no doubt, this has been the most clear directions. i watched a thousand videos this guy is the best teacher by far and thank you for sharing and to all the pool stores that will only indulge so much information. this guy deserves all your money you sharks!
I have to say this is HANDS DOWN the single best and most useful video I ever watched and it has helped me for Years! this one video has saved at least 3 summers at my house. He is so right, when the pool is green you have to Triple the amount of shock you would normally use AND you MUST get all the leaves and debris out of the pool BEFORE you put chemicals in, at least to the extent possible based on how much you. can see. Follow this video step by step, watch it over and over if you have to, it will Save your pool! I would just add one piece of advice. If your pool is still cloudy after running the filter for 24 hours AND you make sure your cartridge filter is clean, add Clear Aid. Read the instructions on the bottle, walk around the whole pool as you pour it in and run the filter for another 8 to 12 hours and that normally does the trick for me.
after 1 months of trying to clear my green pool and failing I came across this video and it finally cleared up ....after spending over $300 of chemicals ...this man knows his stuff
Worked like a dream. Took about a week and a half to clear up, but it does. Backwashed twice a day and kept the chlorine high. Clear blue water is a reality!! Thanks for this 👍🏼
I have decide to buy an above ground pool after having watched your videos. I have really appreciated your professionalism that make me learn how to maintain the pool all year long, "killing" all of my doubts. Thank you very much, Chad!!! From Italy with respect!!!!
We had a party with teenagers (lost a lot of water), followed by a week of sunny hot weather with our cover off, and then we had a busy weekend and forgot to shock our pool! Not surprisingly, we woke up with a green pool! This is the best explanation! I appreciate your rationales as to WHY you do what you do. It makes sense and is easy to follow! We are in the process now, and I'm hopeful that it will work so we can have one more pool party next weekend! I will bookmark this and use it for years to come... appreciate the PDF too! Hopefully we will never have a green pool again! And we will use your other info for maintenance. You can tell when someone knows what they're doing and loves their job --clearly you do! Thanks!
By far the Best video that got results. I like that it explains the “Why” . One thing that’s important to know is that you have to be diligent and patient. Very important that if you have a filter that uses diatomaceous earth, you will have to change it and backwash quite often. It took three days for my pool to turn crystal clear running the filter 24 /7 . I vacuumed after running the filter days and (all night) . I changed the earth about 6 times during the process . Every four or five hours during the daytime.(when you bump the filter and turn it back on, if it’s releasing green water into the pool that’s a sign you need to change the earth.) Other than that this absolutely worked perfectly.Thank you !
Thank you so much! This morning I had a green pool, watched your video, picked up the supplies, and now I have a blue, cloudy pool! I can't wait until it clears up! Very well-done video and great printable instructions!
Great video! I struggled to keep my pool clear last summer, and I just followed your instructions to clean my pool that was turning hazy and green again this year. Within 24 hours it looked much better! Thank you!
Just to share my experience. I have an above ground pool with plastic steps. I was struggling the whole summer so far with green algae continuing to grow no matter what I tried. I read somewhere online where someone mentioned they had continuing trouble and finally found a little bit of algae behind a light. It finally dawned on me that the problem might be my steps. I took them out and they were filled with algae. I took the stairs apart, power washed them and cleaned the heck out of them with bleach. Meanwhile my pool water started clearing up almost by the hour. I left the stairs out overnight to dry and put them back in the next day. Pool is clear now! TL/DR - Make sure EVERY surface in your pool is algae free if nothing is working for you.
THIS is huge. My stairs had algae all over them! I'm sure this was part of the reason the process was taking so long. I took the stairs out of the pool. And in the 105 degree Texas heat, the algae died up and started turning to green powder that I easily wiped off the stairs. While this was going on, the shock started to work much faster. The green to turned to cloudy in about 3 hours. I'm now cleaning the filter every couple hours (it NEEDS it - it gets gross quick). I'll report back after 1-2 days of this to see how it goes. (also, I am leaving the pump on for 24/7).
I balanced my chems and waited until late evening to do this. I added the algaecide at 6pm. I added 8 lbs of shock ( i have a 20,000 gal pool) at 7pm. We checked on the pool 5 hours later - NO MORE ALGAE. I never thought I'd be so happy to see a cloudy pool! I backwashed it this morning and will do it again this after noon.twice a day until it's clear. THANK YOU!!
There are a bazillion pool care videos on RUclips. Yours are absolutely some of the best. Excellent presentation and info. Thanks for the effort you put into this. Great work gentlemen.
All the other videos and all the pool forums - I did what they said and our pool was still green and getting worse as a matter of fact and it was going on 4-5 days. FRETTING over this I searched more and more - Watched your video, followed your instructions - it was about 9-10pm when I watched it and I decided to try it immediately - so it was about 11- 11:30 pm when I finally chlorinated - I figured too that the shock could do it's work with no sun (our pool is full sun most of the day) WOKE UP TO A BLUE POOL! Completely cloudy but BLUE! I was so happy! Thank you so much - only listening to you from now on - Thank you SO MUCH!
Thank you so much for your videos! You are much more knowledgeable than my pool store employees. I wish I would have followed your instructions first. Instead, I have spent hours of worrying and over $500 on chemicals that didn't even work. After dumping 6 gallons of liquid chlorine into the pool, the green is gone, now it's just cloudy. My pool is now on the road to recovery. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Thank you so much! At first, I added the shock as directed by the manufacturer. No changes to the water in 5 hrs pump running. After watching your video, I realized my shock treatment didn't have algae killer. Once I added the new shock as you directed, the pool change from dark to light green in less than an hour.
I’m new to pools. I did exactly what you said. It went from green to cloudy yesterday and today it’s 99% clear and blue again!! Thank you!!! Going to use the pool vac to pick up the very small area that’s left.
