Hi. We got this pool six years ago for the grandkids but this is my first year to care for it myself after losing my husband and son a year apart. The water is green and my hired handyman has been adding chemicals willy nilly. Now I’m taking over. I had the water tested today.
TC - off the charts at 15
pH - 8.1
CYA - 150
TA - 192
Adjusted TA - 147
Total hardness - 155
It’s a 27 ft round, 52 in deep, (18,000 gal?) above ground pool with vinyl liner and cartridge filter. Located in the Midwest. The pump has very strong flow, and it has a bottom drain. We’ve been cleaning the filter1-2 times a day. I wonder if ir needs to be cleaned with acid ??
I have all these chemicals on hand
Liquid chlorine
Muriatic acid
Blue Clarifier liquid
Shock-X Extra from Walmart
Stabilizer
The pool started out nice and clean this summer and then we ran out of chlorine tablets that go in the chlorinator pump thing. I didn’t even know there weren’t any tablets in there. It got cloudy. I shocked it with powdered shock. When I bought new tablets I didn’t get the real expensive ones that my husband had bought at the pool store. I bought them at Walmart instead. Everything has gone downhill from there and it slowly turned green in this heat. Handyman shocked it with 4 gallons of liquid chlorine last night which didn’t seem to help so I got the water tested today. The guy who tested it had no advice for me. I would be so appreciative for any guidance. Thank you.
Del
TC - off the charts at 15
pH - 8.1
CYA - 150
TA - 192
Adjusted TA - 147
Total hardness - 155
It’s a 27 ft round, 52 in deep, (18,000 gal?) above ground pool with vinyl liner and cartridge filter. Located in the Midwest. The pump has very strong flow, and it has a bottom drain. We’ve been cleaning the filter1-2 times a day. I wonder if ir needs to be cleaned with acid ??
I have all these chemicals on hand
Liquid chlorine
Muriatic acid
Blue Clarifier liquid
Shock-X Extra from Walmart
Stabilizer
The pool started out nice and clean this summer and then we ran out of chlorine tablets that go in the chlorinator pump thing. I didn’t even know there weren’t any tablets in there. It got cloudy. I shocked it with powdered shock. When I bought new tablets I didn’t get the real expensive ones that my husband had bought at the pool store. I bought them at Walmart instead. Everything has gone downhill from there and it slowly turned green in this heat. Handyman shocked it with 4 gallons of liquid chlorine last night which didn’t seem to help so I got the water tested today. The guy who tested it had no advice for me. I would be so appreciative for any guidance. Thank you.
Del