Turn your green algae pool blue again in two hours!
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- Turn your green algae pool blue again in two hours
From the hot Florida sun, ton's of rain and my Oak tree over head I get an algae bloom in my Intex above ground pool! 😣 I turn it back quickly using, hth ultimate 7-in-1 Mineral Brilliance
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You need a inline chlorinator pentair 320. And change your sand to Zeosand. All problems solved.
Thank you, I hope that that information helps others.
It is a sand filter.
The glasses on the fence was hysterical. Gift wrap them and give them to him on the next holiday😉
LOL He lost them in home depot, it took me a week but I found them! LOL unfortunately they were lost again never to be seen! :)
🤣😂
@@WhatsNextAmy Madam after put this hth where do we have to put the pump For how many more hours in circulation or in the filter ??
I ran it all day and flushed the filter ever couple hours to get the green out.
Thank you so much...We have had a slightly green turned all the way green pool since June when we opened. What a pain.....saw ur video and tool a chance. I cannot believe the results.....totally clear, sparkling, blue blue!!!! Thank you so much for sharing!!!! 💙
That is wonderful, thank you for the nice comment.
I know this is an old video, but you cracked me up from the start. I can SO relate. "This pool is the bane of my existence. I wanted a trampoline" 😂😂😂
Would you believe I moved from South Florida to NW Alabama and would give anything for some type of water. LOL
@Bessie Warner LOL it's like eating something really really good and forever trying to taste that again, or is that just me? 🤣😂
I used this and worked GREAT! Thanks for sharing the info!
OMGosh it worked. Thank you for making this video. I immediately bought the hth ultimate and it worked.
That is awesome! Glad it worked out for you!
Thanks for helping !! 2 years later !! Still watching n learning !
LOL you are welcome! Good luck!
I relate to the first 20 seconds of this video soooo much. 🤣
This Is The Best Demonstration I Have Seen On The Green Water Syndrome! Im About To Go Get Some And It Better Work!😂😂😊😊 Thank You For The Video!!❤❤❤
Thank you, make sure you rinse the filter a couple times during the process it makes it clear up faster. Good luck!
I love how personal you were in your video about your family😃.. even though this video was primarily about how to clear up your pool, you made it fun👏🏾👏🏾✌🏾
Thank you! Not everyone agreed with you! LOL
The world is not normal anymore 🤷🏾♂️.. you are
@@mikebennett9164 Thank you!
THANK YOU, SAME POOL, SAME PROBLEM. Ultimately Swamp to Swim, your suggestion wasn't available anywhere, but they're both made by same company. I'm down $150 on crap that wouldn't work when all I had to do was Google, &30 and a few hours I'm astonished at the change and grateful I can swim again!!
I am so happy it worked for you!
I bought this product today my pool is looking very sad. I have been working on it for days and nothing is working. I am gonna try this product now. Thanks for the advice and video
Good luck!
Regardless if you are using salt or chlorine tablets to chlorinate your pool. You should still shock your pool on a weekly or at least biweekly basis. Especially if you constant rain or the demand on the chlorine is high. The rain will dilute your salt level. Check your phosphate levels.
Did it work for you?
I've ALWAYS used the chemicals at Walmart.. Never had a problem. Need to look for the 7-1. Haven't seen that one. Thanks!
You only need to find some granual NON STABILIZED chlorine. Calcium hypochlorite.
lol at the glasses on the fence. This last Florida tornado that came through has my pool looking green like this too. Thanks for the information!
damn that's some good stuff, works fast as well, i didn't expect that, shame im in England no point having a pool here as we got a built in shower in our sky LOL.
If it keeps raining here we will be looking like England. :)
I have the same pool and its definitely takes a lot of maintaining. Once or twice a week. That stuff works great also
Wow, that did work like a charm! take care , xxx
I’m having a time getting rid of the green. I’m so glad I saw this because I will definitely try it.
learning how to care for a pool. this is a great help. thank you
You are welcome. Good luck.
