First time opening pool and it's green

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tenkas

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Jul 23, 2024
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Montréal (Canada)
Pool Size
5500
Surface
Fiberglass
Chlorine
Salt Water Generator
SWG Type
Hayward Turbo Cell (T-CELL-5)
This is my first time opening my pool. The installer is coming to open it up in 4 days (replug salt water generator, remove plugs, etc) but they do not do the water chemistry, so I decided to do it myself.

I work from home so I can closely monitor it.

The pool is very dark green.

I am in Canada (Montreal) so we had to wait this late to open because spring came here late.

I have found good guides on here to open to a green pool but I have a few specific questions.

1) I do not have a vacuum to waste option. I have 2 filters (1 used from last year and 1 new).

I was thinking of using the used one for opening the pool and then using the new one for the rest of the season.

Will the filter be able to filter a green pool like this? If not, I have a shop vac, I also have a transfer pump (plug my regular hose on it to empty a bit the pool sometimes or to empty ponds).

Was also thinking of buying a cheap pump and creating a portable vacuum. Might be overkill haha.


2) my other question is:
Should I do a full test with my Taylor kit while the pool is green like this? Where do I start? When do I start testing?


Thanks!!
 
tenkas said:
This is my first time opening my pool. The installer is coming to open it up in 4 days (replug salt water generator, remove plugs, etc) but they do not do the water chemistry, so I decided to do it myself.

I work from home so I can closely monitor it.

The pool is very dark green.

I am in Canada (Montreal) so we had to wait this late to open because spring came here late.

I have found good guides on here to open to a green pool but I have a few specific questions.

1) I do not have a vacuum to waste option. I have 2 filters (1 used from last year and 1 new).

I was thinking of using the used one for opening the pool and then using the new one for the rest of the season.

Will the filter be able to filter a green pool like this? If not, I have a shop vac, I also have a transfer pump (plug my regular hose on it to empty a bit the pool sometimes or to empty ponds).

Was also thinking of buying a cheap pump and creating a portable vacuum. Might be overkill haha.


2) my other question is:
Should I do a full test with my Taylor kit while the pool is green like this? Where do I start? When do I start testing?


Thanks!!
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You should test the water yourself and start the SLAM process ASAP. The filter will do nothing except catch dead algae that you create while doing the SLAM. It’s the chlorine that kills algae.
 
Bperry said:
You should test the water yourself and start the SLAM process ASAP. The filter will do nothing except catch dead algae that you create while doing the SLAM. It’s the chlorine that kills algae.
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Should I start even before the pool company comes in to replug everything and start up the pump?
 
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