This is the BEST video on the web! I made the mistake of adding (as directed) on the package one packet of shock then another and another and another.......wish I would have watched this video first.........really the best..........Thank You!
This video is so informative and helpful! I was getting desperate with my pool but after following your advice my pool water is finally cloudy blue after being deep green no matter what I did. I made the mistake not adding enough shock. Now I’m running the pump 24/7 and doing backwash twice a day until it’s clear.
The water is crystal clear after following your advice to a T. I can’t thank you enough 😘 It only took a few days when I thought there was nothing to do.
Your video is the best video on youtube and you clearly are the most knowledgeable! Last week I ended up with a green pool and thanks to your video and instructions within 24 hours it is blue again! Thank you! I made the mistake of adding 2 pounds of shock the first day and 1 pound the second day and it was still green. I watched your video yesterday morning (after watching several others) we added the algaecide and then 4 pounds of shock and within hours the green was gone! Thanks again!
Thanks you so much!! This is one of the most comprehensive videos I have seen, on any subject! I really appreciate you taking the time to teach this. Great job!
The best and very detailed information I have watched. Pretty sad I was getting all pumped up and my kids made fun of me. Seriously liked how he encourage and made it feel like you are in a training class
As a nurse this makes so much sense it’s like when we give a patient a loading dose . I did this earlier today and this evening my pool is starting to look blue . I shook the heck out of it .
Our winter cover failed so we knew our initial cleaning was going to be a chore but wow it was bad. We dished out 4 - 30 gal trashcans of debris. Water was black green. Following instructions from our local pool shop was just not cutting it. They had us adding 1# of shock daily. After a week of no results I found your video!! It was the answer! It took 8# of shock at once to keep a chlorine reading. After 48h we went from black to green to cloudy. Chlorine is staying steady and we are just waiting for it to completely clear. We are brushing about twice a day just to help keep ot stirred up, hoping to help it go through the filter. And I am adding filter cleaner now at every other backwash. Its been cloudy for 3 days but it no longer looks or smells like a swamp. I know if we had not found your video we would still be clueless with no hope in sight. Thank you!
I could write a long story, but I followed your advice and my pool, which was dark green and opaque turned to clear after 3 and a half days. Thank you so much!
Thank you for the video with the step by step instructions. Ended up with a green pool and thanks to your video and instructions we are now aware of what to look for. Had looked at other videos and woke up this morning and the pool was cloudy. Looking for what to do next and ran across your video and now know that is what it is suppose to look like and waiting for it to clear. Thanks again.
So glad I found this video, I'm a new pool owner here in Ohio and everything has been so complicated. Thank you for this video had my pool get messy and this video had it cleared up asap!!!! Thank you thank you
This was one of the most helpful clear ( no pun intended) videos I ever saw regarding this topic. Taking care of pools can be stressful financially as well as irritating if you dont know what to do next.
I have been fighting my green pool for weeks!!! so glad I found this video... the instructions on the shock treatment do not give this valuable information. I have been blowing a ton of money on chemicals and supplies... Maybe that's what the shock treatment manufacturers want tho? Thank you for the very informative video!!
Absolutely the best information, and your technique in explaining, is so clear and easy to follow! I ended up with a swamp for the first time in my life, I was not sure what to do. I followed your advice on triple shocking, and my pool never looked clearer. The one thing I wanted to ask was about clarifiers. On the 3rd day, I added some clarifier, was that ok to do? I ask because there seems to be mixed feelings about it.
There's no adverse effects of you adding the clarifier so don't worry about it however for your situation a clarifier isn't going to do much so I won't worry about using anymore until you get your pool cleared up.
Great information, I dont read instructions well, so I had to go from the cloudy stage, but I'm still working on getting it clear. I'm going to listen to your pool maintenance training series. Thank you
Your very informative and educational. Thank You for helping me understand what’s going on with the pool water when there’s a problem. Knowing and understanding this helps me take the right approach to fixing it.
Best explanation I have ever heard. I've been so frustrated by algae! This is amazing. Wish I would have seen it a long time ago! I've wasted so much money doing it the wrong way. Thank you!
I'm definitely gonna give this a try on my above ground pool. I'm just now opening my pool up this year. Are the procedures any different for that under the same kinda green water? My pool is roughly 12 thousand gallons.
Omg my pool went from green to light blue in 10 mins !!!!! I can’t take you enough. That part about 1x shock instead of everyday a little chlorine was a game changer !!!
Can you explain to me your last sentence? I follow all instruction and my water went from green to clear but after using it it’s starting to go back again
Stellar. Thanks! Did what you said, it worked as you said. Got the cloudy pool today, looking forward to a clear pool in the next few days! Wow, what a difference! Thanks again!
Dude you're absolutely amazing. I love your videos they're always full of good information and you speak in a way that I understand. I've been following you for a while but I just now subscribed.
Accidently let my 20,000 gal pool go green. I hit it with 3 lb of shock powder, set the filter to recirculate overnight and came out to see a cloudy pool. Added flocculant, recirculated for 12 hours, shut the pump down overnight and in the morning the pool had a white film at the bottom. Vacuumed to waste, refilled the pool and let the filter do its job with the rest. Had to change the DE powder four times over two days because of pressure. Main thing I would recommend, check your pressure hourly if you are filtering....do this until your water is pristine again or you could damage your system.
Thank you im going to get my chemical s together and hopefully I will have a clear pool very soon great video I wasn't doing it right only putting a pound of shock in at a time and it just was getting greener
I’ve been working on pools for 18 years what this video covers is on point from constant circulation initial ph aggressive shock treatment I would add maintain chlorine tabs in the pool skimmer or chlorinator to maintain a constant level and a product I like to use is called swamp treat even the worst pool shouldn’t take more than 3-4 days before your ready to clarify the water key is when you start be aggressive don’t let up until the algae is dead
Ok we cleaned the filter, put 3 x the amount of of shock we normally use plus the algae solution. Run the pump 4 hours and its cloudy now and we see no green. This is s awesome. Thank you.
