Help! Total newbie here.

[Pool Virgin!]

We live in northern Portugal and trying to get tradespeople if you are foreign is a nightmare. So we are trying to help friends out with their holiday rental as they live elsewhere. They have a saltwater pool with a QP salt bright meter. They told us to add PH+ which we did and the tiny amount of algae around the edges started to clear. Then it rained solid for a week and now the pool is completely green.

The meter is flashing 12 ( see pics) and the algaecide automatic uptake doesn’t seem to be working because the level is the same as last time and the pipe is transparent with no traces of blue whatsoever.

See pictures of the pool trying strip. Oh is way too high.

We only have the algaecide and the PH+ pictured. How can we fix this please? Can’t find any instructions online for the pool equipment. :-(

 

[PoolStored]

Welcome to TFP!!!

One of the foundations of TFP is testing. In the US, there are a couple available and are compared here: Link-->Test Kits Compared

You are lucky as you can buy one of the recommended test kits in Espana...

Taylor K-2006 multiparametric analyzer test kit

• High precision test.• Chlorine determination by DPD-FAS method• Determines up to 8 water parameters.• High quality reagents.• Supplied in a plastic case.

www.piscinasyproductos.com

Can you find bleach? If so, order your kit, and add 5ppm of liquid chlorine per day. Do not add any other chemicals. Use pool math to help you figure out how much liquid chlorine to add to add 5ppm PER DAY until you test kit arrives. Link--PoolMath

When you test kit arrives, post a complete set of results and we will help you clear the pool.

You will likely use this process. Print it out, read it three times. Do not attempt to SLAM without a proper test kit. Link-->SLAM Process

 

[Pool Virgin!]

Thank you. Sadly there’s no way they can afford that test kit. They have been totally ripped off by local tradesmen and that’s one of the reason we are helping them. Are the test strips totally useless??

 

[PoolStored]

Are the test strips totally useless??

Sadly, yes. Without a decent test kit, we could make recommendations that would do more damage than good...

 

[Pool Virgin!]

I’ll try to ask them. Is there a good source I can show them that explains why they should get a decent kit?

 

[PoolStored]

This is a good reference and includes a video at the top, that explains why you need a test kit.

Swimming Pool Test Kits Compared

What pool test kit should I buy? Why not use test strips? Our recommended test kits will pay for themselves in no time!

www.troublefreepool.com

 

[Pool Virgin!]

Thank you so much. the best I can do is ask.