Kill the algae or get CYA in the pool

[wyntyrose]

After all the rains we had last month my chemistry is screwy to say the least. All through last summer I had a horrible time with CYA and now that I have algae and no CYA I want to know should i kill the algae first then work on getting the CYA up to good levels for a salt system. I am working on killing the algae but then got to thinking hmmmmm should I be getting this CYA up and then on to the kill or vice versa.
Thanks

 

[Richard320]

After all the rains we had last month my chemistry is screwy to say the least. All through last summer I had a horrible time with CYA and now that I have algae and no CYA I want to know should i kill the algae first then work on getting the CYA up to good levels for a salt system. I am working on killing the algae but then got to thinking hmmmmm should I be getting this CYA up and then on to the kill or vice versa.
Thanks

Both.

If you don't have some CYA in the water, the sun will degrade the bleach before it has a chance to work. So you should get 20-30- ppm CYA in the water. Adjust pH, then ignore it until the shock proccess is done.
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[wyntyrose]

Thank you for the quick reply heading out to retest and get the stabilizer going in while I add more bleach to the witches brew of a pool. LOL.

 

[wyntyrose]

Well the pool is almost sparkling. Working on the CYA numbers. Hoping that I can get all numbers level in the next few days. My kids came home from school today and said the pool looks like our first day when we moved in. Thank you TFP!

 

[JasonLion]