I'm a new pool owner and have no idea what I'm doing. I'm putting it at our ranch which we go to on weekends only. Can I keep the pool maintenance up while I'm there there from Friday to Sunday only? And can u please explain step by step what I should do as I'm filling it up. Please and thank you for your amazing videos.
Thank you so much for this video I had been having trouble with my above ground pool for about a month now and once I saw your video yesterday literally yesterday Friday August 7th to now August 8th my pool is blue
We have an above ground 24000 gallon pool with a salt system. We have been trying for almost 2 months to get this thing clear! It goes from green to cloudy and back to green. We've been to our dealer 5 times getting the water checked and added things here and there. I almost feel there may be something wrong with our system. My display reads the salt level is now down to 1400 which is extreme. When she tests it with her machine it's reading within the normal range at 3100.... I really don't know what to do and I'm so stressed about it. Your video was very insightful and we will be trying this. We don't normally shock our pool so I'm not sure how much we should be using.
I have a newly filled pool that started turning green while filling you can see the bottom. I shocked it with 3 lbs of shock it's still a light green color. I used hth 6 way test everything was right on but the chlorine level was orange instead of yellow. Water still has a light green tint.
Thank you for your videos. We're seniors, bought a 12x24 pool to relax and get our 40 year old daughter with lower body parapharesis to exercise her limbs since she has so much muscle waste. I tried to hire a pool cleaner to come weekly to keep it clear and within good chemical balance, well I can't find ANYONE to come out! Nobody does above ground pools in our area. Then tried to hire someone to build a deck around it with a ramp to push her wheelchair up to get her in the pool. Nobody is interested in building it, or even for a 3'x5' platform and ramp the only guy who was interested wanted $10k to build it! For that amount I could have put in a small in ground pool. Ugh maybe a usable pool just isn't in our future.
What do you think about covering the pool with an opaque (i.e. winter) cover for a couple days while this process takes place? The cover would eliminate the UV rays that allow the algae to photosynthesize. It's similar to what I've done in my aquarium when algae is getting out of control: turn off (or down) the lights for a few days.
Sulfur chlorine is too high how do you bring it down and how do you keep the sanitizer we're supposed to be and what do you add if the calcium hardness is not right
Vacuum before shocking or vise versa? How can I vacuum the algae if I can't see it? Am I supposed to clear the pool water with lots of shock and wait until it clears before I vacuum so I can see where the bad spots are? I am so close. I have had it cloudy but never clear enough to see the bottom.
We super shocked the pool just as the video said. And we had cloudy water the next day! In the meantime, we have had two rainy days and ended up having to backwash a lot of the extra water out. Now we’re on day 4 and it’s still cloudy. Is it possible the chemicals didn’t worked properly due to the rain? ( also we started this whole process with water that had zero chlorine )
It sounds like if it went too cloudy than everything works just like you wanted. But there's more you're going to have to do now that it's got cloudy so check this video out ruclips.net/video/7Ue5sY66fMo/видео.html
Trying this today, we have done almost everything except for shocking the pool 3x instead of using shocking once daily. Also, is having a heater in the pool and having trees around a factor in having a green pool? We had this problem most of the summer. Thank you!
hello, my name is thomas. i purchased a 12' by 33", 1600gl.pool. it was fine for a month with no use and ph and chlorine levels were fine. Pollen and i assume some algea built up on the bottom and coagulated but the pool was crystal clear. i didnt have a vacuum,however, i got a vacuum and got in the pool and vacuumed it and brushed the bottom and sides and seemed to have stirred it all up. i can see the bottom but barely. its been over a week and ive been adding chlorine and changing the filter everyday and the pool does not seem to be clearing up. should i use the floc or shock? great video, thank you.
Love your videos, thanks for your expertise! Question - after shocking your pool do you wait 24hrs for the chlorine to work BEFORE the twice daily filter cleaning?
Hello, we found this video and it worked fantastic!! Thanks so much for making it! Just one outstanding question: I am on day 3 of cloudy blue, do I need to do anything additional to fully clear it up? Pumps are running 24hrs/day, chlorine is high, PH is 7.2, backwashing filters 2x per day...thx
Excellent video! Thank you for teaching us how to clean our pool. I only have one question; how many chlorine pads ,do you recommend to use on a 4,500Gal pool? I use the 3” pads...
Hi, guys. Great video. Big help getting rid of a bad algae problem! How long is the wait from cloudy to clear. I'm almost at a week since I started this process and I'm still in the cloudy blue stage. Is that too long and do I need to do something else? Thanks!
The length of time all depends on how green the pool was and the diligent see of the process that you're going through. Take a look at our Channel and we have a video on how to clear a cloudy pool that'll give you the steps to speed the process up.
I've just added the algaecide, completely forgetting that I shouldnt shock the pool until the evening. Do I need to use algaecide again tonight before shocking it?? Great video and I can't wait to see the results ! Thank you!!
Should I floc the pool? We put 4 pouches of shock approx. 36 hours ago, the pool is cloudy, and from what I understand it’s dead algae. But the cloudiness does not seem to be going away. Thanks!
Good day. I'm new to pool ownership and. Have a question. When you say run pumps. What cycle am I supposed to use. Circulate? Rinse? Filter? Waste? Backwash? I have a salt water pool and use a dream line sand Filter and Hayward salt chlorine generator. Any help would be appreciated and great video
I used 6 lbs of 4in1 shock and it went from a swamp to cloudy almost immediately. That night my pump burnt up because the filter was plugged. The video said to run the pump for 24 to 48 hours but I was having to clean the filter every hour or 2. Well as we waited for a new sand filter pump to be delivered it turned into a swamp again. I used 3 bags of shock but decided a few hours later (after it was cloudy again) to use the other 3. Two days later it's still cloudy and I shut my new pump off at night cause I don't want to ruin a $200 pump. I am running my dolphin vacuum and my pump during the day while I can watch it. Backwashing every couple of hours or sooner. Getting nasty stuff off the bottom with the vacuum also. Any advice is welcome please.
