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To avoid algae growth in pools, your pool needs to have correct chlorine levels and balanced chemicals. The chlorine level should be 3ppm, with stabiliser no higher than 40ppm.

Green pools happen when chlorine levels in your pool become too low. The water colour changes as algae starts growing in your pool. Algae can grow quite quickly, especially in warm summer months. 

If your pool is all green and slimy, you shouldn’t grab the pool pump just yet. Here is a quick look at the steps needed to get your pool clean and restored.

Hire a Professional Pool Cleaner

It isn’t easy to keep a pool clean if you don’t know what type of products to add or what strategies to use. Some of the algae treatments sold in stores can also be unhealthy for your skin. The best way to clean your green pool and to remove slime is by hiring pool cleaning and maintenance professionals to come and restore it for you. These experts use advanced technology to restore your pool’s balance and they have the best treatments to help get rid of algae growth. 

Reputable pool cleaners are ideal for restoring green pools and they can also be hired for regular pool maintenance. With a professional company handling your pool, the water will always be crisp and clear. 

Use a Shock Treatment

To kill the algae your pool needs a super-dose of chlorine to raise the chlorine way higher than normal levels. As chlorine kills alage, it becomes used or spent and its  parts per million quantity level in your pool will drop considerably. Dosing your pool with a high amount of chlorine is known as “Super Shock”, “Shock Treatment” or “Shocking Your Pool”.

Store-bought shock treatments can be terrific for killing algae but you do need to follow the instructions carefully. It also is best to avoid the pool for several days while the shock treatment is working, because high chlorine levels can be harsh on your skin, cause irritation or respiratory problems, especially with young or older people.

Remove Debris

If you have your heart set on cleaning your pool yourself then you should start off by grabbing your pool net and removing all debris like leaves from the pool. You can also use the net to remove floating algae and any small pieces of algae you can manage to scoop up with the net.

Brush Your Pool

Algae has a tendency to cling to the sides of pools and can make these surfaces very slippery and dangerous. Try remove as much of this slimy surface by brushing your pool down with a quality pool brush. 

Vacuum Your Pool

You can also grab your pool pole, add a vacuum head to it and ‘vacuum’ the base of your pool to remove debris and algae that you might have loosened when you brushed your pool.

Add Chlorine to Your Pool

Give your pool a “Shock Treatment”. The best way to do this is by adding store-bought chlorine to your pool in the recommended dosages. Make sure that you check the chlorine level every two days or so, you want to make sure that the chlorine is 3ppm or higher during this process, as you don’t want to have the algae respawn

Run the Pump

For a green pool, your pump should run 24 hours straight so new pool treatments can get to work, killing the algae that is there and to prevent new algae from growing.

Clean the Filters

The filters should also be properly cleaned during the green pool recovery process, until your pool is crystal clear.

If your pool has a Media Filter (or Sand Filter), backwash the unit for 2 minutes every 24 hours. If you have a Cartridge Filter, you will need to remove the filter elements and clean them each day.

Vacuum the Pool

Once all of the algae has died, it will settle on the bottom of the pool. During this process your pool will look quite cloudy. This is the dead algae suspended at different levels in the water, but it will eventually all settle on the bottom.

You can speed-up the clearing process with the aid of flocculant or a clarifier, but it isn’t necessary as dead algae in the fullness of time will always drop to the floor of the pool.

Once your pool is perfectly clear and all the algae is at the bottom, vacuum to waste. Do not vacuum through your filter as dead algae is too fine for your filter to catch and your pool will look cloudy again. It may take 2-3 vacuums for your pool to look perfect again.

Restoring a green pool is a lot of hard work and maintenance is vital for keeping this part of your home squeaky clean. If pool cleaning is getting you down then you should outsource these tasks to professionals like CleanPools