How to get rid of pool algae

How to get rid of pool algae

If your swimming pool is cleaned, maintained and serviced by the pool service professionals from The Blue Lagoons Pool Dallas, Texas, chances are you will never walk into your backyard and notice a green swimming pool. When we’re talking “green pool” here, we are not talking about an environmentally friendly or eco-friendly pool structure — what we are talking about is that dread time when your pool is taken over by algae.

Algae is a green, blue or black slippery substance that can coat your pool walls, floor and pool cover and when it strikes it can be difficult to remove. Algae abatement typically requires the services of an experienced pool contractor and will likely mean your pool will need to be super-chlorinated aka shocked, maybe more than once, and it may leave the pool out of commission for a period of time.

Beginning signs of algae

If you notice your swimming pool has taken on a greenish hue… that is a cause for concern and should lead you to pick up the telephone and call your pool contractor for help. That green you’re seeing is the beginning of algae.

What is algae?

It is a one-celled plant that is typically green but can also turn the pool water myriad unpleasant colors and leave a slimy, slick residue. Once you notice it, – and it’s most prevalent in plaster swimming pools because the rough surface of that building material provides a place for the one-celled plants to cling to. This doesn't mean that only plaster pools can be plagued by this slimy monster!

Working with the swimming pool service providers from Swim Pure Pools helps assure the pool water will not be taken over by algae. Even in the most well maintained pool can become home to algae. The spores that lead to algae can be carried in on the winds or by those who swim in the pool.

A shallow-end in the pool may be more prone to algae bloom because the water heats up more quickly. Your pool contractor will be diligent in checking these areas as well as the areas around and behind your pool steps and ladders.

Algae can take a lot of work to remove once it’s taken hold because it not only requires a thorough cleaning of the pool itself, but the filters and other equipment and will likely involve your pool being super-chlorinated aka shocked to kill off any remaining spores.