Wow. You have made my day. I will try that. Thanks.
Thanks good luck!
Did it work?
picked up some yesterday put it in last night went out to check it with coffee in hand had Alot of floating stuff so I said OK let me put some more in ordered a skimmer and sand filter sys should be in Friday. I'll net what I can but it looks like its doing the job. thanks. beats cleaning 22 ft pool all by hand for sure. happy summer to you and yours
Happy to hear it worked! While you wait to rinse the filter to speed it along. Good Luck!
glad you found his glasses!
Thank you, me too! He probably lost them right after this knowing him! LOL
All the great speeches of all times always include” I wanted a trampoline I got a pool”😂.
LOL
I understand the frustration. We have a pool and I'm constantly fighting the algae. Right now it's green after a few days of rain and wind. Trying to clean it up. There's also yellow algae I've been fighting. Seems it never ends.
We gave up and are now turning it into a pond!
Filtration , phosphates , runtime or hire a pool guy
🙌
same here. It cost a lot.
Impressive, will try product! Thanks!
Good luck
I've never had an issue with a green pool not even at start up. Guess the daily maintenence pays off
Definitely!
We haven’t swam in our pool for about five days due to bad weather and I have an algae bloom . 😭
We’re in North Carolina with trees all around the pool including oak trees that drop leaves ALL year long. Algae is such a problem here. I wish we didn’t have to deal with it. ❤️
Yeah when it rains a lot it puts everything out of whack quick.
We are thinking of moving to western NC, I guess that means we will still have this problem. LOL
Liquid chlorine, muriatic acid and baking soda is all that is needed. That and a GOOD test kit. 10-15 minutes per day tops. Crystal clear pool ALL summer every summer. Now in my 19th year of doing this. All guest claim it is the cleanest pool they ever have seen!
Thank you for the tips!
What amounts do you use of each and how often?? Obviously the chlorine is often,but the other
@corinnetodd4807 it depends on the size of your pool and the results of testing the pool water. If ph is low, add baking soda to bring ph up. If ph is high, add muriatic acid to bring ph down. If chlorine level is low, add chlorine.
For bonus points, consider shocking (extra chlorine) after once a week, and/or large swim parties, and/or heavy rains.
If pool is very dirty and needs cleaning, consider flocculant or clarifier or algeacide.
Test a couple times a week and you will be crystal blue easily.
@@L_TheTruth I disagree with that once a week shocking. Waste of time and money. Shock only if chlorine level drops to 0.8 ppm. Been doing this for 20 plus years.
@rickvaughan8993 makes sense. Would you still shock after swim party or heavy rains? Or just go with testing results?
Thank you!!! I am going to follow these steps
Good luck!
Thank you for sharing....
That's Awesome...
You are welcome. Good luck!
Great video I should try this my pool is dark green right now
It works wonders!
I love HTH product. They work great as well as easy on the pockets.
Regardless of side tracking... THANK YOU FOR SHOWING HOW TO CLEAN A SALTWATER POOL!!!!!!😊👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 But this is it right? You don't need any other cleaning chemicals right?
This is all I did for this if you have the salt levels correct it should be just fine
Glasses, the best part, lol.Thank you for sharing this video
Thank you!
Awsome thabks for the tips!
Thank you!
lol !!! laughing at your hubs loosing glasses! i'm the same way
LOL It has become a running joke as to where we will find them next. Last time I found them in the compost pile next to our quail. ATB Amy
Blue does not mean sanitized.
@꧁Wesley꧂ how do you have such a cool name design?
To preserve the life of your vinyl pool, it would be a good idea to pre-dissolve this product in a bucket and then either pour the bucket in (if you're strong enough to lift such a bucket) or toss pitchers of the mix into the pool.
I'm not sure what else is in this product, but the main ingredient is obviously Calcium Hypochlorite (AKA Cal-Hypo.) For the average pool owner, aside from the use of a salt water generator, there are essentially three ways to add chlorine to your pool: Cal Hypo, Sodium Hypochlorite (AKA liquid bleach,) and dichlor/trichlor (slightly different but very similar products.)