@Crotch Banister I ended up draining the pool completely and refilling. There was so much stuff in there. It might have worked if it was a normal situation
Marci Burns honestly first step is shock and then adjust once you see the bottom of the pool. After shocking it we didn’t even have to do anything but make sure chlorine was enough.
Straingelove thank you for the response. We were maintaining the chemical balance until mid Aug then I couldn’t get it under control smh. I’ve never tried the Clorox 6 in 1 with Algecide so hopefully that’ll make a difference 😏
Marci Burns we just did some vacuuming of the bottom and backwashed the filter but didn’t need any other chemicals. If still green I would shock again. We shocked the heck out of our pool a good 2-3x until it was ok
Also check sand in filter, just found out that my sand is what kept my water from clearing up. Thanks Above Ground for your help!! Can't wait to jump in my pool LOL
Question: In the video you mention adding a algaecide if very green. I bought Green to clean. Is this the right product to add before i do the shock treatment??
Great video, i have used your advice for lasr 3 years. Quick question..this year upon opening my cya is low. I got my TA up to idea as well as PH, i have no chlorine. Although pool is green should i get cya balanced before doing algecide and shock? And when i say low i mean its not registering.
I have a 14'×42'' above the ground pool. It looks like a swamp right now I'm going to do everything u are saying I just didn't understand when u said shock the pool? Do u mean shock the pool with a shock treatment or with pool chlorine only??? Reply plz.
Hi there. Your videos and explanations are far the best. Thank you! I have a question, though. You talk about shocking the pool with 7 pounds of chlorine but are those 7 pounds for any amount of water? Mine is an above ground 18 feet round (Coleman) with regular cartridge filter. Thanks in advance for your help
+paugarciadiniro I'm not sure where I actually say 7 lb. You would obviously want to use the amount of chlorine in reference to the size pool that you have. What you do want to do is give it a triple shock of what you normally would if a water were clear.
If I add cyanuric acid during the 3x shock. Will that cause the chlorine levels to remain high for a long time? I'm assuming I add that once I'm at the upper range of the target chlorine level. So I'm not adding it until my chlorine level becomes swimmable. Or should I just add the cyanuric acid right away?
I've had this issue green pool all summer this year been to my local pool store more times than I can count they test my water and tell me my water is where it should be I've put in hundreds of dollars or algacide, clarifier , mineral eliminator , and shock still no change i vac it daily getting a little debris but not much, I'm worried the new liner I put in last year is going to be ruined if I keep putting chemicals in what should I do ?
I’ve bought alkaline chemicals for my pool plenty of times because the pool place told me to get it and some chlorine and then a hardener calcium thing I have no idea what I’m doing but is this really all I need is algaecide and shock ?? And also I have a sand filter could that be another reason why my pool is still green?
You definitely need your balance chemicals none-the-less but at this point trying to clear up your pool you mainly need chlorine and maybe algaecide. The sand filter is going to clean the pool and has nothing to do with your water being green.
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no doubt, this has been the most clear directions. i watched a thousand videos this guy is the best teacher by far and thank you for sharing and to all the pool stores that will only indulge so much information. this guy deserves all your money you sharks!
I have to say this is HANDS DOWN the single best and most useful video I ever watched and it has helped me for Years! this one video has saved at least 3 summers at my house. He is so right, when the pool is green you have to Triple the amount of shock you would normally use AND you MUST get all the leaves and debris out of the pool BEFORE you put chemicals in, at least to the extent possible based on how much you. can see. Follow this video step by step, watch it over and over if you have to, it will Save your pool!
I would just add one piece of advice. If your pool is still cloudy after running the filter for 24 hours AND you make sure your cartridge filter is clean, add Clear Aid. Read the instructions on the bottle, walk around the whole pool as you pour it in and run the filter for another 8 to 12 hours and that normally does the trick for me.
after 1 months of trying to clear my green pool and failing I came across this video and it finally cleared up ....after spending over $300 of chemicals ...this man knows his stuff
My tiny pool was about $100 extra Pennies- I’m glad yours is doing better!
this is the clearest and most useful green pool video - and I've watched a ton on them recently - thanks a lot!
Agreed
Worked like a dream. Took about a week and a half to clear up, but it does. Backwashed twice a day and kept the chlorine high. Clear blue water is a reality!! Thanks for this 👍🏼
I have decide to buy an above ground pool after having watched your videos.
I have really appreciated your professionalism that make me learn how to maintain the pool all year long, "killing" all of my doubts.
Thank you very much, Chad!!!
From Italy with respect!!!!
We had a party with teenagers (lost a lot of water), followed by a week of sunny hot weather with our cover off, and then we had a busy weekend and forgot to shock our pool! Not surprisingly, we woke up with a green pool! This is the best explanation! I appreciate your rationales as to WHY you do what you do. It makes sense and is easy to follow! We are in the process now, and I'm hopeful that it will work so we can have one more pool party next weekend! I will bookmark this and use it for years to come... appreciate the PDF too! Hopefully we will never have a green pool again! And we will use your other info for maintenance. You can tell when someone knows what they're doing and loves their job --clearly you do! Thanks!
