Preface:
My wife and I purchased our home last August and the previous owners had used Baquacil for 10+ years. It's a 12,500 gal above ground pool.
Problems:
I started the conversion on Saturday by dumping in 5 gallons of 8.25% bleach, then another 5 gallons Sunday. The water turned a yellowish green color, kind of looks like lemonade. I realized after the fact that I should have lowered my pH first, but did so on Sunday. I tried a few more gallons of bleach, but wasn't getting barely any FC to register with my test kit. I read somewhere you can use trichloro-s-triazinetrione, which I had in my shock, so I used some of that and saw a noticeable jump in FC. I got some cheaper shock from walmart and have been putting in 2-3 bags a day to keep the FC up. The water is still really cloudy. Am I doing something wrong or just haven't given it enough time? Should I have just stuck with the bleach? I've been backwashing the filter a couple of times per day and running the vac once a day. I'm brand new to pools and their chemistry so I could really use some advice! Thanks in advance.
My wife and I purchased our home last August and the previous owners had used Baquacil for 10+ years. It's a 12,500 gal above ground pool.
Problems:
I started the conversion on Saturday by dumping in 5 gallons of 8.25% bleach, then another 5 gallons Sunday. The water turned a yellowish green color, kind of looks like lemonade. I realized after the fact that I should have lowered my pH first, but did so on Sunday. I tried a few more gallons of bleach, but wasn't getting barely any FC to register with my test kit. I read somewhere you can use trichloro-s-triazinetrione, which I had in my shock, so I used some of that and saw a noticeable jump in FC. I got some cheaper shock from walmart and have been putting in 2-3 bags a day to keep the FC up. The water is still really cloudy. Am I doing something wrong or just haven't given it enough time? Should I have just stuck with the bleach? I've been backwashing the filter a couple of times per day and running the vac once a day. I'm brand new to pools and their chemistry so I could really use some advice! Thanks in advance.