it, or does it just brush away easily into a cloud? (algae would normally take a little more effort to move)
I had a pollen-like mustard-colored substance that settled on the bottom of my last pool. (Probably from neighbor's trees.) My automatic cleaner used to pick it up, but more was back the next day. If that's what it is, don't know if there's an effective way to keep it out of the pool. (If so, I haven't found it....)
How do I rid of the dirt at the bottom of my pool if all the automatic vacuum does is mix it?
coldmv
I am unsure if it's dirt, old DE, or algae. I am attempting to push all of it down the drain, but this also just mixes in with the water making clouds. Any advice?
Answer
First off i would use a regular pool vac and put your filter on waste and just get rid of it once and for all by slowly sucking it up (take your time as clouds happen when you go to fast). If your still using an old DE filter then personally id give it the old heave ho and get a sand filter as they are not that expensive and are much safer and easier to maintain then the DE filters especially since the dust they use to re coat them is considered a carcinogen.
If your making clouds chances are it isnt algae as it usually acts like super glue to the walls of your pool until you super chlorinate it into oblivion. Might be dirt but if it doesnt come up with the manual vacuuming i highly doubt it. If you do have a DE filter it might be junk that made it from the DE filter into the pool and thus always makes it way back in. If its a cartridge filter it could be your filter is clogged up and is thus missing material and just reshooting it out into the pool. Simply hose down a cartridge filter until clean with a pressure washer and reinstall.
Short Form Answer
1.) If you have a DE toss it and get a sand filter, much easier to maintain and safer to use
2.) If your not sure what it is in the bottom check your chlorine levels if they are non existent or low super chlorinate and see what happens to it then (whether it vacs up or not)
3.) Use a manual vac for cleanups and the auto vac for basic weekly maintenance when your not using the pool.
First off i would use a regular pool vac and put your filter on waste and just get rid of it once and for all by slowly sucking it up (take your time as clouds happen when you go to fast). If your still using an old DE filter then personally id give it the old heave ho and get a sand filter as they are not that expensive and are much safer and easier to maintain then the DE filters especially since the dust they use to re coat them is considered a carcinogen.
If your making clouds chances are it isnt algae as it usually acts like super glue to the walls of your pool until you super chlorinate it into oblivion. Might be dirt but if it doesnt come up with the manual vacuuming i highly doubt it. If you do have a DE filter it might be junk that made it from the DE filter into the pool and thus always makes it way back in. If its a cartridge filter it could be your filter is clogged up and is thus missing material and just reshooting it out into the pool. Simply hose down a cartridge filter until clean with a pressure washer and reinstall.
Short Form Answer
1.) If you have a DE toss it and get a sand filter, much easier to maintain and safer to use
2.) If your not sure what it is in the bottom check your chlorine levels if they are non existent or low super chlorinate and see what happens to it then (whether it vacs up or not)
3.) Use a manual vac for cleanups and the auto vac for basic weekly maintenance when your not using the pool.
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