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Due to really bad water and improper closing last fall, my water was so green and full of algae that I've drained my pool. My problem is with the last inch or so of dirty, algae-filled water on the very bottom of the pool. I used a water hose to siphon it all off except for the last inch. I...

The water is green like a swamp and at this point, I really don't know what to do. I'm almost thinking I need to get the chlorine started to kill all the algae that's growing...the water is not green and clear, but green and has lots of things floating in it.....really disgusting.

Okay... Chlorine 0 ph 8.2 plus ....it was as dark as the darkest mark Br 0 TA 70 Calc Hardness 90 CYA 0 My filters arrived today and I'm running them on high now and will clean and restart every couple hours. I have not added anything....I wanted the experts advice first.

Hi all..... many issues with my pool last year, most of all I was unable to take care of it properly. That said I drained it as low as I could last winter, put in the required chems and closed it. Opened it last weekend, it's green - no surprise. Took a week to fill it with well water that I...

So.... I checked and have FC 1 and CC 1 so I get that TC would be 2. With these numbers, and the pool still green, do you suggest dumping enough chlorine to get to shock level?

Okay, yesterday at sunset, this is what I got. Chlorine - the lowest level on the TF100 test kit pH 7.5 FC 1.0 TC 0 CC 1.0 TA 200 CH 400 CYA 50 Should I plug these into the Pool Calculator or is there something more extreme I need to do?

No numbers today, had torrential rain yesterday evening. Will get them this afternoon as long as the thunderstorms hold off! One good thing, the filter is continuing to run, and it looked this morning like the color was changing a bit back to green instead of being so brown.

Thanks everyone for weighing in. Will have numbers in the morning!

Opened the pool to cloudy water - but didn't see any algae. Added water from the well, started the filter running and it started clearing up a bit. Took a sample of water to pool store to check for iron/metals in the water, and got the 'all clear'.... I immediately came home and added...

Re: Can anyone recommend pool steps for an above ground pool Thank you for the great references~I'll be checking them out.

I am getting rid of the disgusting hard to manage ladder and want to buy some nice pool steps but I don't know if one type is better than another. I've heard sand-filled bags can be cumbersome, and if anyone has nice steps in their above ground pool, please let me know. Thanks!

how often should i be putting shocking? we just had enough rain to almost run the pool over the top.... do i shock again after that? the water hasn't cleared up enough for me to vac to waste .... looks like i won't be closing until october, but then again it is still in the high 70s and low 80s...

thanks everyone.... i've added 3 gals of 6% and am waiting for weekend, hoping it will clear up from the brownish green color so i can see the bottom. should i leave the filter off a while, so whatever sediment is in there can settle, or leave it running and just keep cleaning the filter/ also...

Okay... I had an 8 lb. tub... container says each stick weighs .8 oz. I have 3.5 sticks left. So 16 sticks, I've used 12.50 sticks. I've added a lot of water over the summer .... my pool has no shade at all.. I just added about 2-3 inches 2 days ago. Thought I had the pool fixed - water was...

Okay... numbers from pool store today: Free Chlorine 0 Combined Chlorine -- Bromine -- ph 7.4 Total Alkalinity 80 Calcium Hardness 300 CYA 0 Saturation Index -- Copper 0.3ppm Iron -- Salt -- TDs-- Phosphate -- They said to add 6 lbs 1 oz Alkalinity up and 5 lbs 8 ozs UV Shield (cya) so what do...

yes, two. when i used only one a week the chlorine never registered. will get water tested at pool store tomorrow. what specifically should i ask them to test for? btw, the pool is clearing and there are huge brown spots in a circle in the bottom. when i vacuum though, it just stirs up the...

okay.... will purchase Tf test kit next paycheck. for now, relying on free test kit from Rec warehouse and test strips. ph between 6.8 and 7.0 TA 120 cya 0 fc 0 cl 1.0 was cloudy blue until i shocked it a week ago. i'm hosing the filter down daily - water coming off is as dark brown as black...

Yes, I want a clear pool and I'm willing to do the work. Please advise the steps. Thank you.

Dave, I followed the advice for changing from Bac to chlorine. I have been using chlorine tabs instead of liquid and checking my chemicals. When it didn't clear up, I went to the pool store (bad sharon) because I had done the work - vacuuming, cleaning the filter, etc. and didn't know what else...

where to begin .... after months of cloudy baquacil water and switching to chlorine, I haven't had completely clear water yet ... pool store said it was metals, so i did the metal magic and that turned it from green to blue, but it was still cloudy. almost got it clear this week, when the pool...

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we have high iron levels in our water, and had to add something when we originally opened it. problem is that my daughter helped with the opening and initial maintenance, but has since returned to school and i'm left with the pool and i'm failing miserably. i am concerned that in addition to...

I'm currently using Baquacil for my new 24' round AG pool. It's only been up since April 2011. Started out clear and beautiful....after about 8 weeks started clouding, got algae .... cleaned the filter, added more chemicals, got fairly clear.... then intense heat - several 100+ days, had to add...