My problem began when my son used the end of the pool pole with nothing attached to dig something out of the bottom of the pool. My plants around the deck began to thrive and the water level in the pool began to drop quickly. These were my first clues that I had a problem. During all of this, my pump & filter did not seem to be working properly either. I became good friends with the people who work at my local Leslie's, and short of them coming out and scrubbing the green stuff for me, they have made a valiant effort to help me get it all straightened out.
It took a while to find the hole since there were no confessions that the pole was used. I did find and repair the leak, but it took long enough that the pool turned a very ugly dark green color. I discovered this site, and realize that after 15 years of yo-yo pooling and spending oh ma gosh amounts of money... all I really needed was this site, Pool School, and good ole Clorox Bleach!! (found three 1/2 gallon jugs of 8.25% bleach at Sam's Club for $10)
I have begun the effort to get back on track. After spending the last month or so back washing, shocking, scrubbing, back washing, shocking, scrubbing...you get the pic.
Anyway, I took a water sample to my friends at Leslie's this morning, and will be ordering my own test kit. See results below. At this time, I have a cloudy haze in the water from the dead algae that I am battling and trying to scrub away ugly green stains all over the pool. Looks like I will be hanging out in SLAM mode for a while. I bought a scrubber from my friends, but it quickly broke, so I attached a scouring pad to the broken end and have been very gently scrubbing the dark green that is attached to the bottom of my pool. I live just south of Austin, TX - where there's plenty of scorching heat and humidity....need that pool to be working!! Any other suggestions??
TEST RESULTS:
FC - 2
TC - 2
CH - 180
CYA - 45
TA - 110
pH - 7.6
Copper - 0
Iron - 0
Total Dissolved Liquids - 600
Pho - 200
Temperature - 70
It took a while to find the hole since there were no confessions that the pole was used. I did find and repair the leak, but it took long enough that the pool turned a very ugly dark green color. I discovered this site, and realize that after 15 years of yo-yo pooling and spending oh ma gosh amounts of money... all I really needed was this site, Pool School, and good ole Clorox Bleach!! (found three 1/2 gallon jugs of 8.25% bleach at Sam's Club for $10)
I have begun the effort to get back on track. After spending the last month or so back washing, shocking, scrubbing, back washing, shocking, scrubbing...you get the pic.
Anyway, I took a water sample to my friends at Leslie's this morning, and will be ordering my own test kit. See results below. At this time, I have a cloudy haze in the water from the dead algae that I am battling and trying to scrub away ugly green stains all over the pool. Looks like I will be hanging out in SLAM mode for a while. I bought a scrubber from my friends, but it quickly broke, so I attached a scouring pad to the broken end and have been very gently scrubbing the dark green that is attached to the bottom of my pool. I live just south of Austin, TX - where there's plenty of scorching heat and humidity....need that pool to be working!! Any other suggestions??
TEST RESULTS:
FC - 2
TC - 2
CH - 180
CYA - 45
TA - 110
pH - 7.6
Copper - 0
Iron - 0
Total Dissolved Liquids - 600
Pho - 200
Temperature - 70
