Successful treatment of "pink algae"

[traceyb]

Will it hurt to close the pool for the season if you haven't fully rid of the "pink" bacterium? I'm trying to shock the crap out of the pool after scrubbing and vacuuming it down, what else can I add to help kill this stuff? I was hoping to close in 3 days?????? Help?

[aylad]

If you don't kill all of the "pink" bacterium, it'll still be waiting for you when you reopen in the spring, and likely make your water worse as well because any chlorine you put in to winterize will just be used up fighting the pink stuff. Can you please post a set of current numbers taken with a drop-based kit, so maybe we can help you get it accomplished quicker?

Jante