For all of these methods, you are not only adding chlorine, but you are also adding something else into your pool -- *Calcium* Hypochlorite adds calcium, liquid bleach ( *sodium* hypochlorite) adds salt, and dichlor/trichlor add cyanuric acid (AKA "conditioner.")
Additionally, Cal Hypo and liquid bleach (as well as salt water generation) raise your pH (basic) while dichlor/trichlor lowers your pH (acidic.)
You should make your decisions on what products to use based upon your current water chemistry, which you can get tested at any local pool store or by ordering a test kit (store it inside.) If your pool's calcium is too high, avoid using Cal Hypo. If your cyanuric acid is too high, avoid using dichlor/trichlor, etc.
Since you are using a salt water generator, which raises the pH & doesn't add cyanuric acid into the pool, it would be a good idea to shock it 2-3 times a year with 1 pound (2 lbs if it's green like this) of dichlor/trichlor granulated shock, which is available at any local pool store. (Stir it into a bucket of water as explained before.) This will help keep your cyanuric acid in the 50-100 ppm range and help to offset everything that you've got raising your pH.
Once your cyanuric acid is in this range, any additional shock treatments could be done with liquid bleach (unscented & unthickened) or this cal hypo product that you're using here. If your calcium starts getting too high (above 275-300 ppm for vinyl,) you'll have to either quit using this cal hypo product (and go almost exclusively to liquid bleach) or drain the pool.
Thank you for the tip!
First you shouldn't just throw the stuff in the pool. Take a. 5 gallon bucket. Mix in bucket dump in pool clear in 30 min
That’s correct, especially when using a Calcium based shock product that is loaded with fillers (see label, it’s only 50 something % active ingredient)... main reason why the pool is still cloudy / can’t see bottom at the end of this video. Also, I would ask if you have a balanced Stabilizer level ... this is most crucial in a Salt pool, where Unstabilized Chlorine is being produced. Without a stabilizer level (ideal is 50ppm), you won’t maintain a chlorine residual due to the sun burning up your chlorine level as quick as the salt generator produces it. Better off using a 99% (pure no fillers) Sodium Dichlor shock next time 🤓
@@Giusep1181 Where can I order some of this shock u speak of?? Do u know the name of one by chance?
I love how many people watched this video and felt the need to tell you what you did wrong lol
Well apparently I am an idiot! That's what pool guys are for! LOL Some think I disrespect my husband, but after 30 years I think he can handle it. 😅
Thank you so much this helped
That is great!
This should be titled, listen to me complaining about my husband while i shock the pool.
Thank you!
Lol😂😂😂😂 Eyeglasses
Pools, hot tubs and fish tanks all turn green much faster in direct sunlight. A pool cover saves your filter, saves your money on the chemicals and all your time on constantly cleaning.
pool covers are more of a hassle than a life or money saver. -pool technician
Espeaclly if you live in Texas lmao youre are not about to try to pick up a cover this time of year 😂😂
Blue does not mean the water is safe for swimming.
Thank you, You are correct. We take the water to the local pool supply and they test it.
@@WhatsNextAmy pool supply tests are inaccurate due to water temp altered. Im a pool guy and utilize the lsi when water drops even 10 degrees it alters chem usage and need drastically. Then on top of that to add insult to injury leslies will sell you snakeoil phosphate removers and copper algaecides etc.
@@grapplerguy2007 So what is your solution that they call you?? Lol, cuz I dont see you suggesting a better thing to do. I dont take my water in to any local pool supply store myself, Im more of a DIM kind of woman and dip the test strips into my pool to read myself and then if I have any issues I research on my own to find a solution. Just curious since you are knockin her reply to the first argument what are u suggesting she do differently ??
I am buying this. You should be a spokesperson.
