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⏰ Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction To How To Get Rid of Pool Algae
00:23 - Step 1. Vacuum Pool To "Waste"
00:38 - Step 2. Brush Walls, Steps, and Ladders
00:52 - Step 3. Test and Adjust Water
01:06 - Step 4. Shock Your Pool
01:48 - Pool Algae Step-By-Step Cleaning Process
03:59 - Troubleshooting Very Green or Black Algae Problems
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00:00 - Introduction To How To Get Rid of Pool Algae
00:23 - Step 1. Vacuum Pool To "Waste"
00:38 - Step 2. Brush Walls, Steps, and Ladders
00:52 - Step 3. Test and Adjust Water
01:06 - Step 4. Shock Your Pool
01:48 - Pool Algae Step-By-Step Cleaning Process
03:59 - Troubleshooting Very Green or Black Algae Problems
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Hey everybody welcome to swimuniversity.com. My name is matt javanese and today we're going to talk about getting rid of algae in your swimming pool. As you can see at the pool behind us, it's a little bit green. It's not too dark, but it's light enough and it has just enough algae in it that we need to take care of it now.
What we're going to do is a few things. First, we're actually going to vacuum any sediment out of the bottom to waste all right directly out of the filter not going through not coming back in the return lines but directly out and we'll show you how to do that shortly. The second thing we're going to do is we're going to brush down all the walls, the sides, the steps, the ladders just brush it all down with a brush attached to a telescopic pole and get all that algae. That's sticking to the walls actually into the water, then we're going to test the water to make sure that our ph and alkalinity is are correct.
Uh if they are uh, we'll go as planned. If they're not we're gon na, add uh, either ph or alkalinity or whatever, we need to bring those levels up and then and then the final thing we're gon na do is we're gon na shock the heck out of it okay, so this pool's a light green. So it probably only needs a double shock. Now this pool is a 19 000 gallon pool and the bags of shock that i have, which are made with calcium hypochlorite work for 10, 000 gallons each so one bag or actually two bags would do the trick to cover this 19 000 gallon pool.
However, i'm going to double shock it so we're going to do four bags of shock. Now, i'm going to do it during the day, but it is cloudy. You really want to shock your pool at night or when it's getting dark out, so that the sun doesn't eat up all that chlorine. Now, first, let's get started by vacuuming out the sediment in the bottom of the pool.
Okay, now that we have all the sediment vacuumed out to waste from the bottom of the pool, we're going to go ahead and we're going to brush down the walls and the sides and the steps and anything else, even the floor of the pool. Just get all the algae off the walls and mixed into the water, so that when we go to shock it it'll be able to reach all those algae particles all right now that we have the whole pool brushed we're actually going to test it. Now you could have tested, you could have tested the pool before we did this just to see where your ph and alkalinity levels are, but we're going to do it now. So we're going to uh take a sample uh with a border bottle or a cup of water and we're going to use our test strip to see just where our ph and alkalinity are.
That's the only two things we're worried about right now. I know this pool has a zero chlorine reading, so the shock's gon na bring that up, but only temporarily and then we're gon na make sure that we have chlorine pucks in the skimmer because he doesn't have a chlorinator uh. We're gon na make sure that there's pucks in the skimmer so that way he gets a residual chlorine reading of about one to three parts per million and finally, it's time to shock the water. Okay, now again we're doing this during the day. But it is cloudy out, so there's no sun involved. However, i highly recommend that you shock at night or at dusk and let the filter run continuously for eight hours overnight to let that shock mix into the water and let it kill all the algae. It can. Alright and now what's going to happen, is after we shock the pool chances are that the water is going to be a cloudy blue, because all that shock is going to destroy those green algae particles and turn them into this gray matter, which will end up making Your pool look a little bit cloudy.
That's okay, you're! Just going to continually run your filter, 24 7. Until it clears up. You can also add a clarifier to help aid that process. We have a video on how to clarify your or how to keep your pool from becoming cloudy and how to cure it.
If it does so, you can watch that video and i'll shoot a link here down below alright. So that's it for getting rid of algae. In a swimming pool, this was a light colored uh algae swimming pool. So if you have a darker color, if it's uh like a dark, you know leaf green or almost black you're gon na.
Do what i like to call the double shock market method, the triple shock method and the quadruple shock method for each of those colors? So this color is just a double shock method, which, for a 20 000 gallon pool it's two bags of shock for a single method and then four bags of shock for a double shock method. Now, if you have a super green pool and you have 20 000 gallons, you would require uh six bags of shock. That would be a triple shocking and then eight bags of shock. If you were quadruple shocking so for this pool, we're only gon na do four and that's it.
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What shock was he referencing for shocking or double shocking? Service area Orleans??
I shocked my pool but should I put the cover on?