By far the Best video that got results. I like that it explains the “Why” . One thing that’s important to know is that you have to be diligent and patient. Very important that if you have a filter that uses diatomaceous earth, you will have to change it and backwash quite often. It took three days for my pool to turn crystal clear running the filter 24 /7 . I vacuumed after running the filter days and (all night) . I changed the earth about 6 times during the process . Every four or five hours during the daytime.(when you bump the filter and turn it back on, if it’s releasing green water into the pool that’s a sign you need to change the earth.) Other than that this absolutely worked perfectly.Thank you !
Thank you so much! This morning I had a green pool, watched your video, picked up the supplies, and now I have a blue, cloudy pool! I can't wait until it clears up! Very well-done video and great printable instructions!
And I'll make sure to keep cleaning the filters to keep it flowing.
Great video! I struggled to keep my pool clear last summer, and I just followed your instructions to clean my pool that was turning hazy and green again this year. Within 24 hours it looked much better! Thank you!
Just to share my experience. I have an above ground pool with plastic steps. I was struggling the whole summer so far with green algae continuing to grow no matter what I tried. I read somewhere online where someone mentioned they had continuing trouble and finally found a little bit of algae behind a light. It finally dawned on me that the problem might be my steps. I took them out and they were filled with algae. I took the stairs apart, power washed them and cleaned the heck out of them with bleach. Meanwhile my pool water started clearing up almost by the hour. I left the stairs out overnight to dry and put them back in the next day. Pool is clear now!
TL/DR - Make sure EVERY surface in your pool is algae free if nothing is working for you.
THIS is huge. My stairs had algae all over them! I'm sure this was part of the reason the process was taking so long. I took the stairs out of the pool. And in the 105 degree Texas heat, the algae died up and started turning to green powder that I easily wiped off the stairs. While this was going on, the shock started to work much faster. The green to turned to cloudy in about 3 hours. I'm now cleaning the filter every couple hours (it NEEDS it - it gets gross quick). I'll report back after 1-2 days of this to see how it goes. (also, I am leaving the pump on for 24/7).
I balanced my chems and waited until late evening to do this. I added the algaecide at 6pm. I added 8 lbs of shock ( i have a 20,000 gal pool) at 7pm. We checked on the pool 5 hours later - NO MORE ALGAE. I never thought I'd be so happy to see a cloudy pool! I backwashed it this morning and will do it again this after noon.twice a day until it's clear.
THANK YOU!!
Rhino2geaux excuse me what you meant do it again? Do you meant shock the pool again?
I’m sure they mean to backwash again, as the instructions are to backwash twice per day until clear.
There are a bazillion pool care videos on RUclips. Yours are absolutely some of the best. Excellent presentation and info. Thanks for the effort you put into this. Great work gentlemen.
Hands down to this video!! ,first-time pool owner, and I was overwhelmed with other videos. Thankyou
All the other videos and all the pool forums - I did what they said and our pool was still green and getting worse as a matter of fact and it was going on 4-5 days. FRETTING over this I searched more and more - Watched your video, followed your instructions - it was about 9-10pm when I watched it and I decided to try it immediately - so it was about 11- 11:30 pm when I finally chlorinated - I figured too that the shock could do it's work with no sun (our pool is full sun most of the day) WOKE UP TO A BLUE POOL! Completely cloudy but BLUE! I was so happy! Thank you so much - only listening to you from now on - Thank you SO MUCH!
Thank you so much!! I have zero knowledge on how to clean my new pool. Thank you for helping a single mom that wants her baby to swim
Finally! Someone who knows what he's talking about. Nicely done.
Thank you so much for your videos! You are much more knowledgeable than my pool store employees. I wish I would have followed your instructions first. Instead, I have spent hours of worrying and over $500 on chemicals that didn't even work. After dumping 6 gallons of liquid chlorine into the pool, the green is gone, now it's just cloudy. My pool is now on the road to recovery. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Did u shock ur pool first or did u just add chlorine??
Thank you so much! At first, I added the shock as directed by the manufacturer. No changes to the water in 5 hrs pump running. After watching your video, I realized my shock treatment didn't have algae killer. Once I added the new shock as you directed, the pool change from dark to light green in less than an hour.
I’m new to pools. I did exactly what you said. It went from green to cloudy yesterday and today it’s 99% clear and blue again!! Thank you!!! Going to use the pool vac to pick up the very small area that’s left.
This is the BEST video on the web! I made the mistake of adding (as directed) on the package one packet of shock then another and another and another.......wish I would have watched this video first.........really the best..........Thank You!
This video is so informative and helpful! I was getting desperate with my pool but after following your advice my pool water is finally cloudy blue after being deep green no matter what I did. I made the mistake not adding enough shock. Now I’m running the pump 24/7 and doing backwash twice a day until it’s clear.
The water is crystal clear after following your advice to a T. I can’t thank you enough 😘 It only took a few days when I thought there was nothing to do.
Your video is the best video on youtube and you clearly are the most knowledgeable! Last week I ended up with a green pool and thanks to your video and instructions within 24 hours it is blue again! Thank you! I made the mistake of adding 2 pounds of shock the first day and 1 pound the second day and it was still green. I watched your video yesterday morning (after watching several others) we added the algaecide and then 4 pounds of shock and within hours the green was gone! Thanks again!
Awesome!
Agreed!!!
Which products did you use? I’m having the same issues.
Thanks you so much!! This is one of the most comprehensive videos I have seen, on any subject! I really appreciate you taking the time to teach this. Great job!
The best and very detailed information I have watched. Pretty sad I was getting all pumped up and my kids made fun of me. Seriously liked how he encourage and made it feel like you are in a training class
What happens if mosquitoes decided to make a home in my green water?
+Katt shock the mess out of it
Would it kill the larve it looks like little mosquito
+Katt yes
As a nurse this makes so much sense it’s like when we give a patient a loading dose . I did this earlier today and this evening my pool is starting to look blue . I shook the heck out of it .