Thank you I hope it works for you! Make sure after you use it you rinse your filter a few times through out the day, it can't handle all the gunk and it speeds the cleaning.
Amazing!!! I'm getting me some of that for my pool
Reyni Broomes and then invite me.. so we can get better acquainted in your pool
Dang I've been working with shock, chlorine, algaecide, clarifier, and balancing my water for 6 days now when my pool looked like this, vacuuming three times and skimming constantly, cleaning the filter out everyday. Still hasn't cleared up at all. I'll have to buy this, I was using the Clorox brand of products prior.
Good luck, the one thing I recommend is to continually rinse the filter during this process, I think that's why it cleared so fast.
@@WhatsNextAmy Thank you :)
It's super strange, the pool walls are clean and I can't see any larger pool particles of algae but the water is so green and clouded I can't see down past two steps of the ladder. Yet the vacuum is empty and the filter is fairly clean, just discolored.
Excited to try this product, thank you.
Bleach, plain old 8.25% bleach.
This is your chlorine sanitizer.
Get a good test kit, and test daily.
Once your pool shocked and stabilized, something that size prob only would take 4 ounces of bleach a day to maintain.
It's a salt water system
The salt system is designed to maintain a level of free chlorine, not to clear algae like this. However, Bob's statement of regular bleach is all you need to clear this algae, then the salt system can maintain it. Without a proper test kit and understanding of your CYA levels though, you wouldn't know how much free chlorine to maintain. Best to learn about the basic pool chemistry rather than "dump and pray" chemicals. That pool can be clear and still not totally sanitized and on the brink of algae breakout again
Little known fact about salt pools. When salt water gets hit with electrical current it creates sodium chloride..sodium chloride is the same thing as bleech... I do this for a living But what do i know you couldve easliy googled this or looked it up
@@michaelhakes5845 Hate to burst your bubble, but sodium chloride is salt, not bleach. Bleach is sodium hypochlorite. In a pool with a salt system, electricity splits off the chlorine from the salt. That is what keeps the pool clean.
Did you vacuum your pool or did you just let the chemical there.Also is that the only chemical you used ???
This is the only chemical I used I did not vacuum but I did repeatedly rinse the filter.
Omg I need this stuff for my green pool.
Amen to your first statement!
By the way nothing wrong with venting over glasses made me laugh . I lose mine all the time too I think is a men thing i don't know.
Thanks! I don't think it's a man thing either. I can't walk in to a room with out forgetting why! ☺️
My husband and I watched your video and I looked at him dead in the face and he knew why.
LOL
I have a green pool. This is the first time in about 15 years. Thanks for the video. I want to drain some of the green water to the garden.
Good luck!
I wouldn't do that. There are still chemicals in the water that would kill the plants.
Same here,I swear there must be something different the rain is bringing down. Never had a problem till the last few years.
How long after you put this Ultimate 7-1 in can u swim?
Andrea Pitre id like to know that as well :-)
Andrea Pitre 24 hours
I would wait a day.
How long did your pool last buried underground like that? Also did you put something around before being buried,or just dirt to fill the sides?
We did switch this one out and replace it with the same kind. Our metal parts were a little rusty and my husband did not want to take the chance. I don't know that we needed to change it but we found one off season for less then $100 and we turned it into a fish pond. We have a liner underneath but not on the sides. We were careful filling the dirt on the sides after it filled not to collapse it. We also made sure not to bury past the half way point my husband says that if it is buried to deep it may collapse in on itself. We have had this one up over a year and could not be happier with it as a pond. The pool before was salt water so it excelerated the rusting I believe. I hope this helps some with your questions. ATB Amy
@@WhatsNextAmy wow ! That was a quick response. Yes information is very helpful. Just bought a pool for my girls. I had dug a hole for a sunken trampoline, but since it busted the wife wanted me to put the pool in there instead. Told her it wouldn't last that long. Since we live in Texas I guess just as long as it could last 2 summers we could get are money's worth. Since it could be used pretty much year round. Cleaning pool right now with the help from your video. THANKS!!