I keep getting green algae even though my free chlorine is high.. wtf
Great video, thanks my pool is back to clear blue.
wooter. lol
Thanks so much Matt!!! My cover leaked crap into the water all winter and with your help I’m getting my crystal clear water back!
We just got a new liner and have had trouble with algae from the get go. Levels look great, will brush algae from walls and bottom, vacuum to waste and then a few days later it’s back. This has been happening for months now? What the heck am I doing wrong? All the levels literally look good. Have taken to two different pool places and they say “water is perfect” please help! I have not used any algaecide just shock.
Great video man we're working on our pool right now thanks
They never analyze with high alkalinity low ph
Thank you so much✔️
Thank you !! What a life saver!
Green algae can be caused by grody autumn leaves. Service area Ottawa??
HI, I am struggling with getting my pool back to blue for about 2 weeks now. When I check PH it shows around 7.2-7.4, Chlorine is above the limit so not sure what to do. Do I have to shock/double shock it even when my chlorine level is already high? I've seen people using HTH (Green to Blue) and they were happy with it. Do you recommend this?
How did you perform the "vacuum to waste"? The vacuum we have connects up to our skimmer and thus goes to the filter Service area Nepean??
Do you ever have to change the pool water after a few yrs
Why not just use the algicide enzymes
Thx but what if the algae goes into the system while vacuuming
Need help pool still light green ia have done everything plus more
How soon after you shock till you can go swimming?
I have done these steps on my intex pool and nothing is changing. Normally it does work im so confused and stressed out
this channel is a life saver, thank you
Great help thanks dude. how long do you need to leave it before you can use it ? Are you in Barrhaven ?
Thanks for the video it worked for me. F off to the fools who thumbed down this video!
Do we keep the generator/pump on or off when cleaning and adding products?
Wow! Thanks so much for making these vids!! You are my pool HERO! I especially like the ending pose. lol
I want to you THANK YOU SO SO MUCH. POOL was before GREEN. Watched your video. Bought
HTH Super Green to Blue Shock System for Swimming Pools, 7.2 lbs
Yellow Gone Fast Acting Pool Cleaner, 2 lbs (For Swimming Pool Use)
Clorox Pool&Spa Super Water Clarifier, 32 oz (For Swimming Pool use)
Did a triple shock. Followed EVERYTHING in your video. 24 hours later the POOL looks amazing! I just have to get the dust off the bottom presumably with the pool sweep now.
Subcribing. You are the BEST thing in the world. THank you Im next going to try to clean this pond /pool. I dont know if u have videos on ponds with lillie plants. But thanks
Man you are goooooooood! Subscribing! Wow.
At what point in these steps is it safe to swim in again?
Ypu said you would show how to vaccume withput having the return. Didnt see it
Can I use bleach to shock?
I'd just buy a whale
Maybe you can help… I hope… I've just moved in to a Home, and this pool has been a pain. Currently have an algae bloom going on and I brushed it and shocked it yesterday, chlorine levels read very high 2 hours later now today, the chlorine levels were back down to very low and the algae seems to have just made the pool darker. I can see the algae on the shallow end. What do I do. Are you in Ottawa ?
Dig the hands up on your sides at the end super funny.. Are you in Kanata ?
Werter. Check your werter! Lol way ah youz frum?
Why do I find this man so attractive 😂 keep saying water 😍
Putting the chlroine tablets in the skimmer can eventually collapse your lines, and is very rough on your equipment. Why not use a floater
What about using jugs of liquid chlorine ? Are you in Nepean ?
What do you do if you have algae stuck in the pump
And also do I have to add alkalinity if it's a little green
Can I dump my shock directly into the pool skimmer
You said run it for 8 hours.
Run it on filter?
are you familiar with ozoe purifier for pools
I have an Intex pool and there's no waste setting could I just vacuum on backwash sorry I don't didn't check how long ago this video was from so if this is from years ago I apologize
we have ozone system- we have new cartridge filter, Ph , stablizer, alkalinity all ok. dead algae is geting back in pool
I run my sand filter pump only 2 hours a day, and shock it with hth 7 in 1, once a week and always after it rains and always have at least 1-2 chlorine tabs in the float skimmer in the pool. “But” my pool is a 15×48 above ground and we have a tree hanging over it and its generally only in use once a week yet it still gets cloudy and algae build-up sometimes a little greenish. Once I shock it it clears up only for a day though. What am I doing wrong??? I checked water stats a day after shocking it and ph is great but chlorine is 0.5!
Good info..excellent Service area Barrhaven??
How soon after the algae shock should I add the clarifier to the pool 🤔. How soon does clarifier works?
Liquid chlorine and muriatic acid work better and more efficient. Get the refillable 2.5 gallon jugs and refill them at your local pool place. Using shock makes your water cloudy