Recent content by mviper13

I was pretty sure I could get it to clear. Draining and refilling would have been much more expensive. I've seen pictures on this site of pools in much worse shape than mine. It just took some time, patience, and a ton of bleach. :-D I'll take a picture this week so you can see how clear it is...

Ha again all. Just wanted to thank you for the advice. After putting enormous amounts of bleach in the pool is finally pretty clear. Not perfect, but I can see the drain in the deep end now. I must have hit the magic number Friday night because Sat morning I could see the bottom of the shallow...

I just went home and tested again at lunch. 1 FC and 2 CC. CYA was 30. I'm testing as often as I can during the week which is in the morning, at lunch time since I work 10 minutes from home, and at least 2-3 times after I get home. This weekend I plan to hit it hard and test every hour or so. I...

I'm having a hard time keeping the FC up in the pool now. I don't understand. I've put so much bleach in the pool and every time I test it's way back low again. Could I have some kind of ammonia or other problem? The pool is clearing although very slowly. I'm able to see the 3rd step now, but...

Hi All, Just another quick update. I tested the Chlorine levels on lunch today and the CC is still high, and I've been putting lots of bleach in still. I've put in 6 182oz jugs today alone and the FC is still not getting to 10. CC is 10.5 and FC is 3.5. I also tested the CYA again and the dot...

Ok good to know. I will hold off on the overnight test. I did indeed mix pool water and R0013 (biggest bottle in the kit) just as the directions said. I was kinda confused by the test results too, but I did the test quite a few times with the same result. Unless there's something else I'm...

Hi Guys, Just an update to what's been going on. Been a busy day; those storms also knocked out my A/C capacitor so I had that to deal with as well as the pool. Anyway, I went out and bought a 4lb tub of stabilizer. Put most of it in a sock and hung that over a return. Been dumping bleach in...

Hi and thanks for the quick reply! We just had some big T-storms blow through and I'm sure there's a bunch of leaves floating on top of the pool right now, but it's dark so I'll have to wait till morning to get them. I tested about 15 min ago and I still have the same amount of chlorine, but...

Hi All, It's been great reading all of the very helpful information here about pool chemistry and trying to get up to speed on this new pool in this new house I bought a couple weeks ago. I'll do my best to explain what's been going on in those few weeks, and I appreciate any help you can...