@@rangogutierrez71 Happy to be of help, yeah Texas like Florida you should be able to use it all year. LOL you guys are the opposite of us, we wanted the Trampoline! Have a great week
@@rangogutierrez71 When putting a pool partially underground you should put some sort of retaining wall. This will keep dirt from caving in on the walls of your pool and keep them from collapsing. This is what we had to do to my pool. We used concrete blocks that are kind of half-moon shaped, don't know what you call them. This is the third season they have been up and have had no problems with dirt caving in.
“I wanted a trampoline ...........:::
😘
Put a 90° elbow and a short pope or hose. It will spin your water and make vacuuming a lot easier.
Thank you!
I wanted a trampoline we got a pool. Buy a cover lol
I still go by wanting a trampoline, The child this pool was for wanted a trampoline and never went in the pool, this pool was a waste of time and money.
What's Next? Do you still have the pool or did y’all pack it up? It’s definitely beautiful, wish I could dive in during this heat. 😂
@@WhatsNextAmy Awe I'm sorry on that my toddler gets in almost everyday...imma buy a trampoline later on.
We replaced these pool with the exact brand and model, turned it into a fresh water pond and could not be happier! We probably could swim. In it. LOL
Mine is 14 now and I can't get her off the phone. LOL
You are gonna have trouble finding hubby's glasses now that you have moved to the country, lol! Miss you all!
LOL the first day on this property over where Drew claimed I lost my glasses!
@@WhatsNextAmy oh no!
Maybe you could use a pool cover to keep the rain and also the sun from diluting the chlorine
It's funny how you didn't want the pool to begin with and neither did your child and YOU are left to maintain it! I'm going through the same thing with my husband, and here I am watching your video so I can deal with it! 🤦🏽♀️ Thanks, I hope this works for me too!
LOL Good Luck, I hope it works for you.
Can you use this on a in ground pool with vinyl walls?
Yes you can.
That is good stuff and it does work. I could not get my hands on any this year, though; it was all sold out in my area and cost prohibitive online.
Thanks for the comment bad good luck finding it.
Look at all that phytoplankton!
Do you have to put clarifier in there after you do that or seven and one is everything
I can't remember.
Great stuff, but i noticed your latter is rusted. Can that be some of the reason for the green color? Just a gesture.
I never had a ladder rust like that I think it rusted because it was a salt water system, and the salt made it corrode faster.
Yes.....saltwater systems will cause metal parts of the pool to corrode. And yes, you still have to "shock" the water as all the saltwater unit does is maintain chlorine in the pool. Also, as water temp rises, chemical use increases. Keeping a pool clean is a headache as I maintain a 27ft round pool. I feel your pain!
Our pool is the bane of my existence... I hate swimming and the only reason I maintain it is because I love my family
Me too, except the kid we had for would never swim in it. So it was a waste. It is now a pond and we all enjoy sitting out there and watching the fish and there is no maintenance.
Your pool is under a tree the leaves will cause debri and algae when it weeps...put a cover on it everytime its not in use and it will save u the grief
Thank you!
Everyone watching. A few things you must consider for safety. Many of these 7:1 or multifunction products contain chlorine with cyanauric acid.
The product being used is Cal-Hypo. This has an effect on the pH of the water that will cause it to rise.
It’s 56% chlorine vs. liquid pool shock which is 13%.
The issue why a pool is green is due to algae (not enough chlorine initially.)
This means there was a lack of residual sanitizer.
Testing should be done before adding products because. “What we don’t know” can seriously hurt you.
Something else to note is that, phosphates feed algae. Typically, a flock of flocculant is a wise idea when the pool looks like that.
You also have to brush your pool regularly. @poolenvy
Thanks for the information!
I'm confused. You said it would take a few days to clear then you said it was 2hrs...
