I am a new pool owner (or renter to be specific), I went on vacation for a week and came back to a very green pool.
I watched a video online that said to "triple shock" your pool if it is a dark green; I did so and it improved but it was still green, so I triple shocked again and now the pool is blue but very cloudy and reads having no chlorine (the test water is clear!). So then I read about chlorine demand and it suggested to do 2lbs of shock per 10,000 gallons so I did and 24hrs later there is STILL no chlorine reading and the water is blue but very cloudy.
Is it possible to have too much chlorine? or do I truly have that high of "chlorine demand" even though I've super shocked my pool 5 days in a row?
(for further context for each of these 5 days I have done each of the following: run my filter for 24hrs after each shock as well as brushed the walls, cleaned the filter, and added some clarifier in the morning while the chlorine shock was done at night. The first 2 days my pH was high so I added acid, but for the past 3 days it has read in range)
I have tried so many google searches and nothing seems to solve my issue and I just have a hard time believing that the answer is to continue adding chlorine at such high levels when most articles or videos suggest 24hrs is the time of resolution.
Thanks in advance
I watched a video online that said to "triple shock" your pool if it is a dark green; I did so and it improved but it was still green, so I triple shocked again and now the pool is blue but very cloudy and reads having no chlorine (the test water is clear!). So then I read about chlorine demand and it suggested to do 2lbs of shock per 10,000 gallons so I did and 24hrs later there is STILL no chlorine reading and the water is blue but very cloudy.
Is it possible to have too much chlorine? or do I truly have that high of "chlorine demand" even though I've super shocked my pool 5 days in a row?
(for further context for each of these 5 days I have done each of the following: run my filter for 24hrs after each shock as well as brushed the walls, cleaned the filter, and added some clarifier in the morning while the chlorine shock was done at night. The first 2 days my pH was high so I added acid, but for the past 3 days it has read in range)
I have tried so many google searches and nothing seems to solve my issue and I just have a hard time believing that the answer is to continue adding chlorine at such high levels when most articles or videos suggest 24hrs is the time of resolution.
Thanks in advance