I have neglected my pool for over 2 months. It has been too cool to swim here and I stopped testing to save my agents and reagents. Also, I stopped adding acid and just added some liquid chlorine every now and then if I saw any growth in the pool. Outdoor temps are starting to stay in the 80's to 90's and I thought I would start getting my pool back into shape. Threw in 2 gallons of chlorine 4 days ago because water was green. Vacuumed the dead algae to waste today. I still have moderate algae growth on walls, water cloudy, will probably go green pond on me by tomorrow if I don't do something fast. I just don't know where to start. Tested the water with my Taylor K-2006c test kit and the following are the results:
Chlorine = 0 ppm (yikes)
PH = 8
Acid dem. = 2 drops
TA =70 ppm
CH = 90 ppm
CYA =0 ppm(ooh not good)
On my way to the pool store shortly because I broke my skimmer basket today and can't run the pump until I replace it. Great, looks like rain and the PH is already at 8. Living in Florida it rains at times daily and the rain drops hitting the surface of my small pool aerate it driving the ph up constantly. If anyone has any advice as to the order to make my adjusments in I would appreciate it. P.S. This is the first time I have let it get like this over the winter and really not sure what to do to to my filter now that I have had a green swamp run through it. Thanks
Chlorine = 0 ppm (yikes)
PH = 8
Acid dem. = 2 drops
TA =70 ppm
CH = 90 ppm
CYA =0 ppm(ooh not good)
On my way to the pool store shortly because I broke my skimmer basket today and can't run the pump until I replace it. Great, looks like rain and the PH is already at 8. Living in Florida it rains at times daily and the rain drops hitting the surface of my small pool aerate it driving the ph up constantly. If anyone has any advice as to the order to make my adjusments in I would appreciate it. P.S. This is the first time I have let it get like this over the winter and really not sure what to do to to my filter now that I have had a green swamp run through it. Thanks