- 1). Balance the pH levels of your pool using a pH testing kit and use the chemicals pH Plus or pH Minus to adjust your pH levels to the ideal range -- between 7.2 and 7.8.
- 2). Clean your filter system, adjusting your valves for water circulation. Allow the filter to run 24-hours a day until the pool clears.
- 3). Use of a steel-bristled brush -- or a nylon brush, if you're cleaning a vinyl pool -- or a pumice stone to scrub the pool. Brushing the pool will reach the roots of the plant lying deep within the pool's walls.
- 4). Shock your pool using 2 pounds of shock chemicals for every 10,000 gallons of water.
- 5). Wait one day and scrub and shock your pool again.
- 6). Change the sand or cartridge in your pool's filter.
- 7). Treat your pool with a dose of copper algaecide to help prevent the algae from returning. Many copper algaecides call for an initial treatment of 4 ounces of chemical per 10,000 gallons and weekly maintenance treatments of 2 ounces per 10,000 gallons.
- 8). Drain the pool as a last resort, or if algae has been a longtime problem in your pool. A stubborn algae problem may require calling a professional pool cleaner to administer an acid wash or pressure wash.
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