I have a 9x18 intex above ground pool…Indoor.
This past fall, the pool was filled by a water service. I didn’t turn on the pump/filter yet. After a couple months, I noticed that the water was starting to look a little green/brown. So I started the pump/filter with the chlorinator. The water cleared up right away. I ran it off and on just for maintenance. I never added chemicals or even checked the water at this point.
March 13…i took a sample to the pool store. I don’t remember exactly what they had me add but I do know it was calcium hardness, alkalinity, increaser, PH down, shock, and stabilizer. Sunday, I checked the water with my test strips and the colors came back so off. The chlorine was dark dark purple. And this is probably where I made a mistake. I started draining water and filling with fresh water, thinking that I needed to get some of the chlorine out. When that didn’t work, I purchased some Chem out and added that to the pool. After 12 hours, the chlorine levels were still dark purple. At this point, I didn’t really understand that the chlorine and the free chlorine were two separate things.
march 18 I took a sample to the pool store and they had me add 9 pounds of stabilizer 2 1/2 pounds of Ph decreaser, and four bags of shock. 48 hours later, I took another sample in and the readings were the same. they had me add another 9 pounds of alkalinity increaser, 2 pounds of pH decreaser, and then three bags of shock. In the meantime, I’m using my test strips to test. The test strips are still coming out the same as they have from the beginning. I decided to go to a bigger pool store and see if they might have any suggestions that the other store couldn’t tell me. I also took a sample to them. Results were the same as it had been. they had me add nine more pounds of alkalinity increaser, one and a half pounds of PH decreaser, and then seven bags of shock. I did follow the instructions when adding all of these chemicals, adding them in order and leaving the time in between that I needed to.
Right now, the test strips are reading the same as they have been. The smell of chlorine is horrible. It’s even coming into my house. I hadn’t thought to check the coordinator until someone mentioned that on the Facebook post. I did notice build up on the cells so I’m getting muriatic acid today to clean those. But I also think something else is going on.
This past fall, the pool was filled by a water service. I didn’t turn on the pump/filter yet. After a couple months, I noticed that the water was starting to look a little green/brown. So I started the pump/filter with the chlorinator. The water cleared up right away. I ran it off and on just for maintenance. I never added chemicals or even checked the water at this point.
March 13…i took a sample to the pool store. I don’t remember exactly what they had me add but I do know it was calcium hardness, alkalinity, increaser, PH down, shock, and stabilizer. Sunday, I checked the water with my test strips and the colors came back so off. The chlorine was dark dark purple. And this is probably where I made a mistake. I started draining water and filling with fresh water, thinking that I needed to get some of the chlorine out. When that didn’t work, I purchased some Chem out and added that to the pool. After 12 hours, the chlorine levels were still dark purple. At this point, I didn’t really understand that the chlorine and the free chlorine were two separate things.
march 18 I took a sample to the pool store and they had me add 9 pounds of stabilizer 2 1/2 pounds of Ph decreaser, and four bags of shock. 48 hours later, I took another sample in and the readings were the same. they had me add another 9 pounds of alkalinity increaser, 2 pounds of pH decreaser, and then three bags of shock. In the meantime, I’m using my test strips to test. The test strips are still coming out the same as they have from the beginning. I decided to go to a bigger pool store and see if they might have any suggestions that the other store couldn’t tell me. I also took a sample to them. Results were the same as it had been. they had me add nine more pounds of alkalinity increaser, one and a half pounds of PH decreaser, and then seven bags of shock. I did follow the instructions when adding all of these chemicals, adding them in order and leaving the time in between that I needed to.
Right now, the test strips are reading the same as they have been. The smell of chlorine is horrible. It’s even coming into my house. I hadn’t thought to check the coordinator until someone mentioned that on the Facebook post. I did notice build up on the cells so I’m getting muriatic acid today to clean those. But I also think something else is going on.
