We've been fighting this pool in the heat & we're just sick of it. It's cloudy, but seems to be getting more clear, but every day the green accumulates on the bottom. We've 4lbs of granulated chlorine in the past week & just added 4 of the large jugs of bleach today. Seems like our levels are okay except for the FC keeps returning to zero. We were coming along nicely until we went on vacation and came home & our pool pump had knocked the breaker in the house during a thunderstorm while we were gone. The water had been sitting for a week and was green like a swamp & very smelly. We replaced the filter sand last week thinking it would help, but it hasn't. I don't know what to do & am at my whit's end! Please help.
This was my first time to test our water. I have had the pool for 5 years & have never learned to do this myself. I usually let the pool store tell me what to do, but it has cost a ridiculous amount of money trying to follow their advice and it isn't working. Our closest pool store is 30 minutes away. I can follow directions, but all this chemistry has my mind boggled. I used a Pentair 78hr test kit:
FC - 0
CC - IDK - the kit didn't test for that
pH - 7.6-7.8
TA - 90ppm
CH - kit didn't test for that
CYA - don't know how to find this out
Borates - don't know
27,500 gallons, Sand filter, AG, the pool will be five years old in August. I don't know what size pump we have...it might be 1.5hp
This was my first time to test our water. I have had the pool for 5 years & have never learned to do this myself. I usually let the pool store tell me what to do, but it has cost a ridiculous amount of money trying to follow their advice and it isn't working. Our closest pool store is 30 minutes away. I can follow directions, but all this chemistry has my mind boggled. I used a Pentair 78hr test kit:
FC - 0
CC - IDK - the kit didn't test for that
pH - 7.6-7.8
TA - 90ppm
CH - kit didn't test for that
CYA - don't know how to find this out
Borates - don't know
27,500 gallons, Sand filter, AG, the pool will be five years old in August. I don't know what size pump we have...it might be 1.5hp