green pool..repost to the proper board....

[leannedarling]

I tested again this morning...

FC 31
CC 0
I have added no chlorine in the past 24 hours as it seems to be holding, but can it be?

 

[Bama Rambler]

Is the swg on?

 

[leannedarling]

My levels from last evening and this morning are

FC 27, 25
CC 2, 0
Ph 7.4 7.4
TA 200, 200
CYA 50, 50

The pool is no clearer but no greener either. I have not added any chlorine as the shock level seems to be holding. Will test in a while to see if I have dropped below shock level.
Should I worry about my TA level, or is it because of the high chlorine levels. It was running around 120 before I started the process.
I tried to post a picture but I it takes forever than I get an error.

 

[leannedarling]

No Dave I don't have the SWG on yet.

 

[Bama Rambler]

Use Photobucket or some other pic hosting site and they can be as big as you want.

Don't worry about anything except the chlorine until you've passed the OCLT. It looks like you're close now.

 

[leannedarling]

I am slowly figuring out Photobucket, but you have to click on the link, The black spot is something on my lenses and not in the pool. The shallow end is clearing and I vacuumed a couple hours after testing this morning and I could almost see the vac in the deep end......Patience is a virtue!!!

 

[Bama Rambler]

When you click on the pic in photobucket it'll pop up a dialog box with different links. Just pick the link for img's and you can paste it directly into a post.

 

[leannedarling]

levels this morning
FC 27
CC 1
I am not adding any chlorine and don't understand why my chlorine levels are not going down. My SWG is not on and I have not added any chlorine since Wed night. Is this normal?

 

[Bama Rambler]

That's not normal. Are you confident in your tests?

 

[leannedarling]

I'm not sure how I could screw it up....I take a sample from at least 18 inches down, midway between the deep/shallow end. I add 2 scoops of powder, swirl and then add the reagent.. I've even added only 1 scoop and today that came back with an FC level of 23. I didn't order any new powder as I had lots, kept it in all cool dark place all winter(no freezing or dampness). When testing I filled it up to the 10 ml mark, then added drops and multiplied by .5. I had some other kits that are not as good but used them and it was high as well. The pool is clearing but there are still patches along the outside and here and there of algae that cloud when I sweep them.

 

[Bama Rambler]

You may be at a point where all the organics are dead and it's just going to take a while for the filter to clear things up.

The thing that bothers me is that you're not losing FC during the daylight. The sun should burn up some of your FC.

 

[leannedarling]

That's exactly what I was thinking. We haven't had a huge amount of sun but certainly enough that it should be going down, especially since I haven't added any in 5 days. Should I perhaps drain some water and add fresh?

BTW thanks to Jason and Butterfly for moving my post and editing to show the picture!!!

 

[Bama Rambler]

I wouldn't drain any water. With a CYA of 50 and little or no sun, you could lose 1 ppm or less per day.

 

[leannedarling]

new levels tonight-
FC 18
CC 2
It was humid and sunny today. I'm adding 7 L to get it back to shock levels.

 

[leannedarling]

Day 11..........testing the pool daily. It's still green, although if I look closely I can see the drain in the deep end.
My last 2 tests
Last night FC 21(added 4 L)
CC 1

This a.m FC 16
CC 1

So far I am no where near the OCLT........

 

[RobbieH]

Keep going! You are making progress!

 

[leannedarling]

Thanks RobbieH, I needed that!!

i am thinking of adding some DE, where does one buy it?

 

[RobbieH]

Unfortunately, usually the pool store. The big-box hardware stores might have it, as might WalMart, but I don't know for sure.

 

[leannedarling]

Thanks!!

 

[techguy]

In my neighborhood both HD and WM have DE. So do most of the Ace hardware stores.