- Jun 2, 2012
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Re: I just filled my 2300 gallon pool(12'x30"), now what do
thank you, that's more clarification I needed. The water is 90% clear, so I was so confused as to why I would need to shock it. I poured in AquaChem Algaecide 50% in thinking it was for prevention and BEFORE I read this website. The water was 100% clear until I poured that in. I've added pH UP and 6% bleach since then, and the water is improving. So, with the drop test that I do have, should I aim for 5CL level or higher? I will definitely look for a better testing kit that includes all of the other levels I should be monitoring soon.
Isaac-1 said:Those kits have had the same suggested ranges for the last half century, with no regard to the relationship between CYA and Chlorine or the idea that pH ideal range may depend on type of pool construction (not all pools are plaster like they almost all were half a century ago).
I think your cloudyness was caused by the Algacide (I may have missed it, did you ever say what type it was?) if so and if it is clearing there is no need to shock, the problem is with the basic OTO chlorine test you have there is no real distiction between free and combined chlorine and it is hard to tell exact chlorine level so doing an overnight chlorine loss test (test for algae in the water) is nearly impossible. So you have some people guessing Algae and others guessing Algaecide for the cause of the cloudyness. I would say if it is clearing, go back to your standard chlorine level, and go from there, if it gets worse shock then, for shocking using the OTO test kit the best you can do is pick an orangish yellow color off the top of the color scale and maintain that, be aware that at extremely high chlorine levels the OTO test changes to an orangish brown, you don't want to get that high.
thank you, that's more clarification I needed. The water is 90% clear, so I was so confused as to why I would need to shock it. I poured in AquaChem Algaecide 50% in thinking it was for prevention and BEFORE I read this website. The water was 100% clear until I poured that in. I've added pH UP and 6% bleach since then, and the water is improving. So, with the drop test that I do have, should I aim for 5CL level or higher? I will definitely look for a better testing kit that includes all of the other levels I should be monitoring soon.