Green to Blue Pool in 24 hours: How to Clean a Green Pool: Pool Cleaning: Cleaning a Swimming Pool

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Green to Blue Pool Cleaning. How to Clean a Swimming pool that is Green with Algae. How to Clean a Green Pool from start to finish. Pool Elementary goes over all the steps to take a Green Pool and turn it Blue in twenty four hours. From Mucking out the swimming pool to Balancing the swimming Pool we do it all. We will go over all the tips to cleaning the Pool and chlorinating the Pool to get your pool cleaned up fast. Pool filter operation and products to help your Pool Filter operate at its maximum capacity to get that Green to Blue Pool. Check out our other Green to Clean Pool Videos on our channel and SUBSCRIBE for other future Green Pool Cleaning Videos!
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@andreahawkins5890 7 ай бұрын

Your video saved our pool. Thank you so much!! We saved about $700.00.🎉 it was green this morning and after 4 hours the green is gone. We still need a few more steps. Super happy.

@mycraftathome1 3 күн бұрын

Thanks for the video I have a green pool. Sucked out a bunch of leaves going to the store to get shock now!

@TheLetsboogiedown 14 күн бұрын

THE best pool opening video! Finally it's been explained clearly without unnecessary information. I needed that video "beyond pool opening" and this was perfect

@Theodore_von_Schwarzenhoffen 3 ай бұрын

I learned something very valuable!!!! I had to do an acid clean in one of my pools (I used GLB's TLC) and there's always residual Diamond Brite that is left over. I'm going to use the waste setting on the multi-port when I vacuum and rocket that shit right out my life! THANK YOU!! Awesome tip!!

@TheRich4187 12 күн бұрын

This never works for me. Poolmis green and I clean and balance and triple or quad shock it and stil teal. I end up double shocking again and then maybe itll go blue cloudy and then it's like that for a week or more with the filter running 24/7. I hate openimg my pool! I either suck at it or it's my well water which what I think is the issue. 😢😢

@user-ms9cu8xk9b 3 ай бұрын

I like your pool cleaning videos

@Poolelementary 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

@views2relax2 Жыл бұрын

Nice job! Thanks!

@craychayofficial 17 күн бұрын

Thank you for your information!! Hoping to get a position soon and need refreshment training 😂

@jacobkilgannon6059 6 ай бұрын

Great video thank you bro

@Theodore_von_Schwarzenhoffen 3 ай бұрын

I use GLB clarifier to snag that gnarly particulate if it comes down to the wire. It does "ok".

@Soylarimar Жыл бұрын

This is great refresher info. Thanks for sharing!

@Poolelementary Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Soylarimar!

@ninaaglieco970 Күн бұрын

Hey there - great video. I am trying to follow your step by step process. After initial water testing my pH is high (7.8), CYA is low (less than 30ppm) and alkalinity is low (40ppm). Any recommendations on first steps before shocking? I have a cartridge filter and 32,000 gallon pool. Planning on shocking with calcium hypochlorite and adding algicide. Any recommendations are appreciated! Thank you.

@USMC-Sniper-0137 9 ай бұрын

And that community pool is surrounded by pines............ POLLEN will be hard to hide from in that case......

@livingempathy 9 ай бұрын

Thanks the tip about not putting tablets in the skimmer but what about those floating devices that house the tablets in the pool?

@Theodore_von_Schwarzenhoffen 3 ай бұрын

It's probably ok, but I would make sure those devices are as far away from the skimmers as possible. The problem there is if you're using meters to monitor (like a Chemtrol) then it's reading water coming from the return lines. If you have tablets dissolving right at those lines, or right near it, you're going to get a higher reading for both the Cl/ORP and pH of the main body water, even though that's not what it really is. If you can keep those floating baskets separated evenly between your skimmers you'd do better. I don't know what kind of pool monitoring you have, but I'd avoid that situation altogether.

@ForgottenLlamas 10 ай бұрын

Very informative video! Do you ask your clients to purchase the chemicals first or do you include the chemicals in your final price? I just started servicing residential pools and feel like I’m losing so much money just on chemicals alone. I would honestly charge 300$ for a pool like this but by the looks of it you are using at least 100$ of chemicals. Maybe I may be under charging.

@Poolelementary 10 ай бұрын

Hello, I always let the customers know there options with chemical pricing and labor and it really comes down to how fast they want there pool to be cleared up in this situation. This particular pool took about 4 hours labor or about 500 dollars and then another 130 dollars in chemicals to clear up but this Pool is also a commercial pool through a hoa and cost wasn't a factor they just wanted it cleared and opened for there community as fast as possible. If this was a private owner with limited money to spend I would of used a flocculant to settle things out and did a hour vacuum to waste on it to save chlorine cost but pricing is different in other areas. I can't really tell you what to charge but if your losing money it should be more.

