Why do you think his pool cleared up? He does say it was 60 hours after adding the chlorine but does not say if he added any more. Also adding the many lbs. of baking soda seemed to clear the green. Just curious.
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I'm not going to give him the view. I'll just say that it's as easy to make false claims on YouTube as it is to make false claims in writing. Without documentation and accurate test results to review there's no reason to even give this person the benefit of the doubt. If this person came to TFP to discuss the findings I would ask for this information. When no information came forth (you know it wouldn't) I would tell them their findings are invalid without the data to back it up and move on. I've done the same thing to people claiming great success with BioActive CYA Remover based on test strips and/or pool store testing. They get mad, but they have no ground to stand on. Burden of proof is on the person making the claim.
Essentially it's like arguing with someone who saw a UFO. They believe the highly improbable happened and have already ruled out more logical/obvious answers. Now if you want to argue with them then you have to start at a their position, so they've already won. The only winning move is not to play.
Essentially it's like arguing with someone who saw a UFO. They believe the highly improbable happened and have already ruled out more logical/obvious answers. Now if you want to argue with them then you have to start at a their position, so they've already won. The only winning move is not to play.
Thanks Donaldson. I'm one who's always trying to figure out the details, especially if they don't make sense.
Can you summarize? I'm not wasting 20 minutes watching another youtube video that could say everything that needed saying in 2.
Ok:
"My pool is green because I forgot to put the winter cover on."
"I'll add 7 gallons of concentrated bleach." He poured it around the edges (looks like a vinyl pool) and threw some further in. Runs pump overnight.
The next day "That didn't do much. I'll use my test strips to see what I need."
"My pH is 6.8, TA is 40 (should be 80) so I think that's the problem." (CYA looked high but he never mentioned it)
"The chlorine kills the algae but to get rid of the green I have to use baking soda." Backwashed the filter ("which is the algae that collected in the filter")
Added 20 lbs of baking soda by dissolving in a bucket and then dumping it around the edges. Runs filter for 12 hours.
"36 hours later, pool still with tint of green." (no mention of additional bleach or baking soda added)
Backwashing every 4 hours and adding fresh water since losing water in backwash. Vacuuming debris and then cleaning skimmer basket and pump basket repeatedly. Backwashing again to get dead algae out of the filter.
"60 hours almost 3 days later, pool looks better, greenness gone but murky (turquoise) with a pile of leaves, which I couldn't see when the water was green."
His conclusion: liquid bleach and baking soda cleared the pool.
"So if you're in a bind and can't find pool shock, liquid chlorine does work."
He then shows a new view of his pool (nothing stated of what he did after the above).
"Pool is clean and clear." (looks clean but not TFP clear in my opinion)
So @Richard320 it looks like what helped a lot was the adding new water and vacuuming then backwashing. He really does not give a detailed description of everything he does. (like what TFP wants to know) I can't believe a one time addition of chlorine and baking soda is what cleared his pool. It is misleading.
@Donaldson just summarizing the video reveals his method is either incomplete of important details to help any one, misleading or just clueless as to what is actually working.
"My pool is green because I forgot to put the winter cover on."
"I'll add 7 gallons of concentrated bleach." He poured it around the edges (looks like a vinyl pool) and threw some further in. Runs pump overnight.
The next day "That didn't do much. I'll use my test strips to see what I need."
"My pH is 6.8, TA is 40 (should be 80) so I think that's the problem." (CYA looked high but he never mentioned it)
"The chlorine kills the algae but to get rid of the green I have to use baking soda." Backwashed the filter ("which is the algae that collected in the filter")
Added 20 lbs of baking soda by dissolving in a bucket and then dumping it around the edges. Runs filter for 12 hours.
"36 hours later, pool still with tint of green." (no mention of additional bleach or baking soda added)
Backwashing every 4 hours and adding fresh water since losing water in backwash. Vacuuming debris and then cleaning skimmer basket and pump basket repeatedly. Backwashing again to get dead algae out of the filter.
"60 hours almost 3 days later, pool looks better, greenness gone but murky (turquoise) with a pile of leaves, which I couldn't see when the water was green."
His conclusion: liquid bleach and baking soda cleared the pool.
"So if you're in a bind and can't find pool shock, liquid chlorine does work."
He then shows a new view of his pool (nothing stated of what he did after the above).
"Pool is clean and clear." (looks clean but not TFP clear in my opinion)
So @Richard320 it looks like what helped a lot was the adding new water and vacuuming then backwashing. He really does not give a detailed description of everything he does. (like what TFP wants to know) I can't believe a one time addition of chlorine and baking soda is what cleared his pool. It is misleading.
@Donaldson just summarizing the video reveals his method is either incomplete of important details to help any one, misleading or just clueless as to what is actually working.
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