You are right to be confused, I expected it to take a couple days, it just so happened it worked into hours this time. It might have just been a good day but it worked. We no longer use this product. This pool is in the process of being converted to a freshwater catfish pond.
@@WhatsNextAmy lmao.
I realise this is an old video but folks still make the same mistakes.
An appropriate sized Inline UV filter, A dark coloured bubble pool cover easy to make to size, it slows the algae growth from direct sunlight and heats the pool from the sun free. Tree spores & leaves shouldn't enter the pool hence all reduce your maintenance & maximise your enjoyment.😉
Thank you every bit of advice helps!
i subscribed and liked ur vids Aunt Amy !
I have to buy it 😱‼️thanks
Am also going to try the magic eraser for the cloudy 🤷🏻♀️.
Do you have a video on how you guys installed the sand filter pump?
No sorry. Good luck
A couple of days????
Your title says, 2 hours, not 2 days!
Watch the hole video...
How long does it take after you added the chemicals to be clear? I shocked my pool now it's blue and cloudy.
This was a few years ago and I can't remember, sorry.
Only 56% calcium hypo chlorite is extremely weak.
56% available chlorine is not a weak chlorine product. It has disadvantages but potency is not one of them. Trichlor is stonger but adds one-third of it's weight in cyanuric acid.
That is some amazing stuff right there!!
It really was!
I spend $80 a season for a 31x16 salt water pool. I think the bigger the pool the easier it is to keep the levels correct.
We definitely had a hard time with it. It is now a fish pond and the water is nice! LOL Go figure!
How can you take care of cloudyness with salt water. Mine is cloudy but all levels are fine backwash the filter twice a week. And vacume it before I backwash.
Sondra Albert I use a water clarifier at the start of the season. Costs a few dollars and you put the pouch in the skimmer. Most pool supply stores carry it.
I have a intex pool just like that but its way bigger and a rectangle but we first had chlorine and since i live in Florida it rains alot, especially during the summer, and it was horrible. So much maintenance. Definelty recommend getting the salt water part you can attached to the pump. Its rained alot and it doesnt get green. And you only really have to put salt in every year. I know this is late but i just thoight i would tell you that.
Appreciate the comments it may not help me but someone reading might need the information
I got some at my True Value store and I sure hope that it works in my pool like it did in yours. The cashier uses it in her pool and praised it. I'll let you know what it does for mine.
UPDATE , , , My "inground" 20,000 gallon pool is BLUE again this morning and yesterday it was greener than my lawn! Applied two of the 2 lb. bottles to the water yesterday afternoon and this morning the water is blue again but a little cloudy so I vacuumed out the dead algae and added some clarifier to clear up the cloudiness and it's clearing up nicely now. Supposed to be 100 degrees today so now I can go for a swim without coming out looking like Kermit the Frog. Thank you so much for your video and also thank you to HTH Ultimate for this quick and easy repair of the pool water. Every time I go to the pool store they say, "you need this, you need that, you need to do this and you need to do that" while I am thinking "What I NEED is a Bull Dozer to fill the damn thing in"! I will swear by this product from now on and am going to order the large 45lb. bucket that you show in the video. Take the Green New Deal and shove it, I like this Blue Deal! Thanks again. Haha
@@frankcook5023 Hi Frank that is awesome, happy it worked out for you!
Oh okay
@@frankcook5023 donyou know if this for salt filters only ? Or will it work with a D.E standard setup ?
Hi Mackenzie, this will work on both. Just make sure you rinse the filter every couple hours when you see it green, to speed up the process and if you have a back flush use it. If yours was like mine there is only so much crud the filter can hold.
Idk about you guys, but this girl is pretty funny!
LOL Thank You!
Your hilarous with the glasses. You have to be from Jersey or N.Y.
LOL I am a Florida girl, but daddy is from Bayonne. So I inherited it! LOL
@@WhatsNextAmy oh yea if your born it it you will always be lol. I have in ground here in north Carolina ur right lot of maintenance but once it is right easier to maintain.
