This is not a new pool but I am a new pool owner. I have a 15 x 48 intex, cartridge filter, using spring water to fill. Previous homeowners did not cover pool for winter so I had A TON of debris and green as grass water color. I skimmed and brushed and added 1 gallon of liquid shock. Next day water clear but pool dirty. Brushed and skimmed for a whole day and got cloudy greyish water. Levels showed no Cl, no Br, no ph.waited 24 hours and added ph increaser. Added 3" chlorine disk. Brought up ph to 8 but still no Cl or Br. Ran pump for 24 straight put 1/2 gallon of shock in last night(15 hours ago) Cl, br and ph all reading the highest reading on my test. Now what do I do. Let ride...add more chemicals...??
Cloudy pool+Newbie=frustrated
- Thread starter Jessnwoo
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Welcome to the forum. 
No. You currently do not have a grasp of the chemistry you are putting in. You need to stop guessing and find out hwat does what in your pool. read "The ABC's of Pool Water Chemistry" up in Pool School
You need a good kit ( TFTestkits.net ) to measure all the values including CYA so that you know your shock level.
Time to SLAM. Pool School - SLAM - Shock Level And Maintain
Time to SLAM. Pool School - SLAM - Shock Level And Maintain
Welcome.
At the risk of being too blunt, You are guessing, and throwing different chemicals into the water at haphazard intervals is not helping matters.
You need to take a run through Pool School. You also need to test the water on your own and know exactly what the levels are. How are you testing the water now? There is a link for the TF-100 test kit in my signature. Best advice is to order it and post a full panel of test results (FC, CC, pH, TA, CYA, CH) upon receipt. FYI, there is no such thing as no pH. It's either low or high (BTW, 8.0 is too high).
In the meantime, make sure you get as much debris as possible and you can add some liquid chlorine daily...about 60 oz of 8.25%. With little to no CYA, the organics and the sun should bring FC levels down to near zero again pretty quickly.
At the risk of being too blunt, You are guessing, and throwing different chemicals into the water at haphazard intervals is not helping matters.
You need to take a run through Pool School. You also need to test the water on your own and know exactly what the levels are. How are you testing the water now? There is a link for the TF-100 test kit in my signature. Best advice is to order it and post a full panel of test results (FC, CC, pH, TA, CYA, CH) upon receipt. FYI, there is no such thing as no pH. It's either low or high (BTW, 8.0 is too high).
In the meantime, make sure you get as much debris as possible and you can add some liquid chlorine daily...about 60 oz of 8.25%. With little to no CYA, the organics and the sun should bring FC levels down to near zero again pretty quickly.
Thanks!
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I think the first problem is I don't have the correct test kit. I just have HTC test for Cl, Br and pH. I know there's no such thing as no pH. It just had nothing registering when I tested. Will get new kit yiu suggested and post levels. Thanks!
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Thank you!
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I think the first problem is I don't have the correct test kit. I just have HTC test for Cl, Br and pH. I know there's no such thing as no pH. It just had nothing registering when I tested. Will get new kit yiu suggested and post levels. Thanks!
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Thank you!
Here are my levels from the pool store while i wait for my test kit.
FC .26. CC .37, CH 101, TA 75, CYA 41 PH 7.9
FC .26. CC .37, CH 101, TA 75, CYA 41 PH 7.9
- Jun 22, 2014
- 47,731
- Pool Size
- 17888
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
Well, you know how we feel about testing. 
Pool store tests are no better, so we would not recommend taking any action based on these results alone. But if we were to play along as use these numbers as an experiment only, I would say your pH is slightly elevated (should be around 7.6) and your FC is very low (allowing algae) and you need to "SLAM". For now I would simply recommend adding about 1/2 gallon of regular bleach to your water each evening and keep sweeping the pool to keep algae broken-up. We'll help you fix this when your test kit arrives.
In the meantime, please update your signature and read the SLAM page (link below). That is will your focus will be when your kit arrives. Have a nice day.
Pool store tests are no better, so we would not recommend taking any action based on these results alone. But if we were to play along as use these numbers as an experiment only, I would say your pH is slightly elevated (should be around 7.6) and your FC is very low (allowing algae) and you need to "SLAM". For now I would simply recommend adding about 1/2 gallon of regular bleach to your water each evening and keep sweeping the pool to keep algae broken-up. We'll help you fix this when your test kit arrives.In the meantime, please update your signature and read the SLAM page (link below). That is will your focus will be when your kit arrives. Have a nice day.
Open TFP in a browser on your phone and go to Settings then you can add your state to your location so we know what climate we are helping you with and you can enter a signature as shown here, Pool School - Read This Before You Post
