Blue to Green (Twice) now milky cloudy

[colemast]

Abbridged version:

24000gallons vinyl

green bog with tons of leaves - all removed - shocked until clear water - all organics gone. Minor staining. Lowered CL to 0 and hit with AA. Beautiful (for 2 days).[I did not add metal free]. First white cloud showed up and started adding liquid chlorine and it turned green before my eyes. After a few days water cleared but staining was back - I repeated the AA treatment. Beautiful again - until white cloud showed back up.

Broke the golden rule and went to Pool Shop ($150.00 later) I hit with 10lbs shock , copper algecide, blue clarifier. Guess what first white cloud turned green and now its back to white. I have a bottle of metal free - but I don't know if I should add it or try and vacuum what I can't see. (2 AA treatment unvacuumed so far) plus granular shock.

Here are my current numbers
PH 8.1
CYA 0
CL 0
FC 0
ALK 154
Hardness 159
Pool Store said it tested negative for metals (but seemed like it probably has metals)

They said to add 6.5 lbs stabilizer

Last year using the BBB I had the best looking water in 5 years (PLEASE help me get back...)
Shanon

 

[dschlic1]

You definitely need to add stabilizer. Add MA until pH is in normal zone. Bring you FC up to 10 (shock level) until overnight drop is 0.5 ppm or less. Try removing all fittings, ladders, lights etc. Brush everything.

 

[JasonLion]

First, you need to get things under proper control. To do that, as dschlic1 said, you need to lower the PH to around 7.2 and start bringing CYA up to between 30 and 50. Then you can shock the pool.

 

[colemast]

Just added MA & the little bit of AA(less than 1/2 lb) I had left -
Looking better in less than 2 minutes. I will check the PH in 1 hour.
The stabilizer bottle stated to add to the skimmer & DO not backwash for 48 hours.
Should I vacuum the bottom before adding stabilzer (it definately needs vacuuming)?