Our winter cover failed so we knew our initial cleaning was going to be a chore but wow it was bad. We dished out 4 - 30 gal trashcans of debris. Water was black green. Following instructions from our local pool shop was just not cutting it. They had us adding 1# of shock daily. After a week of no results I found your video!! It was the answer! It took 8# of shock at once to keep a chlorine reading. After 48h we went from black to green to cloudy. Chlorine is staying steady and we are just waiting for it to completely clear. We are brushing about twice a day just to help keep ot stirred up, hoping to help it go through the filter. And I am adding filter cleaner now at every other backwash.
Its been cloudy for 3 days but it no longer looks or smells like a swamp.
I know if we had not found your video we would still be clueless with no hope in sight. Thank you!
You're welcome. Just be patient cuz when it's that yucky it takes a little bit to clear up.
I could write a long story, but I followed your advice and my pool, which was dark green and opaque turned to clear after 3 and a half days. Thank you so much!
nayjah exactly! Lol
Wooow great!! do you left the pump working 24/7 for the 3 days?
@@corazonpartido4946 Yes.
thank you very much for such a helpful video along with descriptions and information about turning a green pool into a clear pool thanks again
Thank you for the video with the step by step instructions. Ended up with a green pool and thanks to your video and instructions we are now aware of what to look for. Had looked at other videos and woke up this morning and the pool was cloudy. Looking for what to do next and ran across your video and now know that is what it is suppose to look like and waiting for it to clear. Thanks again.
Thank you Chad for all your video's . I have watched two videos so far. You are a great speaker and very informative
The video was a blessing... wish I would have watched it prior to wasting an enormous amount of shock and algaecide! Thanks
Thank you so much for your simple and clear, step by step instructions. You saved our last month of summer time pool fun!
So glad I found this video, I'm a new pool owner here in Ohio and everything has been so complicated. Thank you for this video had my pool get messy and this video had it cleared up asap!!!! Thank you thank you
This was one of the most helpful clear ( no pun intended) videos I ever saw regarding this topic. Taking care of pools can be stressful financially as well as irritating if you dont know what to do next.
I have been fighting my green pool for weeks!!! so glad I found this video... the instructions on the shock treatment do not give this valuable information. I have been blowing a ton of money on chemicals and supplies... Maybe that's what the shock treatment manufacturers want tho? Thank you for the very informative video!!
Were you able to get your chemicals balanced or did you just shock it w a lot of shock?
Absolutely the best information, and your technique in explaining, is so clear and easy to follow! I ended up with a swamp for the first time in my life, I was not sure what to do. I followed your advice on triple shocking, and my pool never looked clearer. The one thing I wanted to ask was about clarifiers. On the 3rd day, I added some clarifier, was that ok to do? I ask because there seems to be mixed feelings about it.
There's no adverse effects of you adding the clarifier so don't worry about it however for your situation a clarifier isn't going to do much so I won't worry about using anymore until you get your pool cleared up.
Great information, I dont read instructions well, so I had to go from the cloudy stage, but I'm still working on getting it clear. I'm going to listen to your pool maintenance training series. Thank you
Your very informative and educational. Thank You for helping me understand what’s going on with the pool water when there’s a problem. Knowing and understanding this helps me take the right approach to fixing it.
Excellent presentation. Very professional and precise. I love those guys.
You are the King of pools my friend. thank you for the pool teaching
Best explanation I have ever heard. I've been so frustrated by algae! This is amazing. Wish I would have seen it a long time ago! I've wasted so much money doing it the wrong way. Thank you!
I'm definitely gonna give this a try on my above ground pool. I'm just now opening my pool up this year. Are the procedures any different for that under the same kinda green water? My pool is roughly 12 thousand gallons.
Simple steps that cleaned my VERY green pool in only a few hours! Thanks!
The clearest video on the subject! You sure know your stuff
Omg my pool went from green to light blue in 10 mins !!!!! I can’t take you enough. That part about 1x shock instead of everyday a little chlorine was a game changer !!!
Can you explain to me your last sentence? I follow all instruction and my water went from green to clear but after using it it’s starting to go back again
Thank you for this. We are first time pool owners (came with our new home) and this is straight forward.
Stellar. Thanks! Did what you said, it worked as you said. Got the cloudy pool today, looking forward to a clear pool in the next few days! Wow, what a difference! Thanks again!
It worked for my pool did exactly what you said worked perfectly. Thank you
Dude you're absolutely amazing. I love your videos they're always full of good information and you speak in a way that I understand. I've been following you for a while but I just now subscribed.
Accidently let my 20,000 gal pool go green. I hit it with 3 lb of shock powder, set the filter to recirculate overnight and came out to see a cloudy pool. Added flocculant, recirculated for 12 hours, shut the pump down overnight and in the morning the pool had a white film at the bottom. Vacuumed to waste, refilled the pool and let the filter do its job with the rest. Had to change the DE powder four times over two days because of pressure. Main thing I would recommend, check your pressure hourly if you are filtering....do this until your water is pristine again or you could damage your system.
Thank you Chuck, love your videos. So, once the pool is clear it’s ok to use.
Thank you im going to get my chemical s together and hopefully I will have a clear pool very soon great video I wasn't doing it right only putting a pound of shock in at a time and it just was getting greener
I’ve been working on pools for 18 years what this video covers is on point from constant circulation initial ph aggressive shock treatment I would add maintain chlorine tabs in the pool skimmer or chlorinator to maintain a constant level and a product I like to use is called swamp treat even the worst pool shouldn’t take more than 3-4 days before your ready to clarify the water key is when you start be aggressive don’t let up until the algae is dead
Great job explaining all of the steps in detail. I found it very helpful and informative for a newbie above ground pool owner.
What an instructor! Having been a teascher for 35 years, I can tell a good teacher when I sse one...
