Hi All!
I've been lurking for the past few days and wanted to finally post on here.
First and foremost, this is an extremely helpful forum and i've learned a lot just from reading through it.
My wife and I just bought a new house that came with a "bonus" green pool... I've never had a pool before and neither has she.. so it's all new to us.
I've read through pool school, the how to fight algea/SLAM guide and i've bought myself a Taylor K-2006 kit
After mustering up enough confidence.. I hooked up all the equipment and began to SLAM the pool.
The first night was a major transformation of a really green / pond water type to a much lighter shade of green.. and I think it has transitioned from there to a cloudy/aqua green/whitish type water (i'll try and get some pictures up later)
I've been testing and adding chlorine as needed for the past few days.. here are my readings from the past few days:
6/13 9AM:
FC: 13 ppm (Added chlorine per pool math to get up to 15ppm per CYA/Chlorine chart)
CC: 2 ppm
CYA: ~35 ppm
PH: 7.2
ALK: 50ppm
calcium: 30ppm
6/13 6pm:
FC: 11 ppm
CC: 1.5 ppm
6/14 9AM:
FC: 10 ppm (added chlorine to get back to 15ppm)
CC: 1.5 ppm
Also added baking soda to get alk up to 80ppm
6/14 7pm:
FC: 11.5 ppm (Chlorine added back up to 15 ppm)
CC: 2.0 ppm
PH: 7.2
alk: 80 ppm
6/15 9AM:
FC: 11.5 ppm
CC: 2 ppm
alk: 85 ppm
Forgot to add to my sig.. I have a vinyl lining...
The chlorine i'm using is 12.5% liquid sodium hypo
I have not added anything else to the pool at this point.. I've backwashed the filter twice since i've started...
Am I on the right track? or is there anything else I can do to help speed up the process? (After the first day or 2, I feel like my progress has slowed and the water has looked roughly the same - maybe.. maybe a little lighter green each day)
another thought.. i'm not sure how old the sand is in the sand filter.. should I be concerned about getting that changed out?
Thanks again in advance for any advice!! and i'm looking forward to being part of the Trouble Free Pool community!
I've been lurking for the past few days and wanted to finally post on here.
First and foremost, this is an extremely helpful forum and i've learned a lot just from reading through it.
My wife and I just bought a new house that came with a "bonus" green pool... I've never had a pool before and neither has she.. so it's all new to us.
I've read through pool school, the how to fight algea/SLAM guide and i've bought myself a Taylor K-2006 kit
After mustering up enough confidence.. I hooked up all the equipment and began to SLAM the pool.
The first night was a major transformation of a really green / pond water type to a much lighter shade of green.. and I think it has transitioned from there to a cloudy/aqua green/whitish type water (i'll try and get some pictures up later)
I've been testing and adding chlorine as needed for the past few days.. here are my readings from the past few days:
6/13 9AM:
FC: 13 ppm (Added chlorine per pool math to get up to 15ppm per CYA/Chlorine chart)
CC: 2 ppm
CYA: ~35 ppm
PH: 7.2
ALK: 50ppm
calcium: 30ppm
6/13 6pm:
FC: 11 ppm
CC: 1.5 ppm
6/14 9AM:
FC: 10 ppm (added chlorine to get back to 15ppm)
CC: 1.5 ppm
Also added baking soda to get alk up to 80ppm
6/14 7pm:
FC: 11.5 ppm (Chlorine added back up to 15 ppm)
CC: 2.0 ppm
PH: 7.2
alk: 80 ppm
6/15 9AM:
FC: 11.5 ppm
CC: 2 ppm
alk: 85 ppm
Forgot to add to my sig.. I have a vinyl lining...
The chlorine i'm using is 12.5% liquid sodium hypo
I have not added anything else to the pool at this point.. I've backwashed the filter twice since i've started...
Am I on the right track? or is there anything else I can do to help speed up the process? (After the first day or 2, I feel like my progress has slowed and the water has looked roughly the same - maybe.. maybe a little lighter green each day)
another thought.. i'm not sure how old the sand is in the sand filter.. should I be concerned about getting that changed out?
Thanks again in advance for any advice!! and i'm looking forward to being part of the Trouble Free Pool community!