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Originally Posted by KJ1325
We maintain our own saltwater pool and so far haven't had any issues until recently. We received a huge amount of pollen last week and then we noticed green algae when brushing the pool walls. Water was still pretty clear. Took water sample to our normal place and they said add a little shock and some algae rid stuff and clean the filter and you should be good. A few days later we still have algae. Another sample and was told to try same thing. Ugh. Took a water sample to another pool place and they said Shock hard ( 2 gallons for a 15,000 gallon pool), clean filter and see if algae clears up. It is reduced but still have a little. So they are saying add more chlorine (another gallon and a half) and and see where we are at. Does this sound normal? I'm wondering if the pool places are just grasping. And one place said you can still swim if its just a tad....Yuck. My initial thoughts are that it needs shocked to kill the algae. The 1st time got 80% of it but not all. So maybe 3 gallons of chlorine and then get PH and other levels straight. I have the salt cell running at 60% for 8 hours a day. And brushing and vacuuming twice a day.
Any thoughts?
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And I should mention that we did have our chlorinator turned all the way down to 10% a good portion of the winter based on our chlorine levels. Now I'm wondering if our chlorine levels actually got too low with the salt cell being turned down to 10%. It's only been back at 60% for 48 hours.