@@richt1907 North Carolina mountain area is one of the places we are thinking of relocating. We probably won't have much need for a pool there.
@@WhatsNextAmy I will say though it does get very hot even in the mountains. Lol..it is certainly my beautiful there for sure about 2 hours from me
@@richt1907 If we ever fix this house up, we plan on putting it up for sale and traveling in an RV until we find where we want to plant our roots. We will be like Gypsies. :)
This is exactly what I need!! My pool looks like diarrhea. THANK YOU :)
Hi! I'm dying to know what type of animal is being housed in your neighbors yard lol!
If you are seeing the cage it used to be pigeons other than that all the neighbors have dogs.
Nice
Thanks soooo much for sharing this I'm definitely going to try this now!!
Good luck!
This is very helpful I have a pool similar to yours accept it might be a little deeper but I need to tell my dad about this because we have been cleaning our pool with a net and only a net
Good luck.
It's 56% calcium hypochlorite.
Without tablets and stabilizer calcium hypochlorite is useless literally
Ken Coup Hi Ken, I just bought a similar pool and am trying to get an idea of what I need to maintain it. In terms of the tablets and stabilizer you mentioned, does this mean the chlorine tablets that float in the pool? and what would be a stabilizer? I am new to all of this so I am just trying to make sure I get the right things...I was going to buy chlorinating liquid or shock, a bottle of clarifier, chlorinating tablet pucks and algae guard
Hi Rebeca, I am not sure if can will follow up. This was a salt water pool so this was a hail mary approach our intention was to be chemical free and we failed as you see. I can tell you if you do get an algae bloom if you flush the filter every couple hours after treatment it does get it clearer faster. There is only so much the filter can hold. If you take some pool water to your local pool supply store they will test it for you and tell you your levels for free and give you advice on what to put in it. Just know they are there to sell so see what works best for your situation. Wish I could be of more help besides what I did here. Good Luck.
Thank you I’m running to Walmart mine it’s been green done everything levels are fine but green is a pain.
Good luck!
Is it like swimming in bleach?
I don't have a pool.
Thank you for sharing😁
You shouldn't use Walmart chems in a pool. Cheap products!
they tell you that at your local pool store?
@@dagrunenberger I've worked in the pool industry for 15 years!
@@insaneindamembrane7961 Sure ya ok?
@@TheFilmmaker5 Let them waste money on inferior products, especially if they don't want to listen to us pool guys :D
Pool guy here.walmarts products are fine.
Calicum hypochlorite wont stay in pool without stabilizer and i wouldnt use granular in a vinyl pool . Liquid chlorine only
Is there a liquid version of this product?
@@ericperry72 yes leslies carries liquid stabilizer
You can buy a cover up for the rain ya know
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I use the regular pump that comes with the pool should I buy another one? and do I have to keep it working 24\7?... and I'm also wondering what else should I buy to keep my pool clean cause it gets foggy and slimy.
posiat we changed it because my daughter is allergic to the chlorine, so we purchased the salt water pump. Which was much harder for us to maintain. My son kept his pump that came with his pool and has had no problem.
@@WhatsNextAmy clean salt cell regularly.
I can't stand pools. I've had them at 2 of my houses and they are more trouble and expense than they are worth. Fun and new at first. The wife just HAD to have it. No one uses it 9 months out of the year yet you still have to maintain it year round. Build a deck, pass on the pool.
I have to agree. We made this into a fresh water pond and we all love it. Easy to no maintenance.
I don't want my pool. Has anyone filled in their in-ground?
@@WhatsNextAmy What is the process of making a pool into a fresh water pond?
We make ours cycle as natural as possible we use what is called a skippy filter. We put a container/garbage can in the center of the pool with a submersible pump with the green Scott scrub pads to filter through. We also have plants. Used are well water, if you don't have well water that's fine just don't add fish for a bit so the chlorine dissipates. That is it, you just have to resist the urge to clean the bottom or mess with it. Just like a natural pond you do nothing. Every time I do I regret it. We love it. We have bass, brim, gold fish. Ect It is simple this way. There are other ways but this what we do and it is cheap.
