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    AFter bleach gets rid of green - when is it safe to swim?

    Thank you Thanks again... and thank you for the welcome! The kids are all old enough I think... the youngest is an extremely smart seven. With good warnings and close supervision... and a shower after... We're gonna go ahead swimming. My best friend has a big pool and she says her grandkids...
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    AFter bleach gets rid of green - when is it safe to swim?

    Thank you... I had read about the muriatic acid and the pool calculator tells me how much.. I will get some tomorrow. But what I need to know most is IS IT SAFE TO SWIM without the pool being completely balanced? I have 5 kids here right now begging to swim because the pool LOOKS fine... They...
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    AFter bleach gets rid of green - when is it safe to swim?

    Hello... New to forum and pools too. Grandma with 7 grandkids (ages 7-13) that suddenly love to come to Grandma's house since there is a new pool in the backyard. LOTS of rain lately and the HTH method failed and suddenly had a pool full of pretty green water with baby mosquitos swimming in...
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    Green water with mosquito babies floating ? Help BBB

    First time pool owner... Intex Easy Set Pool 16' x 42" = 3,754 gallons water. Current readings with HTH test trips - total hardness 200, free chlorine/bromine 0/0,ph 8.4, total alkalinity240, cyanuric acid 100 Have been using the pool for about 6 weeks with no problems using only HTH...