Your instructions were amazing and easy to follow! Today I no longer have Green water!! 😊😊
Did it stay cleared even after use?
Danny Dan yes!!!!
After doing instruction, what maintenance did you continue doing? My pool went back green after we used it
Ok we cleaned the filter, put 3 x the amount of of shock we normally use plus the algae solution. Run the pump 4 hours and its cloudy now and we see no green. This is s awesome. Thank you.
I'm a new pool owner and have no idea what I'm doing. I'm putting it at our ranch which we go to on weekends only. Can I keep the pool maintenance up while I'm there there from Friday to Sunday only? And can u please explain step by step what I should do as I'm filling it up. Please and thank you for your amazing videos.
Thank you so much for this video I had been having trouble with my above ground pool for about a month now and once I saw your video yesterday literally yesterday Friday August 7th to now August 8th my pool is blue
We have an above ground 24000 gallon pool with a salt system. We have been trying for almost 2 months to get this thing clear! It goes from green to cloudy and back to green. We've been to our dealer 5 times getting the water checked and added things here and there. I almost feel there may be something wrong with our system. My display reads the salt level is now down to 1400 which is extreme. When she tests it with her machine it's reading within the normal range at 3100.... I really don't know what to do and I'm so stressed about it. Your video was very insightful and we will be trying this. We don't normally shock our pool so I'm not sure how much we should be using.
ALOT OF HELP!! THANK YOU!!! 😊 You were the most help we've had!!
Your videos have been so helpful for me you explain everything, and I'm the type of person that needs to understand why to understand how
I have a newly filled pool that started turning green while filling you can see the bottom. I shocked it with 3 lbs of shock it's still a light green color. I used hth 6 way test everything was right on but the chlorine level was orange instead of yellow. Water still has a light green tint.
These are the best pool videos ever thank you 😊
Thank you for your videos. We're seniors, bought a 12x24 pool to relax and get our 40 year old daughter with lower body parapharesis to exercise her limbs since she has so much muscle waste. I tried to hire a pool cleaner to come weekly to keep it clear and within good chemical balance, well I can't find ANYONE to come out! Nobody does above ground pools in our area. Then tried to hire someone to build a deck around it with a ramp to push her wheelchair up to get her in the pool. Nobody is interested in building it, or even for a 3'x5' platform and ramp the only guy who was interested wanted $10k to build it! For that amount I could have put in a small in ground pool. Ugh maybe a usable pool just isn't in our future.
What do you think about covering the pool with an opaque (i.e. winter) cover for a couple days while this process takes place? The cover would eliminate the UV rays that allow the algae to photosynthesize. It's similar to what I've done in my aquarium when algae is getting out of control: turn off (or down) the lights for a few days.
You could certainly do that but covers aren't that much fun put them on and taking them off so I think it would work for you either way
Sulfur chlorine is too high how do you bring it down and how do you keep the sanitizer we're supposed to be and what do you add if the calcium hardness is not right
Vacuum before shocking or vise versa? How can I vacuum the algae if I can't see it? Am I supposed to clear the pool water with lots of shock and wait until it clears before I vacuum so I can see where the bad spots are? I am so close. I have had it cloudy but never clear enough to see the bottom.
We super shocked the pool just as the video said. And we had cloudy water the next day! In the meantime, we have had two rainy days and ended up having to backwash a lot of the extra water out. Now we’re on day 4 and it’s still cloudy. Is it possible the chemicals didn’t worked properly due to the rain? ( also we started this whole process with water that had zero chlorine )
It sounds like if it went too cloudy than everything works just like you wanted. But there's more you're going to have to do now that it's got cloudy so check this video out
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Trying this today, we have done almost everything except for shocking the pool 3x instead of using shocking once daily.
Also, is having a heater in the pool and having trees around a factor in having a green pool? We had this problem most of the summer. Thank you!
hello, my name is thomas. i purchased a 12' by 33", 1600gl.pool. it was fine for a month with no use and ph and chlorine levels were fine. Pollen and i assume some algea built up on the bottom and coagulated but the pool was crystal clear. i didnt have a vacuum,however, i got a vacuum and got in the pool and vacuumed it and brushed the bottom and sides and seemed to have stirred it all up. i can see the bottom but barely. its been over a week and ive been adding chlorine and changing the filter everyday and the pool does not seem to be clearing up. should i use the floc or shock? great video, thank you.
+Thomas Mastres At this point floc would probably be the quickest option.
Thank you I'll do it:)
Love your videos, thanks for your expertise! Question - after shocking your pool do you wait 24hrs for the chlorine to work BEFORE the twice daily filter cleaning?
Correct
Thank you for your support my pool is very clean since I watched your video
Hello, we found this video and it worked fantastic!! Thanks so much for making it! Just one outstanding question: I am on day 3 of cloudy blue, do I need to do anything additional to fully clear it up? Pumps are running 24hrs/day, chlorine is high, PH is 7.2, backwashing filters 2x per day...thx
This has helped a lot. Thank you, but ours hasn’t changed much yet, are we supposed to add 3x of shock for 3 days or just once?
Excellent video! Thank you for teaching us how to clean our pool.
I only have one question; how many chlorine pads ,do you recommend to use on a 4,500Gal pool? I use the 3” pads...
If you mean 3 inch tablets I would say one
When you say, "Clean your filter," what are you referring to when talking about a sand filter?
Backwashing
How do you backwash a regular pump?
Should you add the shock treatment directly to the skimmer or spread it over the actual pool water? Or both?
If you have a sand filter you can put it through the skimmer but if you have any other filters and spread it over the pool water
@@abovegroundpros thank you.
hey bro, just wanna say great job on educating people
Hi, my pool has been cloudy milky for 2 1/2 week. And I also vacuum twice.
