Pool Products Packaging Silver Algaedyne, 1 Gallon, 47-612-G

Silver Algaedyne from Pool Products Packaging, part number 47-612-G, is a silver pool algaecide supplied in a 1 gallon bottle and packed four bottles to a case. The manufacturer describes the chemistry as a colloidal silver alloy dispersion.

What is in it

The manufacturer safety data sheet, last revised in 2007 and listed under the trade name Algaedyn, identifies the product as a silver algaecide and lists its silver ingredient at 0.8 percent. It is a dark brown liquid with a slight odor, a specific gravity of 1.011 and a pH of 6.7, and it disperses in water.

Handling and storage

The sheet calls for goggles or a face mask and elbow length neoprene gloves when handling it, and for washing after contact. It warns that excessive exposure can cause cosmetic discoloration of the skin. Keep it away from organic materials and reducing agents, protect it from freezing and keep it below 120 degrees F.

Before you use it

Dose rates are set by the label on the bottle for your pool volume, and they are not given here. Read the label before you add it, and follow it exactly.