Yea!! What job that was! You go SUPER SON :super: Nice job!
Now lets get your water balanced so this does not happen again. We will work on the stains when your water it balanced.
First things first-You HAVE to get a good test kit. I know the pool $tores will test for free but is it really free if you walk out with overpriced stuff you really do not need? Think of the test kit as an investment to keep you from having to ever do this work again! Look in my siggy to find the test kit I think is the best bang for the buck.
I am going to give you a shopping list AND a reading list. We have to get the water started but you also need to know WHY and how to do things.
Shopping list:
-CYA-can be found in Walmart or Lowes-it might be called stabilizer-get two bottles. Do NOT put them both in yet.
-chlorine-you can buy plain, store brand bleach (8.25%). Some Walmarts are selling their Poll Shock (10%) for a good price also. Some people are able to buy liquid chlorine at their close by pool store. You will need to call around and see what is the easiest and cheapest for you. Get 5 gallons to start.
-plastic measuring cupx2-for measuring your chemicals. The reason I say two is because you will need one just of the Muratic Acid (MA) (which you are not getting yet). Everything else will use the other one.
Now I want you to go here:
http://www.troublefreepool.com/calc.html
Go down to the bottom and figure out your pool size in gallons. Add that to your siggy please.
Once you get home with your CYA and chlorine use Pool Math to figure out how much CYA you will need to add to get it up to 20. You will be at 0. Put that in the NOW box and put 20 in the TARGET box. Click on calculate and see how much it tells you to add. Use your measuring cup to put the CYA into a sock (yes, a sock like you wear). It might take two socks or so. Tie off the top and put one in your skimmer making sure to know block the water flow and have your SUPER SON walk around in the pool squeezing the other sock! Or you can hang it in front of the return.
I would add about 1/2 gal of chlorine in your pool each day until your test kit gets there.
You could get one of the cheap test kits from Walmart to work on your Free Chlorine (FC) and PH. That would be helpful to have until you get the big test kit.
Kim:cat:
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opps forgot about the filter-do a deep clean:
Deep Cleaning a Sand Filter
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Here is what I give all new pool owners:
Print these out:
Pool School - Basic Pool Care Schedule
Pool School - Recommended Levels
Bookmark these:
Pool School - Recommended Pool Chemicals
http://www.troublefreepool.com/calc.html
Pool School - ABCs of Pool Water Chemistry
Make sure to ask any and all questions you might have no matter how small! We have all been where you are at one point.