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    Default Re: Algae . . . or something else? Recognizing & treating pool algae successfully.

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    Non-Algae

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    Results of using quaternary algaecide:





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    Results of using copper algaecide: clear water; stained pool!





    Interestingly, this user was quite proud of himself for having worked it all out himself, and was only a little worried about the lingering "algae stains".
    TN20186

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    An example of killing algae with chlorine . . . and cleaning up with a DE filter.
    Live algae totally clogs DE filters, but once the algae is dead, nothing cleans the water as fast as a DE filter.





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    More copper stains . . .



    TN22990

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