Adrian visits the property, takes a water sample and tests it on site. He checks chlorine levels, pH, alkalinity, stabiliser, phosphates and salt. He also inspects the pool pump, filtration system and all pool surfaces for damage or black algae, which needs a completely different approach to green algae. A pool in Wanneroo we serviced last summer had been treated three times by the owner with products from the local pool store. Each time the green came back within a week. The owner was frustrated, convinced the chemicals were rubbish. Adrian found the sand filter had channelled so badly it was not filtering anything. The chemicals were fine. The filter was sending algae particles straight back into the pool. No amount of shock treatment fixes that. Once Adrian replaced the media, the recovery held.

Based on the assessment, Adrian puts together a treatment plan tailored to the pool type, the severity of the algae outbreak and the equipment condition. For a standard green pool treatment that means a heavy dose of liquid chlorine to bring levels up fast, pool algaecide to kill what the chlorine misses, and a flocculant to drop dead algae and floating debris to the pool floor for vacuuming. He will also adjust ph and water balance because dosing chlorine when pH is above 7.8 wastes most of the sanitiser. Every chemical is dosed at the appropriate dosage per manufacturer guidelines, not guessed at.

For severe cases where the pool water green is so thick you cannot see below the surface, Adrian may need to drain a portion and start fresh. He has done this on pools where the total dissolved solids were so high that chemical balancing alone could not recover the water quality.

Once the shock treatment is in, the work is not over. Adrian will brush walls, pool walls and surfaces to dislodge algae clinging to grout lines and pebblecrete, vacuum the dead algae and debris from the pool floor, clean the filter with a dedicated filter cleaner, and set the filter running continuously until the water runs clear. On a cartridge filter that means pulling the cartridge, soaking it in filter cleaner and reinstalling. On media filters it means backwashing multiple times. Adrian checks back within 48 hours to take another water sample, check chlorine and confirm pool clear is holding. If the green is stubborn, he adjusts the plan.

Zac, one of our regular customers, left a review describing how Adrian noticed his newly installed Davey pump had not been set up correctly during a routine visit. Nobody asked him to look at it. He saw something wrong and sorted it. That attention to detail is what makes our green pool recovery different. We do not just fix green pool water and disappear. We check the equipment, the chemistry and the circulation to make sure the problem does not circle back.