Hi all,
This is my first year opening my pool. We moved into the house last year and hired pool companies to open and close it for us, but I thought I would be able to handle it myself... I think I am on the right track, but I'm afraid that progress may have stalled.
I first took off the pool cover this past Saturday to find a nasty green swamp. After adding a lot of shock product that I bought in the orange bags from Lowes, I found this forum which recommended I use bleach instead, which is what I have been using the past 4 days. The water is definitely no longer green and looks quite blue, but it is still cloudy. I can see the bottom of the shallow end but the deep end has remained cloudy for the past 3 days or so.
Here's the info:
1. Salt water pool approximately 15 feet wide by 30 feet long, with 6 feet at the deep end and I think 3 feet on the shallow end for a total of 15,100 gallons
2. Sand filter
3. Inground
4. Vinyl liner
5. Don't know size pump or flow rate...
Test results this evening using Taylor K2006:
FC - 17 or 17.5
CC - 0
pH - looks to be just below 7.0 (does this even matter when shocking?)
TA - 6 was when it turned clear, 7 when it turned pink
CYA - 30
My questions:
1. Obviously my first question is what needs to be done to make it no longer cloudy?
2. The FC is still high from shocking the pool, but with a CC of zero, I am planning on just letting it drop to normal levels before turning on the SWG to take over. Is that what I should be doing?
3. The SWG was reading a level of 1700 for salt yesterday so I added 2 40 pound bags of salt to the pool last night. The reading I just got was 1900 but I'm not sure if it's been a complete 24 hours yet so that might not be accurate. However, the salt level being low shouldn't matter if I am not using the SWG until the FC levels drop, right?
4. Is there any way to get the pool clear within 2 days? If not, is the water safe to swim in anyways? We are having a party this Saturday night so we'd love to know that we can use the pool even if it isn't crystal clear just yet.
Thanks in advance.
This is my first year opening my pool. We moved into the house last year and hired pool companies to open and close it for us, but I thought I would be able to handle it myself... I think I am on the right track, but I'm afraid that progress may have stalled.
I first took off the pool cover this past Saturday to find a nasty green swamp. After adding a lot of shock product that I bought in the orange bags from Lowes, I found this forum which recommended I use bleach instead, which is what I have been using the past 4 days. The water is definitely no longer green and looks quite blue, but it is still cloudy. I can see the bottom of the shallow end but the deep end has remained cloudy for the past 3 days or so.
Here's the info:
1. Salt water pool approximately 15 feet wide by 30 feet long, with 6 feet at the deep end and I think 3 feet on the shallow end for a total of 15,100 gallons
2. Sand filter
3. Inground
4. Vinyl liner
5. Don't know size pump or flow rate...
Test results this evening using Taylor K2006:
FC - 17 or 17.5
CC - 0
pH - looks to be just below 7.0 (does this even matter when shocking?)
TA - 6 was when it turned clear, 7 when it turned pink
CYA - 30
My questions:
1. Obviously my first question is what needs to be done to make it no longer cloudy?
2. The FC is still high from shocking the pool, but with a CC of zero, I am planning on just letting it drop to normal levels before turning on the SWG to take over. Is that what I should be doing?
3. The SWG was reading a level of 1700 for salt yesterday so I added 2 40 pound bags of salt to the pool last night. The reading I just got was 1900 but I'm not sure if it's been a complete 24 hours yet so that might not be accurate. However, the salt level being low shouldn't matter if I am not using the SWG until the FC levels drop, right?
4. Is there any way to get the pool clear within 2 days? If not, is the water safe to swim in anyways? We are having a party this Saturday night so we'd love to know that we can use the pool even if it isn't crystal clear just yet.
Thanks in advance.