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If you need to shock a salt water pool because of algae do you need to turn the salt system off for awhile?
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∙ 9y ago
If you keep all your water balances correct and run the chlorine generator unit properly keeping the Chlorine level of 1.0-3.0 PPM you should never need to shock your pool. I have heard of a few exceptions, but set up and running properly the answer is no. The Chlorine generator shocks the water with chlorine as it goes throught the chlorine generator. One reason for the exception (needing to shock the pool) is not keeping the system runing. Running the sytem 24/7 is recommended (pump and all)
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Shutting the salt system and the pump down defeats the purpose of removing the algae and other contaminants. That is precisely why you elected to install the salt system in the first place. The salt system is designed to shock the pool however, it could not hurt if you add liquid chlorine occasionally especially if you are having algae problems. Running the system 24/7 is unnecessary unless you are having severe algae problems. Cleaning or backwashing the filter on a regular basis will help greatly in the removal of contaminants. A clean D E filter does not work well if it is totally plugged with dirt and debris. Also, if you are having algae problems you may not be running the system long enough 2, 4, 6 hours is not sufficient time to turn the water over. Your salt levels and conditioner levels may not be at adequate levels to be working for you. With algae you will have to superchlorinate and brush the walls and floor to keep the algae away from those surfaces - - let the filter pick up the dead algae as the chlorine kills it.
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Will shock kill algae?
Yes. This is a potent chemical. It will kill the algae and turn it brown. Hope you have a good filtration system to filter all the brown out.
Our salt system is not producing clorine because the temp is below 69 degrees what shock treatment can use to prevent algae in the winter months?
If your chlorinator is not working or making enough chlorine you can just treat it as an ordinary pool while the adverse conditions prevail. Just use ordinary shock and chlorine.
Why did swimming pool solar turn the water black?
This is because it got the water too warm and algae started growing. The warmer the water is just a breeding ground for algae. Get some algae cleaner at your pool store and follow the directions with heavy shock after that. Frustrating!
What is shock a pool?
To shock a pool is to effectively increase the chlorine dosage to the max in order to exterminate a bacterial or algae problem.
Can you shock the pool and add clarifier?
It may kill the algae but the algae needs to be filtered or the pool will remain green and cloudy You need to dissolve the chlorine and pour around the pool then brush the pool in order to not damage your plaster. This will help get the chlorine throughout the pool.
What is the most common method of treating green algae in a pool?
Pool Shock
When did System Shock happen?
System Shock happened in 1994.
What does your muscular system do when you're in shock?
Shock affects your nervous system, not your musculatory system when you go into shock. It indirectly affects the muscles via the nervous system.
How do you break arm without it hurting?
Often when you break a bone, you don't feel it for awhile as you are in shock.
When was System Shock - Doctor Who - created?
System Shock - Doctor Who - was created in 1995.
When was System Shock created?
System Shock was created on 1994-09-22.
How do you clear up green murky water in a above-ground intex pool if you have drained it but can't get all of the water out and will liquid algae solve the problem or do you have to shock it as well?
Don'Bother with the liquid algae control it will just stain your pool, Use an apropriate amount of liquid chlorine, this will kill the algae at the same time shock your water.
