Algae is a plant, and wants to grow in your pool for the same reason it grows in ponds, lakes, streams and oceans. Water is it's natural habitat. Although in its simplest form, algae is not a health issue, it will lead to potential problems when it start attracting mosquitos, bacteria, etc. So the trick is to prevent it in the first place, or get rid of it as soon as you see it. Adequate (but not too much) chlorine will generally prevent algae growth, with some exceptions. One of those exceptions is the presence of high levels of phosphates. Phosphates are biologicals such as skin cells, decomposition of leaves, dirt or fertilizer blowing into pool, etc. This becomes food for the algae and allows the algae to fight off the killing power of chlorine. The advise below is assuming you have just a small bit of algae: Shock the pool with chlorine. Brush the algae off the walls and floor as best you can. Run your filter 24 hours. Brush the pool again to remove any algae missed the day before. Run your filter another 24 hours. Thoroughly clean your filters. Use chlorine neutralizer to bring chlorine level blow 5 ppm before swimming.
Have your water tested for phosphates. Treat if levels are between 250 ppb and 2000 ppb. Higher levels will require partial draining. Your local pool store can give you additional advise on shock, phosphates and tell you if it is safe to partially drain a pool in your location. Never totally drain your pool unless you know the geological stability of the ground below your pool.
Algal blooms are natural occurrences, and may occur with regularity (e.g., every summer), depending on weather and water conditions. The likelihood of a bloom depends on local conditions and characteristics of the particular body of water. Blooms generally occur where there are high levels of nutrients present, together with the occurrence of warm, sunny, calm conditions. However, human activity often can trigger or accelerate algal blooms. Natural sources of nutrients such as phosphorus or nitrogen compounds can be supplemented by a variety of human activities. For example, in rural areas, agricultural runoff from fields can wash fertilizers into the water. In urban areas, nutrient sources can include treated wastewaters from septic systems and sewage treatment plants, and urban stormwater runoff that carries nonpoint-source pollutants such as lawn fertilizers.
The runoff from farms is not pristine rainwater. During its brief residence on the
farm, it has dissolved chemical fertilizers and animal waste, among other stuff.
Algae love a lot of those things.
Algae are distributed by spores into fresh or marine water. Cell division of the spores creates an organism. Algae feed through photosynthesis. They are a plant.
It provides the nutrients that algae need to bloom.
not all sewage helps but the reason is that sewage holds nutrients that some plants and algae can act as a fertilizer
algae bloom
An algal bloom.
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The fertilizer causes an increase in algae. As algae die and are decomposed the decomposers increase and use up all of the oxygen in the water.
Algae is the largest producer of oxygen
Yes. Algae are plants. Fertilizer is plant food.
algae bloom
Algae blooms are mainly cause by pollution in water. For example, fertilizer that pollutes the water like in streams or rivers...etc.There is always some algae on water, When nutrient in the water is available for algae to grow it will simply grow until it runs out of nutrient. These nutrients have often been introduced as a result of farming and drainage practices.
it kills animals in the water.
It can go into lakes and rivers and cause red algae or the algae bloom, and it blocks sunlight so it kills underwater plants.
An increase in nutrients can cause algae growth and reproduction to increase dramatically into a bloom.
This is a substance that is limited in nutrient. An example is when a limiting nutrient is supplied in large amounts, it acts as a fertilizer causing algae to bloom.
Eutrophication is caused by phosphate fertilizer. It causes algae bloom and will age a river.
Eutrophication is caused by phosphate fertilizer. It causes algae bloom and will age a river.
Most agricultural and lawn fertilizers cause algae to grow. Whether that is considered beneficial depends on whether algae is a desired product. Fertilizers can be intentionally applied to holding ponds to cause algae growth, while unintended fertilizer runoff can cause oxygen-depleting blooms that harm the environment.
An "algal bloom".
Fertilizer. A healthy plant will bloom longer.