Hi all, I am new here. I have been reading forums and lurking without an account for a bit, but I finally registered today because I need advice. So here is the background...
Our old pool filter electrical cord was killed by a lawn mower as well as the vacuum head we received with the pool upon purchasing (RIP cord and vacuum filter head ) We were unaware of this for awhile and it became a bit of a swamp.
We are beyond busy and didn't spend much time trying to figure out the proper way to fix the situation. Instead we just threw a lot of powdered shock and algaecide at the pool and bought an Intex sand filter. Initially it worked and we had a clear pool that we had tons of debris/algae on the floor. My husband attempted to vacuum it out through the filter and clogged frequently.
I started watching youtube videos and I started to scrub the pool floor and sides. I continued with my chemical additions because the test strips we had were useless. Here the pool became a beautiful blue but horribly cloudy (we cant see the bottom).
This is where trouble free pools entered. I started reading forums about tests and such. I had to wait a bit to buy a kit, but I bought a taylor k-2006 test kit. In the meantime I had decided it must be the CYA levels and drained maybe a quarter of the pool and added new water. I also stopped adding powdered anything and switched to bleach.
Now the kit has arrived and I've used the pool math calculator and the advised levels and I have been trying to fix things but I seem to be getting nowhere.
So the TLR My pool is a cloudy blue (can not see the bottom or the liner past 6 or 7 inches down). The current levels are:
FC 5.0 ppm
CC 1 ppm
pH 7.5
TA 350
The filter was backwashed yesterday.
Yesterday the CYA was at less than 30 and has been all the four times I have tested it.
On Tuesday the CH was at 50 ppm, but it seems from what I have been reading lately that the CH level doesn't matter in a vinyl pool.
Please help because my kids would like to swim at some point.
Our old pool filter electrical cord was killed by a lawn mower as well as the vacuum head we received with the pool upon purchasing (RIP cord and vacuum filter head ) We were unaware of this for awhile and it became a bit of a swamp.
We are beyond busy and didn't spend much time trying to figure out the proper way to fix the situation. Instead we just threw a lot of powdered shock and algaecide at the pool and bought an Intex sand filter. Initially it worked and we had a clear pool that we had tons of debris/algae on the floor. My husband attempted to vacuum it out through the filter and clogged frequently.
I started watching youtube videos and I started to scrub the pool floor and sides. I continued with my chemical additions because the test strips we had were useless. Here the pool became a beautiful blue but horribly cloudy (we cant see the bottom).
This is where trouble free pools entered. I started reading forums about tests and such. I had to wait a bit to buy a kit, but I bought a taylor k-2006 test kit. In the meantime I had decided it must be the CYA levels and drained maybe a quarter of the pool and added new water. I also stopped adding powdered anything and switched to bleach.
Now the kit has arrived and I've used the pool math calculator and the advised levels and I have been trying to fix things but I seem to be getting nowhere.
So the TLR My pool is a cloudy blue (can not see the bottom or the liner past 6 or 7 inches down). The current levels are:
FC 5.0 ppm
CC 1 ppm
pH 7.5
TA 350
The filter was backwashed yesterday.
Yesterday the CYA was at less than 30 and has been all the four times I have tested it.
On Tuesday the CH was at 50 ppm, but it seems from what I have been reading lately that the CH level doesn't matter in a vinyl pool.
Please help because my kids would like to swim at some point.
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