@@WhatsNextAmy post picture of your pond if you don't mind?
I'm a first time pool buyer. I put half a chlorine puck in the skimmer and one that floats in the pool. I shock once a week and the pool cover goes on every night. And I vaccume the pool as needed. No problem so far....but it's only been a month.
Good luck!
Depends on your pool set up ours is 22k gallons and on a sand pump and we keep 4- 3in. tabs in the float at all times if your chlorine gets low you water will turn green over night
Yes good luck never had a problem with mine in 15 years now it's all I get when it rains. Cover,no cover it doesn't matter. Getting annoyed
Bet the husband love how you disrespect him in a public forum.
You really should not assume everyone has your insecurities or issues!
Not that this is completely wrong, it is hit or miss. Might work; might not. Why does everyone think there are better ways to clear algae from a pool than to use proper pool chemistry? The answer is always the same. You test and adjust to put in range as necessary, PH and CYA; brush to remove all algae from surfaces including skimmers and every knook and cranny; remove and hand clean ladders and other accessories; ensure pump/filter is operating correctly and leave running. Then conduct SLAM (shock-level and maintain) using liquid chlorine or bleach based on your cya level until three criteria are met: pool is clear, cc's .5 or less, and the pool passes an overnight chlorine loss test (OCLT). The cal hypo used here can be used for SLAM, but it's harder to mix and it adds to your calcium hardness level, which you may not want to do.
Hi thanks for the comment, I am sure the problem with this pool was mostly my fault. This is a salt water pump and my daughter is allergic to the chemicals so I did not want to do this at all. I always took water samples to the pool supply store to have it tested and did exactly what they said to do. It was a hit or miss with them too. I had tried this product before and just decided to video the results. It worked great. We have now turned this into a fresh water pond and everyone is happy! Thank you for watching.
@@WhatsNextAmy Nothing wrong with the type of chlorine you used or buying chlorine and other chemicals for pools such as muriatic acid from hardware stores. You are right that pool stores teach hit or miss pool care methodology. Troublefreepool.com teaches the real pool chemistry. If you're forced to contunue maintaining this pool and learning some basic chemistry and doing it the right way that is also easy, check them out. It's all free. Go to their website; click on the tab for pool school; scroll to the bottom and download their short e-book and read about the "real deal" with pool chemicals and chemical levels. It saves money and time and effort fixing pools where problems can be avoided; and if you do go lax like we all do from time to time; they offer the right fixes too.
Complain much?
I was thinking that too. I came here for the pool instructions not a bitch about my husband rant. Damn!
Lazy is more like it
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Is the a stabilizer, ? Never had a pool and I got above the ground 20 ×4 I moved into this rental with it ,so anyways been here a week and my pool is now green, I bought a Costco vacuum n I'm still not sure if I'm using that right or have it put togather right.i took a sample of water to pool store they have a reading of 00 ,said I need stabilizer with the Clorox, I found some stuff here in the garage it's called angry eyes, im so lost what do I do?looks like a money pit to me with no hope.
This is not a stabilizer and It definitely can be a money pit especially if your pump is not strong enough. This is no longer a pool we turned it into a pond and we are much happier. It has never been cleaner and the kids have actually swam in it. I am sorry I am not much help.
You need to balance all of the chemicals first. Alkalinity, pH, stabilizer. The pool store should tell you how much of each chemical you have to add. Brush the sides and bottom of the pool thoroughly. Put in 3 times as much shock as you normally would. Run the pump 24/7 until it clears up. You may need to backwash your filter once or twice while this is happening. Then vacuum the pool to waste. You will probably need to add water while you do this. Test another water sample and balance appropriately. After this just regular maintenance should keep it clean. I know this sounds like a lot, but it is worth it. Alternatively, hire a professional, but be prepared to pay.