My Pool Turned Green?

Rita Murray

July 14, 20080 found this helpful

I was just visiting friends in NY and they had the same problem. They were told to put salt in their pool. The ph and sulpher was ok but that the salt would clear it up. You could try it out. What have you got to lose.

Linda

July 14, 20080 found this helpful

I was told by a man with his own pool business to
pour plain baking soda in and let it mix. Just keep
adding it until it clears up. You can use as much

First-shock the pool. Second-scrub down the walls. Third-get the phosphates out by using a phos-free chemical that pool stores carry. Fourth-put that in and run the pump 24 hours. That should clear it up.

Check your ph balance. Keep vac'ing it and it will go away eventually.

I am right now looking at my green swamp that used to be a sparkling clear pool! I let it go a few days and it turned a brighter shade of green then grass. I put 2 gallons of shock, back washed it, and have a chlorine tablet floating. Usually it clears up pretty fast but its been 4 hours and we still cant see the bottom, or anything else.

patricia sullivan

September 1, 20090 found this helpful

I had the same problem. Get some floc from your pool company. Follow the directions on the bottle. Basically, you switch your filter by recirculating the water back into the pool, bypassing the filter. Before you add the floc, brush the sides of the pool good. Add correct amount of floc, circulate (with water bypassing the filter) for 2 hours. Then, turn off the pump and let the pool sit undisturbed for 12-48 hours. The polymer will thicken the algae and the algae will drop to the bottom.