@joelconnor1293 4 ай бұрын

@@Poolelementary🎉😂😂q😂❤❤❤

@09ironman1 11 ай бұрын

Nice video

@Poolelementary 11 ай бұрын

Thanks

@mysticflower4321 9 ай бұрын

Very informative video! My only question is why didnt you add the cyanuric acid before the shock? Wouldn't you need less shock if the cyanuric acid is there to keep it in the water?

@Poolelementary 9 ай бұрын

Good question, the cyanuric acid level on this Pool was already 40 parts per million which is almost perfect there for we didn't need to add any. Also we used calcium hypochloride to shock the pool which doesn't have cyanuric acid in it either so we were not creating a high cya level which causes us to have to use even more shock.

@gladenacole1524 10 ай бұрын

WHATS A QUICK FIX FOR A HAIRLINE CRACK ON Diverter Valves

@Poolelementary 10 ай бұрын

Plumbers putty or some two part epoxy. Nothing really holds to well though always ends up leaking until cracked line is replaced.

@haydenfranklin8303 Жыл бұрын

I have a question about vacuuming to waste. My pool sand filter has a 7 way multi port valve that doesn’t include a waste option. The options are filter, backwash, rinse, winterize, whirlpool, drain and test. Would I be able to vacuum to waste?

@Poolelementary Жыл бұрын

Hi Hayden I believe drain would be the same as waste so I would try drain.

@haydenfranklin8303 Жыл бұрын

@@Poolelementary thank you. And also with no recirculate option, what should I do when I put in floculant?

@Poolelementary Жыл бұрын

Whirlpool setting should be your recirculate

@haydenfranklin8303 Жыл бұрын

@@Poolelementary awesome. Thank you!

@reemnoori8087 11 ай бұрын

Hi! I have a cartridge filter and each time I vacuum my pool the dust and debris come back from the filter to the pool again once the system is off. Do you why? Thank you

@chevieosephen198 5 күн бұрын

Good vid! Where can that blue scope be purchased?

@Poolelementary 5 күн бұрын

Thanks and Amazon or your local pool store.

@chesi_7_0_79 7 ай бұрын

This is why alot of people let their pools rot, it's expensive depending of the size of the pool.

@kThompson-sw6om 5 ай бұрын

Clayton Lambert pool? Where are you located? Used to build CL pools back in the 90's.

@Poolelementary 5 ай бұрын

Missoula MT

@davekas2393 9 ай бұрын

The sparkle up says to mix with D.E. powder. Can you use you it directly into the sand filter without D.E. powder?

@Poolelementary 9 ай бұрын

Yes I use it successfully all the time

@1fishjunky 11 ай бұрын

Do you leave the pump off when you put the shock in there or do you have it on recirculate?

@Poolelementary 11 ай бұрын

I Always have the pump running and I had it on filter to start cleaning the Pool up. I just try to avoid dumping my shock directly in front of a skimmer to prevent it from going through my pool equipment at full stregnth.

@Theodore_von_Schwarzenhoffen 3 ай бұрын

10lbs of CalHypo.... your pH just went from 7.5 to not readable. I'd want my water around 6.8 of I had to "magna shock" it. I have a small 14,400 pool with no more than maybe 400 max in the lines. One pound of CalHypo (ecolab) will bring it up about 4-5 parts. The pH skyrockets immediately. I have two indoor pools I have to manage and I try to keep both consistently at around 4.5 to 5.0 Cl and 7.4 on the pH end. The combined readings stay really low with that combo. 👍🏻 This IS a really great video though! Good job, dude!

@WyMustIGo 9 күн бұрын

So the title says 24 hours, but it took 4 days.

@Poolelementary 9 күн бұрын

Blue in 24 hours not clear. To have it clear in 24 hours we would of used a flocculant which is in another one of our how to videos. Sorry

@dadwichert 7 күн бұрын

can you use in above ground pool ?

@Poolelementary 7 күн бұрын

Yes but different pools have different equipment and filters so use and clean accordingly.

@aaronsg71 Жыл бұрын

Hey, we just got a cartridge filter replaced our sand filter, I’m fighting the algae, and also just got leaves and sticks and debris out, now we have tons of particles and it’s just so cloudy. Is it recommended to use floc for cartridge filters? Did you get a horrible cloudy pool along with the algae? Thx, oh and we have an old pool like yours, with the square skimmer/basket, is there anything to use like the round adapter for the round skimmer?

@frankbottiglieri9793 9 ай бұрын

Don't not floc the pool unless you have a way to vacuum to waste. Also we remove cartridge while circulating floc.

