New to owning a pool and for the past 12 days have been working on getting a 27' foot round, 48" high above ground vinyl pool ready for swimming.
When we started, the pool was limey green and swampish -- it had sat unused for 3-4 years by humans...we did fish out four frogs!
Since beginning we've added:
14 bags of shock, 13-182 oz jugs of bleach, pH+. pHminus, clarifier, alagecide, baking soda, and borax. The pH has stayed within suggested range for 5-6 days now, and chlorine has been good also. However, the pool is very cloudy. Can only see down into the water a about 8 inches from the surface...
We have a sand filter.
With the new test kit you suggested:
FC = 1.5ppm
CC = 3.0
TC = 4.5
pH 7.3
T Alk = 130ppm
calcium = 170
CYA approx 30
Judging by numbers, is there anything awry that would make the pool real cloudy/milky? The sand filter has been running steady since we started.
Really want to go swimming, but the cloudy water isn't so appealing.
When we started, the pool was limey green and swampish -- it had sat unused for 3-4 years by humans...we did fish out four frogs!
Since beginning we've added:
14 bags of shock, 13-182 oz jugs of bleach, pH+. pHminus, clarifier, alagecide, baking soda, and borax. The pH has stayed within suggested range for 5-6 days now, and chlorine has been good also. However, the pool is very cloudy. Can only see down into the water a about 8 inches from the surface...
We have a sand filter.
With the new test kit you suggested:
FC = 1.5ppm
CC = 3.0
TC = 4.5
pH 7.3
T Alk = 130ppm
calcium = 170
CYA approx 30
Judging by numbers, is there anything awry that would make the pool real cloudy/milky? The sand filter has been running steady since we started.
Really want to go swimming, but the cloudy water isn't so appealing.