Recent content by bntkero

It got to 1 ppm. Bad, huh? In the back of my mind - I knew I should keep the shock up, but our summers are pretty brief up here in the U.P. and it was so hot, just wanted to cool off. I shocked last night before dark and got it to 16ppm FC / .5 CC This a.m. tested: 13.5 FC / .5 CC -- Adding a...

Hmmm. Still frustrated as the water hasn't cleared up. When numbers have been in recommended ranges for all -- we've been swimming. However, don't want to invite people over until it's pretty, sparkly and clear. Beginning to think it won't happen this swim season. Finally managed to get the CC...

Okay...12ppm is what I thought was right based on the charts here, but when the water wasn't looking any better I was worried and added bleach and got it up to 16ppm at highest...it had fallen to 6ppm when I tested this am...as I was gone all yesterday and evening yesterday...CC has been...

Shocking for 2 weeks and cloudiness won't clear... Just how high in free chlorine ppm should I be going while shocking a cloudy vinyl pool in full sun???...Do I have to go higher yet than 22-24ppm when I haven't been able to clear the water yet with pH of 7.2-7.4...CYA about 30.....We've had...

Re: Hello All from Upper Michigan... Okay...1pm Test: FC 10.5 CC 3 TC 13.5 pH 7.5 sunny Added 182 oz. of bleach. That should raise the FC by 5 according to the chart for my size pool Will check again in an hour. Am I adding enough? The water looks grayer. Still very cloudy.

Re: Hello All from Upper Michigan... Ahh, good advice. My husband found one swirling in the skimmer a couple of days ago. Now it just hangs out on our deck. Not afraid of us or the cat. 7:30 a.m. test FC 12.5 CC 3.5 TC 16 pH 7.5 we had some rain overnight... added some more bleach -- have to...

Re: Hello All from Upper Michigan... Okay, thank you. Adding shock. And will re-test to see if FC is high enough. I feel so much better having ordered the test kit suggested here and to be able to have questions answered on this cite. I was discouraged not being sure of what to do and...

New to owning a pool and for the past 12 days have been working on getting a 27' foot round, 48" high above ground vinyl pool ready for swimming. When we started, the pool was limey green and swampish -- it had sat unused for 3-4 years by humans...we did fish out four frogs! Since beginning...