@aaronsg71 9 ай бұрын

@@frankbottiglieri9793 so I’d definitely need to plumb in another pipe with a valve to go out to waste. I did get the pool up and running though, my son had a small water pump and we used a garden hose to vacuum up the deep end. Found a video somewhere for that. Balanced it out and good to go. Had to take apart the filter to remove and spray down the cartridges a few times but it all worked out. Thx

@frankbottiglieri9793 9 ай бұрын

@@aaronsg71 whenever time allows for you put that waste line in. In the long run it will save you time and $

@aaronsg71 9 ай бұрын

@@frankbottiglieri9793 looking into it! Thx man!

@drivera69 Ай бұрын

Hello. When you add the shock into the pool, do you set it filter or circulate the water?

@Poolelementary Ай бұрын

Either setting will work. Shouldn't matter.

@njgrplr2007 8 ай бұрын

If those pine trees were mine, I would cut them down in a heartbeat. They are way too close to the pool!

@Jadrian-gs6jh 4 ай бұрын

My neighborhood has pine treed everywhere even if I cut mine it's 4 more that aren't mine 😢 it's such a drain the areas without pine trees with pools I know don't have this drama

@richarderrington9478 7 ай бұрын

Would a flocculant speed the clearing of the water as well?

@Poolelementary 7 ай бұрын

I have never tried a flocculant as a clarifier only as a settling agent. normally the filter collects all the flocculant before it can do any good.

@kellychancey8209 13 күн бұрын

Mine turned dark brown over the winter. Before i shock it do i put ph in it?

@Poolelementary 13 күн бұрын

You should definitely check ph. Your shock will have better results if your ph is between 7.2-7.5

@kellychancey8209 13 күн бұрын

So if its high do i put soda ash in it?

@Poolelementary 13 күн бұрын

If it's high you want to bring it down with some kind of acid product. In pools we use muriatic acid or a granular pool ph down.

@Poolelementary 13 күн бұрын

Soda ash brings the ph up.

@livingempathy 10 ай бұрын

This is completely different than using floc it seems right? Maybe this takes more time? I've had such a hard time with vacuuming the dead algae.

@Poolelementary 10 ай бұрын

Yes this way does take longer because your using the filter to clean the pool water rather than settling it out to the bottom with floc.

@livingempathy 10 ай бұрын

@@Poolelementary and of course now my next question is, I just used floc, I'm guessing I need to just vacuum it up now instead of using this method you showed? Thanks

@Poolelementary 10 ай бұрын

I would let it settle out real good before vacuuming this is going to remove quite a bit of your problem debris

@livingempathy 9 ай бұрын

I gotta say this method is the most efficient. I'm on a well so using floc and then vacuuming requires filling with water. Even with backwashing and cleaning the filter this method is still more efficient. I don't even have to vacuum! Thanks again!@@Poolelementary

@Poolelementary 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great feedback and watching our channel joeynumbers996!

@Luqman899 6 ай бұрын

So wait, you dont need to add flocculant to get rid of the tiny particles? and then vaccuum also you dont mention what setting the control valve is on for the 24h, is it on filter?

@Poolelementary 6 ай бұрын

Yes no flocculant just used clarifier and sand filter on filter position and set to waste when vacuuming.

@timdavis5516 Ай бұрын

Day 2 and my pool hasn’t dropped out yet? What steps to take if it doesn’t?

@davidtimmons6750 26 күн бұрын

if the floc hasn't dropped everything by day 2, it's not going to. it didn't work for some reason, usually a part of the process wasn't done exactly right.

@shermonzpounds4634 6 күн бұрын

How much something like this cost

@michellesavage8730 4 ай бұрын

What happens when you can't see the bottom to know you got all the leaves?

@Poolelementary 4 ай бұрын

All you can do is get the majority of the leaves out when you can't see the bottom. The more you get out the better to save on chlorine cost.

@robertbartlett151 7 ай бұрын

Leslies Pool Clear Aid will clear a pool in 24 hours.

@426superbee4 10 ай бұрын

Not going to keep it clean with all those hedges around it

@steveadams8487 Ай бұрын

*** PLEASE HELP*** I purchased a home that has a pool that wasn’t opened yet. Very dirty water, looked like lake water, green and brown. I shocked the pool with liquid shock, and it looked much better, but still cloudy. A “pool guy”, and I laugh as I say it, told me to add a flocculant, and proceeded to give me a bag of a powdered formula. As per directions I added it to the pool, ran pump on recirculating for 3 hrs, and turned it off. I was told overnight it would bind to all particles and sink to bottom, and to vacuum to waste afterwards. Next day, my entire pool has the flocc as a thin film all over the entire surface. This was after 10 hours post application. Should this film settle? Have I ruined the water? I can’t think how I could get this film off and out of the pool, and I know I can’t get the flocc in my sand filter. Hoping and praying that the flocc on the surface will sink. Can you please give me a good prognosis regarding my situation? PLEASE HELP!!!!

