Hello all. I had a 15'x26' above ground pool installed on 5/10/14. Since I didn't have electric hooked up, the water sat untouched in the pool for over a week. Once I got everything running, I put two 3" chlorine tablets in a floater and let it float in the pool. Needless to say, my pool very quickly turned green. I then put one bag of shock in, which seemed to clear up the algae. After 24 hours I put two chlorine tabs back in the floater, however, they barely dissolve after sitting in there for several days. A day later the tests showed that I was back down to 0 chlorine (total and free). The local pool company guy said I should put 2 more bags of shock into it...so that's what I just did. My tests at the pool company before adding the 2 extra bags of shock were:
FAC = 0
TAC = 0
CH = 70
CYA = 0
TA = 80
pH = 7.6
Copper = 0
Iron = 0
TDS = 200
Pho = 100
Like I said, I just added 2 more bags of shock at the recommendation of the local pool company. Does anyone have any suggestions on what my next steps should be. Thanks for any help.
FAC = 0
TAC = 0
CH = 70
CYA = 0
TA = 80
pH = 7.6
Copper = 0
Iron = 0
TDS = 200
Pho = 100
Like I said, I just added 2 more bags of shock at the recommendation of the local pool company. Does anyone have any suggestions on what my next steps should be. Thanks for any help.