Hello,
I need help!! Last fall my pool became very cloudy. I shocked it a few times and it never cleared up. I was very busy with work, so I made the mistake of just covering it and dealing with it in the spring. Fast forward to now. I opened pool April 1st, very cloudy and slightly green. Super chlorinated pool with 8 pounds of granular shock. It killed the algae, which floated to the top. Ran filter non stop and swept daily. Used Ultra vac and picked up lots of leaves and dead worms for several days,until vac ran for a day with out picking up anything. At this point I thought I had all debris from bottom. Pool turned blue but still cloudy. Ordered and received T-100 test kit. results:
FC -1PPM
CC - 3PPM
TC - 4PPM
TA - 90PPM
CYA - 20PPM
CH - 80PPM
So I am switching to BBB, today shocked with 8.5% bleach 424 ounces. Check after 2 hours and FC was 3.5PPM but CC shot up to 8PPM. Repeated shock process with another 424 ounces, waited about 2 hours and readings were the same. I am frustrated and am starting to think that maybe it would be better to drain and refill! I am thinking maybe there is still more debris on bottom, without being able to see bottom it is hard to tell. Please help!!
I need help!! Last fall my pool became very cloudy. I shocked it a few times and it never cleared up. I was very busy with work, so I made the mistake of just covering it and dealing with it in the spring. Fast forward to now. I opened pool April 1st, very cloudy and slightly green. Super chlorinated pool with 8 pounds of granular shock. It killed the algae, which floated to the top. Ran filter non stop and swept daily. Used Ultra vac and picked up lots of leaves and dead worms for several days,until vac ran for a day with out picking up anything. At this point I thought I had all debris from bottom. Pool turned blue but still cloudy. Ordered and received T-100 test kit. results:
FC -1PPM
CC - 3PPM
TC - 4PPM
TA - 90PPM
CYA - 20PPM
CH - 80PPM
So I am switching to BBB, today shocked with 8.5% bleach 424 ounces. Check after 2 hours and FC was 3.5PPM but CC shot up to 8PPM. Repeated shock process with another 424 ounces, waited about 2 hours and readings were the same. I am frustrated and am starting to think that maybe it would be better to drain and refill! I am thinking maybe there is still more debris on bottom, without being able to see bottom it is hard to tell. Please help!!