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Pls help! I have a kind of Light Pink / white hair algae floating in my pool?
Pls help! I have a kind of light pink / hair white algae floating in my pool, it looks like little hairs stick together and groups together. Not long needles that go all the way down the rope that my thermos. hangs in the pool and floating everywhere? Is it algae or bacteria? If anyone knows what this or have an idea of how to kill, please let me know. Yesterday I put algecide in the pool and is still there today! Please help, I can not find any information online and would like to use my pool this weekend!
You need to shock chlorinate a pool .. is not seaweed, but a bacteria. you need to get rid of yoys pool and floats, as well as to maintain the bacteria end become infected. Prevention: Prevention of "pink slime" is preferable to treatment. Follow these steps to help prevent pink slime: 1. Physically Brush and clean all pool surfaces weekly, including ladder steps (especially underneath each step) and two lanes. All exposed surfaces such as pool sunlight as much as possible (sunlight & UV are natural oxidizers) 3. Remove the lid from skimmer to sunlight in the basket for several hours each day ** buried pools should Be very careful when doing this in order to avoid falling into a person or otherwise be injured due to an open skimmer. 4. Regularly adding oxidizing chemicals into the skimmer to purge and clean the filtration lines of any bio-film * 5. When adding makeup water from the garden hose, let the water run for 2 or 3 minutes before putting the hose in the pool. 6. Regularly clean pool toys and floats (use stowaway) 7. Regularly clean pool solar blanket (use stowaway) 8. Chemically pool filter cleaned every 4-6 weeks (use Strip Kwik, Kleen It or Soft Swim ® Filter Cleaner) 9. Add regular Maintenance dosages of "Shock" and Algicide every 2 to 3 weeks as prescribed. 10. Using Optimizer Plus as a preventative measure 11. Run the filter a minimum of 12 hours a day to avoid the "points Dead in the pool 12. Clean and wash the brushes, hoses and vacuum cleaners used to clean the pool 13. Leave both your pool equipment exposed to the sun 14. Keep the water balanced at all times. Recheck after heavy usage, or rain or large "top-off fresh water. Water balance refers to Free Available disinfectant level, pH, total alkalinity, calcium hardness. Treatment: The treatment of the "pink slime" must be rapid and total! Do not skimp! Clean all pool and affected areas as stated above. 2. Physically clean and remove all visible "pink slime." 3 Add an initial dose of algaecide to the pool * 4. "Shock" the pool with a triple or quadruple dose * 5. Run filter for 24 hours daily until water is clear and halogen or peroxide levels are maintained at a high "level" * 6. Chemically clean the filter 7. Bring a fresh water sample about 4 days later for a new test and evaluation 8. Maintain Optimizer Moreover, the levels in September. Maintaining the balance of good water pH, total alkalinity and calcium hardness
