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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 02:24 PM Original message |
how does one remove algae from a vinyl pool? |
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fob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Buy some alage eater fish and turn em loose! |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. Drain it and start over |
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Not Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 03:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. DEFINITELY DO NOT DRAIN AND LET THE LINER DRY |
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Ghetto_Boy (307 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. I use Baquacil (non-chlorine) and have had no problems... |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. Drain it and use a blowtorch on the algae. It's the heat that makes it |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. Depends on the size of your pool |
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MissAnnThrope (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. OK... |
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DebinTx (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. We had the same problem |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 02:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. where do you get Baqua Flock? |
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DebinTx (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 03:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Any spa and/or above ground pool place should carry it |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 08:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. thanks, Deb, I found it |
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DebinTx (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 03:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Do a google search for baquacil. |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. Shock the shit out of it MULTIPLE times |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. This is a swimming pool? Not a fish pond? |
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DebinTx (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 03:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. She should be horse-whipped, huh? |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 05:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Flock does work well. |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 08:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. definitely not a fish pond -- you are kidding, right? |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 09:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Fish ponds have vinyl liners, too... |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. brush down the sides, replace or clean the filter, shock it. |
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elfrangel (661 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. For a home remedy... |
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