Just used Polyquat for the first time

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I think we've killed a small algea bloom in our pool and used polyquat for the first time to. Used the recommended amount at 7am but forgot to change the setting from filter to circulate. I won't be home until 3pm. Should I add more polyquat and change to circulate when I get home or just change to circulate and see what happens? Thanks. I've never used this stuff before.

[mbar]

You should be fine. Just make sure you keep your chlorine up - sometimes, if not all of the algae is dead, it can become a problem again. A good way to know is to check your chlorine after sundown, and then before the sun hits the pool. If the chlorine drops, you still need to shock.

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Thanks. So should I turn everything off to let it settle?

[leejp]

I think we've killed a small algea bloom in our pool and used polyquat for the first time to. Used the recommended amount at 7am but forgot to change the setting from filter to circulate. I won't be home until 3pm. Should I add more polyquat and change to circulate when I get home or just change to circulate and see what happens? Thanks. I've never used this stuff before.

Any reason why you coundn't just shock and brush?

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Duh, sorry. I meant to say that I used floc and forgot to change the setting from filter to circulate. I thought I would use the floc, let everything settle and then vac. Should I not do this? (As you can probably tell we're new pool owners.)

[aylad]

If the floc is already in the pool, your best bet is to probably shut the pump off, let it all settle to the bottom, and vac it all to waste.

Janet

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So it doesn't matter that if was filtering instead of circulating?

[mbar]

No, it will still work. Just turn off the filter and let it sit overnight, some floc directions say to wait 24 hours - it depends on how cloudy the water was, and what it looks like the next morning. When you vacuum, vacuum very slowly so the vacuum doesn't swirl it around back into the water. After you vacuum, if the water is still cloudy, turn the filter off all night again and repeat.