Hi! This is our first post here. We had a horribly green pool this year and stumbled upon the website and have switched to using bleach and such after pouring, literally, $215 for chemicals to open the pool...yet it stayed pretty and green.
Right now, we have very pretty blue water...but cloudy. We have a cartridge filter, which we have been spraying clean every other day. We shocked the bejebers out of the pool with bleach for the past week and a half and it has improved to where it is...it just doesn't apprear to be changing from cloudy.
We would like it to be clear by the 4th of July for our family and friends, so any advice on getting it to clear would be appreciated.
Thank you soooo much!!
We had the water tested at the pool store today because our test strips only read for 4 things (FC, Bromine, Ph and TA)
The readings were:
FC: 1.6
CC: 1.6
pH: 7.8
TA:110
CH:67
CYA: 0 (though this shouldn't be right. We put 4 lbs in initially. Drained the pool halfway then put another lb in (got frustrated and figured we'd start over). The pool guy said that the test might have been bad...so no help there).
Borates:n/a?
Thank you again for any feedback! It will be greatly appreciated!
(don't know where the signature is...maybe it will ask me later, but here is the information, just in case!)
We are in Springfield, MO and have a 13,600 gallon above ground pool. We have a cartridge filter, though I am not sure of the size, though, in my opinion it is HUGE (probably 18 in tall). I know the pump is a 1.5HP pump, if that helps. The liner is vinyl, I believe. Otherwise, I am not sure on other pool information. We bought the house and pool from the previous owners with no previous information.
Right now, we have very pretty blue water...but cloudy. We have a cartridge filter, which we have been spraying clean every other day. We shocked the bejebers out of the pool with bleach for the past week and a half and it has improved to where it is...it just doesn't apprear to be changing from cloudy.
We would like it to be clear by the 4th of July for our family and friends, so any advice on getting it to clear would be appreciated.
Thank you soooo much!!
We had the water tested at the pool store today because our test strips only read for 4 things (FC, Bromine, Ph and TA)
The readings were:
FC: 1.6
CC: 1.6
pH: 7.8
TA:110
CH:67
CYA: 0 (though this shouldn't be right. We put 4 lbs in initially. Drained the pool halfway then put another lb in (got frustrated and figured we'd start over). The pool guy said that the test might have been bad...so no help there).
Borates:n/a?
Thank you again for any feedback! It will be greatly appreciated!
(don't know where the signature is...maybe it will ask me later, but here is the information, just in case!)
We are in Springfield, MO and have a 13,600 gallon above ground pool. We have a cartridge filter, though I am not sure of the size, though, in my opinion it is HUGE (probably 18 in tall). I know the pump is a 1.5HP pump, if that helps. The liner is vinyl, I believe. Otherwise, I am not sure on other pool information. We bought the house and pool from the previous owners with no previous information.
