Re: Pool has gone from dark green slimy looking to light gre
I was unemployed or underemployed for 2 years back in 2008 and 2009, so I know exactly how it is. That being said, you need to decide how you're going to get this pool under control. I can pretty much guarantee you that the cheapest, most accurate and efficient way to get your pool clean is to use the test kit and advice given by everyone here. You'll spend $30-40 more now, but you'll save hundreds in the long run. (Take a look at my signature to give you an idea of the money saved when you do only what's right for your pool.)
I can pretty much guarantee that you will be wasting money if you use the advice of the pool store, or if you blindly put chemicals in the pool (or any combination of both). The last time you went to the pool store, when they gave you the list of stuff to buy and the grand total, did you blink as you handed over your credit card? How much was it? (I know I didn't two years ago.)
Again, it's up to you to decide how to proceed, but you will be correctly using accurate amounts of chemicals purchased from a grocery store if you follow our advice. There's no cheaper way to do it.
Noah_Count said:Also, I hear everyone loud and clear about the test kit, I just can't afford it at the moment. At least not the ones recommended. We have already decided to drain the pool down low to about the one foot level and refill. Again, based on the amount of tri chlor that I've put in the pool unwittingly raising the CYA level, is there anyway to guesstimate how much bleach I could use as a starting point once the pool is refilled? It's tempting to say "I'm going to drain it, refill it and just pour in X amount of bleach to start and keep adding bleach till I see the algae starting to die off. But then what is X amount, 5 96 oz jugs 10 jugs? etc. etc. Seems almost like there should be a rule of thumb. (BTW there is a sticky here somewhere that suggest if you don't have a chlorine test that reads high ranges to just keep adding bleach until you see the algae turning white and dying off.)
Regards,
Michael
I was unemployed or underemployed for 2 years back in 2008 and 2009, so I know exactly how it is. That being said, you need to decide how you're going to get this pool under control. I can pretty much guarantee you that the cheapest, most accurate and efficient way to get your pool clean is to use the test kit and advice given by everyone here. You'll spend $30-40 more now, but you'll save hundreds in the long run. (Take a look at my signature to give you an idea of the money saved when you do only what's right for your pool.)
I can pretty much guarantee that you will be wasting money if you use the advice of the pool store, or if you blindly put chemicals in the pool (or any combination of both). The last time you went to the pool store, when they gave you the list of stuff to buy and the grand total, did you blink as you handed over your credit card? How much was it? (I know I didn't two years ago.)
Again, it's up to you to decide how to proceed, but you will be correctly using accurate amounts of chemicals purchased from a grocery store if you follow our advice. There's no cheaper way to do it.