@Poolelementary Ай бұрын

Hopefully your skimmer will pull most of that in and your filter will take the floc out of the water just watch the pressure on it because it will dirty your filter faster than normal. The only reason we bypass the filter and just circulate the water for 3 hours is so our filter doesn't take the floc out after applying it.

@kraigbutcher4864 9 ай бұрын

How do I vacuume the stuff that settles without it all going back into the jacuzzi and making water all murky agai. 😊

@Poolelementary 9 ай бұрын

If your talking about a hot tub I would drain it and shop vacuum out the bottom before refilling. If your talking a pool your filter should pick up most of the small particulate and if you do have a sand filter I would vacuum in the waste setting just to get it out of the pool through the backwash line.

@kraigbutcher4864 9 ай бұрын

@@Poolelementary so it's in the main pool. Make it to where the spa valve drains the spa then vaccume it. ?

@Poolelementary 9 ай бұрын

I would just Manually Vacuum it out using the skimmer on the actual spa. If it doesn't have a skimmer then yes I would just drain it and brush everything down towards the drain as it's draing

@kraigbutcher4864 9 ай бұрын

@Poolelementary so that's what I did yesterday I hooked my vaccume hose into the skimmer and after about 5 mins all the stuff came back into thru the jacuzzi and made it all murky again. And then cleaned the filters yesterday let it run for a bit. Today it's clear but has the brown stuff on the bottom. So if I go the skimmer can I just turn it to full fountain mode so nothing comes out the jacuzzi

@Poolelementary 9 ай бұрын

I'm not familiar with your pool and spa setup but that sounds like it should work but you might be sending that gunk that gets through your filter into the pool though.

@210MichiganRails 10 ай бұрын

I’m surprised that if you use backwash, rinse and waste. That’s pretty interesting that kind of backwash line instead setting up a flexible hose!

@Theodore_von_Schwarzenhoffen 3 ай бұрын

Awesome.... backwashing into the storm sewer. I cant imagine that's allowed in a whole lot of places. 😬

@scupking 9 ай бұрын

My pool looks like a swamp. Its a 18x48 and i can't get it clear. I put PH lower in it, waited 30 minutes, put algaecide in then 2 bags of shock..Its been 24 hours and no change in the color. Added another bag of shock.. Im at a loss...

@Poolelementary 9 ай бұрын

On a pool that green and swampy you should atleast double or triple the recommended dose of chlorine to sufficiently kill the algae. Once this is done you will add chlorine daily to keep the free chlorine levels atleast 3 parts per million. If you don't want to spend the money on chlorine you can always use a flocculant to settle it to the bottom of the pool and manually vacuum it out to waste if you have a sand filter. If you want to see this process check out my how to clean a green pool fast video.

@scupking 9 ай бұрын

@@Poolelementary Just got my water tested. Free chlorine is 12.92 ppm, total chlorine is 13.59, pH 8.3, total alkalinity 81 ppm, calcium hardness 231 ppm, cyanuric acid 44 ppm, iron 0, copper 0.7 ppm, phosphates 611 ppm and TDS 500 ppm.

@Poolelementary 9 ай бұрын

With water test results like that you shouldn't have any algae left in your water that's alive besides the ph being a little high it looks good and should clear up for you soon if you keep on top of the water chemistry.

@scupking 9 ай бұрын

@@Poolelementary That's what I don't get. Everytime I get the water tested they say it looks pretty good. Yet you can't see past a foot in the pool... It's going to rain tomorrow. After that I will test the water again. Should I add more algicide and lower my phosphate once my chlorine level gets down to around 4ppm?

@Poolelementary 9 ай бұрын

I would add the phosphate remover but with chlorine levels of 2 ppm or more you shouldn't have to even use an algicide. I'm starting to wonder if your just experiencing water discoloration instead of Algae. Sometimes with the right cloudiness of the pool water and the color of the pool it makes the water look green. I see this with mostly blue vinyl liner pool and white plaster pools.

@wastedbread8036 10 ай бұрын

tyler1 can't do this

@eugenegeorge1857 9 ай бұрын

Your video along with others I’ve watch does not address algae accumulation on the walls. I’m talking about green algae that I can’t remove with a nylon brush, stainless brush or a high pressure water gun. I have triple shocked it, ran the pump wall night. I live in Las Vegas where our daytime temps average about 100-105 everyday.

@Poolelementary 9 ай бұрын

If your dealing with a gunite or plaster pool that has a rough finish on the walls for the algae to get in your probably in need of an acid wash to get it off of the walls. If your pool is vinyl of fiberglass I'm not sure what to do at the moment.