Hi, guys. Great video. Big help getting rid of a bad algae problem! How long is the wait from cloudy to clear. I'm almost at a week since I started this process and I'm still in the cloudy blue stage. Is that too long and do I need to do something else? Thanks!
The length of time all depends on how green the pool was and the diligent see of the process that you're going through. Take a look at our Channel and we have a video on how to clear a cloudy pool that'll give you the steps to speed the process up.
I've just added the algaecide, completely forgetting that I shouldnt shock the pool until the evening. Do I need to use algaecide again tonight before shocking it?? Great video and I can't wait to see the results ! Thank you!!
No you'll be fine
Should I floc the pool? We put 4 pouches of shock approx. 36 hours ago, the pool is cloudy, and from what I understand it’s dead algae. But the cloudiness does not seem to be going away. Thanks!
Yes you can. It will speed up the process.
Good day. I'm new to pool ownership and. Have a question. When you say run pumps. What cycle am I supposed to use. Circulate? Rinse? Filter? Waste? Backwash? I have a salt water pool and use a dream line sand Filter and Hayward salt chlorine generator. Any help would be appreciated and great video
Filter
Thank you so much! You are a blessing! Easy to understand.
I used 6 lbs of 4in1 shock and it went from a swamp to cloudy almost immediately. That night my pump burnt up because the filter was plugged. The video said to run the pump for 24 to 48 hours but I was having to clean the filter every hour or 2.
Well as we waited for a new sand filter pump to be delivered it turned into a swamp again. I used 3 bags of shock but decided a few hours later (after it was cloudy again) to use the other 3. Two days later it's still cloudy and I shut my new pump off at night cause I don't want to ruin a $200 pump.
I am running my dolphin vacuum and my pump during the day while I can watch it. Backwashing every couple of hours or sooner. Getting nasty stuff off the bottom with the vacuum also.
Any advice is welcome please.
@Crotch Banister I ended up draining the pool completely and refilling. There was so much stuff in there. It might have worked if it was a normal situation
Thank you so much. We were ready to empty the whole thing and start over lol 😆
I’m ready to empty my pool too!! I understand everything in the video BUT how do I get my chemicals balanced in order to be able to shock it??
Marci Burns honestly first step is shock and then adjust once you see the bottom of the pool. After shocking it we didn’t even have to do anything but make sure chlorine was enough.
Straingelove thank you for the response. We were maintaining the chemical balance until mid Aug then I couldn’t get it under control smh. I’ve never tried the Clorox 6 in 1 with Algecide so hopefully that’ll make a difference 😏
Marci Burns we just did some vacuuming of the bottom and backwashed the filter but didn’t need any other chemicals. If still green I would shock again. We shocked the heck out of our pool a good 2-3x until it was ok
Straingelove ok sounds good. I’m gonna try it tonight 🤞🏼
Also check sand in filter, just found out that my sand is what kept my water from clearing up. Thanks Above Ground for your help!! Can't wait to jump in my pool LOL
What chemicals do i use
Question: In the video you mention adding a algaecide if very green. I bought Green to clean. Is this the right product to add before i do the shock treatment??
Yes
Hi I am on the cloudy stage now. I used 2 pound of shock (70% chlorine) for 18 feet pool
Great video, i have used your advice for lasr 3 years. Quick question..this year upon opening my cya is low. I got my TA up to idea as well as PH, i have no chlorine. Although pool is green should i get cya balanced before doing algecide and shock? And when i say low i mean its not registering.
Yes I would recommend you go ahead and get that up or else the sun this time of year is going to dry a lot of that chlorine straight out of the pool
Why can’t I find the three part maintenance for the above ground hole anymore? It says it’s no longer available.
I have a 14'×42'' above the ground pool. It looks like a swamp right now I'm going to do everything u are saying I just didn't understand when u said shock the pool? Do u mean shock the pool with a shock treatment or with pool chlorine only??? Reply plz.
+alinef34 By the size pull that you just told me I assume you have an Intex pool. is that correct?
+Above Ground Pros I have the summer escapes pool. so should I just add 3 pounds of shock treatment and 1 full bottle of pool chlorine???
Hi there. Your videos and explanations are far the best. Thank you! I have a question, though. You talk about shocking the pool with 7 pounds of chlorine but are those 7 pounds for any amount of water? Mine is an above ground 18 feet round (Coleman) with regular cartridge filter. Thanks in advance for your help
+paugarciadiniro I'm not sure where I actually say 7 lb. You would obviously want to use the amount of chlorine in reference to the size pool that you have. What you do want to do is give it a triple shock of what you normally would if a water were clear.
Thank You , I did your Recommendations they worked out tremendously. You are the man.
ad1juster how many days do you have to wait until the water is clear?
If I add cyanuric acid during the 3x shock. Will that cause the chlorine levels to remain high for a long time? I'm assuming I add that once I'm at the upper range of the target chlorine level. So I'm not adding it until my chlorine level becomes swimmable. Or should I just add the cyanuric acid right away?
Right away
I've had this issue green pool all summer this year been to my local pool store more times than I can count they test my water and tell me my water is where it should be I've put in hundreds of dollars or algacide, clarifier , mineral eliminator , and shock still no change i vac it daily getting a little debris but not much, I'm worried the new liner I put in last year is going to be ruined if I keep putting chemicals in what should I do ?
Wait, why do we remove debris after adjusting the pH if the debris absorbs the chemicals? Shouldn't we do that before step 2?
I’ve bought alkaline chemicals for my pool plenty of times because the pool place told me to get it and some chlorine and then a hardener calcium thing I have no idea what I’m doing but is this really all I need is algaecide and shock ?? And also I have a sand filter could that be another reason why my pool is still green?
You definitely need your balance chemicals none-the-less but at this point trying to clear up your pool you mainly need chlorine and maybe algaecide. The sand filter is going to clean the pool and has nothing to do with your water being green.