Recent content by cteffenhart

Goog morning. Reading your thread with interest. I just Googled your Walmart chlorine and their website shows it only has 10% chlorine. The bottle will tell yours for sure but that could be your issue. Good luck.

I actually decided to add some bleach to get up to shock levels. Running filter overnight. Hopefully tomorrow water will be sparkling. BTW, I didn't see an more rust colored anything when the bleach was added. TT

Tested this evening: FC 5 PH 7.8 Vacuumed a bunch of dead algae. Water looks clear but I wouldn't say sparkling. Should I add bleach tonight to get FC up tp 10 or 12? Any other suggestions? Thanks again :)

Noted. Thx Sent from my SM-T810 using Tapatalk

We had the green before the bleach was added. Sent from my SM-T810 using Tapatalk

Update #2 Thanks. I've added the stabilizer and vacuumed the pool. It definitely looks less green this morning. Should we test CYA again this evening or wait a while? FC 5 maybe higher PH 8; Acid demand test was only 1 drop I also added 2oz algeacide. Filter still running. Was...

6/27/16 8:45pm Update: I reread the pool math article and another article that said to get the PH correct before SLAMING. So.... using pool math I added 31 oz by wgt of borax. Hope I didn't screw anything up. Filter still running.

Test results: FC: none detected TC: 0-0.5 PH: less than 6.8 (very yellow) TA: 100 Calcium: didn't test CYA: none detected Water filled today from well. Kids played in short while. By 5:00pm, green bloom started. I've added 40oz of 8.25% bleach and running filter. Water immediately...