Clorox Outdoors Now what??

[motomom]

Bleah. I'm glad to see that I am not the only crazy person who has ended up with this stuff in the pool. That's what I get for allowing hubby to take care of the pool for me this week.

[topless]

I bought Clorox splash proof at SAMs club. It has put a thin layer of foam on top. Due to mechanical problems, I just got the pool uncovered this morning and had 15 bottles of the stuff ready to go in, so it's in. Pool had a lot of green and mustard algae in, but not as much as I thought it would, opening it up so late.
Since the chorine already dropped to less than 5ppm, I just put in some plain old bleach and added cya. It's starting to turn blue, but I will need more bleach by tomorrow.
Stay away from the "splash proof" Clorox, it will foam on you.

[PoolDoc]

Yep. That's why we say "PLAIN 6% household bleach".

Actually, the detergency may have helped in your case, since it probably improved dispersion of the biofilm (mustard algae).

[Watermom]

Detergency? Is that even a word?

[waterbear]

Detergency? Is that even a word?

Yeppers!
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/detergency
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detergency
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/detergency

[topless]

When I bought it, I didn't read the new thicker part on the label. I thought they had redesigned the bottle. Today I will be skimming foam off the top of the water, it's not going away.

[waterbear]

When I bought it, I didn't read the new thicker part on the label. I thought they had redesigned the bottle. Today I will be skimming foam off the top of the water, it's not going away.

Don't feel bad, you are not the first that has done this! It will eventually break down as you shock. An enzyme product might help .

[Watermom]

I guess I never heard it before and didn't bother to look it up. I thought maybe Ben was just making up words again!