Sides of pool has green?

Question

Ok so i have a above ground pool and its 4 feet deep and the clorine must be pretty strong becuase your eyes burn after opening your eyes after 2 seconds underwater...I leave the filter on every night for 6 hours... Ok so when I look in my pool I sometimes see like green allgee all over the sides so I have the scrub it down and its really annyoing and it comes back like the next week.

Does anyone know why this happens?? THANKS

Answer 1

Its because you do not have any of those cleaner fish that swim around and eat the algae...you should get some!

Good luck swimmin with the fishes!

Answer 2

I'm not sure why it happens, maybe you live in an EXTREMELY humid place. Out of ground pools tend to get more algae, obviously, but at Wal-Mart around the pool aisle there is a treatment for algae.

Answer 3

Get the pool cleaner that reads "gets rid of algea" on it. (It's a liquid)

We pour bleach (1 gal)into our pool everytime we get out after swimming. You shoould really put something that cleans after swimming because when you swim, all your dead skin cells, hair, and dirt go into the pool.

You're supposed to leave the filter on all the time. Your not supposed to turn it off. This is what filters the dirt out of your water, so when the filter is off, dirt collects and algea forms.

Edit: dont get teh cleaning fish... the chlorine in your pool will just kill them. and you will ultimately have a dirty pool. (what a dumb answer to this question.)

Answer 4

U have algae

Answer 5

Sounds like algae. You have to clean the pool regularly. Theres no way to prevent algae from growing in your pool. Its just something you have to do if you own a pool.

Answer 6

Mold, Mildew, Nastiness..........Clean the pool more often

Answer 7

Do you have a test kit?? If not GET ONE! Chances are that the Free Chlorine is low or normal and that your Combined Chlorine is high. Combined Chlorine is chloramines. Chloramines are what cause your eyes to burn and give off the "chlorine smell." In a properly chlorinated pool you should not smell the chlorine. You need to shock the pool (get the FC to at least 11ppm). This will eliminate the chloramines and let your FC be more effective. Scrub the sides of the pool and keep your FC at shock level until all the algae is dead. Run your filter 24hrs/day while you are doing this. Also, you should run your pump during the day for AT LEAST 8hrs/day but preferably 12. You need a constant supply of chlorine during the day because the sunlight will burn off the old residual chlorine from the night before.