How to revive a brown pool with algae?

[AussiePossum]

I have been helping to renovate a new property, which has a 12,000L above-ground "clipper pool" (from Poly Pools) in the backyard. It hasn't been used for over a year and its water is brown with lots of algae. I have never owned a pool before and have been trying to find out how to get the water cleared/safe/hygienic for my family to swim in. I have a "Hy-Clor Pool Testing Kit" and an "Aiper Pool Vacuum" ready to use, plus a bottle of chlorine and a pool skimmer. I have visited many websites (including Bunnings' "How to fix brown pool after dust storm") and YouTube videos, but am still feeling lost as to where to begin. (NB we cannot empty the pool as it only drains into our "moat" around the inside of the fence, which then leads into the sidewalk; thus we don't want to receive complaints from neighbours.)

My proposed order of business is:

1) vacuum the pool with the Aiper

2) brush pool walls/floor and re-vacuum if necessary

3) Buy and use the "Hy-Clor 2kg Flocculent Soft Pack" in combination with "Hy-Clor 500g Super Shock Granular Pool Chlorine"

4) test water using the test kit and adjust chemical levels as necessary.

Are these steps correct, or is there still more for me to learn? 😅

 

[EricL]

Hello @AussiePossum 

Thank you for sharing your question about your swimming pool. The steps you've outlined are excellent. Step number two will occur before, during and after the chemical treatment. When step three occurs and you get large solid particles come together, I recommend using a Hy-Clor Leaf Shovel to remove as much of the solid particles floating on the surface to help the process along. 

I also suggest having a look at this discussion - Clean pool of dark green algae by @Dave-1.

If you need further assistance, please let us know.

Eric

[Dave-1]

Good Morning @AussiePossum 

I was going to link the pool cleaning project But @EricL beat me to it

Just been through the process three weeks ago and am waiting for the weather to cool a littel to do a secondary sweel of vacumming  

Check the PH first! Get it right for each step and it works wonders, "presume" that its right and the chemicals will not work anywhere near as efficently 😕

The line above is why I think I have to do a secondary vacum I bought a more concentrated flocking agent and think I messed up in my calculations. It worked almost but not quiet

So each step get the PH back to where it needs to be. 

When Vacuming the water it goes to waste (I intend to re-route mine to water the lawn as The chlorine is gone at that point, the silt that you are vacuming is a combination of algea and partical matter that the chlorine was bonded to (Cheaper the chlorine the more left over bonding agent ends as silt) I also get a LOT of dust and leaves.

Just reply in here if you get to a step and its not going the way you expect it to, It took me years to get it anywhere near right

Dave