We're Greening, But Not Green
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (102951)
United States
July 9, 2025 7:11pm CST
This is where it gets fun when you own a pool of any kind. Inground. Above ground. It really doesn't matter. Once you start turning green, the fight is on. We started to get a little algae on the bottom and of course the outlet hose went kaput.
So, I replaced that today.
I vacuumed a little bit and gently brushed the bottom. I unplugged the vacuum and added a gallon of shock and some stabilizer. Now it's just a matter of getting all the chemicals in balance.
Chlorine was a bit low, and we need enough of that to help kill the algae. There's two tablets in the pump and that gallon of shock. So, that should help to lift the chlorine levels. The stabilizer helps to maintain the chlorine.
We're running the pump a bit to let the chemicals disperse and run through the filter and later on might add just a little bit of algaecide.
We're slightly green, which means we're not totally green, so we should be able to chemical ourselves out of this before we have a major problem. I swear, when you have a pool you have to be part scientist to keep things right. But we've been doing this long enough we mostly know what we're doing.
I will keep you posted. Do you own a pool? Any suggestions?
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@Ineeddentures (9614)
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4h
@porwest
I have seen the problems people here have had with green slime and other stuff
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@LooeyVille (59)
• United States
18h
The one time I had a house in a neighborhood with a community pool I worked 80 hours a week and weekends and never got to use it. Boy would I like access to a pool now to do water aerobics.
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@luisadannointed (7797)
• Philippines
13h
Nope, I don't own a pool. I think there will be a lot of cleaning to do. Do you change the water every day?
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@LindaOHio (194036)
• United States
12h
No pool here. Hubby always talked about one; but he never would have kept up with keeping it clean.
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@Vikingswest1 (6548)
• United States
18h
I gave up ten years ago. Best bet is to keep flushing that filter and letting the high chlorine content do it's job. Stir up the water every so often. It'll clear up. You know the drill, lol.
The last year I had an above ground pool here, I was planning on replacing the liner. More than a foot and a half of water would just leak out. I left it over the winter. When spring came it was apparent that frogs had visited and there were tadpoles all over. I let it be for the year and had frogs everywhere. Go to turn on the hose? Frogs. Jump on the trampoline? Frogs. Use the grill? Frogs.
I never did buy that new liner. We had frogs for the next two years.
