How to Get Rid of Algae in a Swimming Pool Using Ammonia
- 1). Write down the total gallons of water in the pool -- this number can be acquired from the contractors who built the pool or in the user's manual. This number is necessary to purchase the correct amount of 2-lb. bags of quaternary ammonia.
- 2). Multiple every 10,000 gallons of water in the pool by 2 -- the number of pounds per bag of quaternary ammonia. Write down the total number of pounds you'll need.
- 3). Purchase bags of quaternary ammonia that equal the total pounds needed.
- 4). Put on a pair of work gloves. Pour a bag of the quaternary ammonia into a bucket. Add a quart of water into the bucket. Stir the mixture with a wooden paint stir for about a minute.
- 5). Stand at one end of the pool. Pour the mixture from the bucket into the pool as you walk around the perimeter. Continue doing this until the bucket is empty.
- 6). Refill the bucket in the same manner as in Step No. 4 and resume the procedure from the point where you stopped. Continue until all of the bags of the quaternary ammonia have been emptied into the swimming pool.
- 7). Return to the pool after 24 hours have passed. Vacuum the dead algae from the surface of the pool using a pool vacuum cleaner.
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