Hello TFP! (Pool info in Sig)
Man do i wish I was here LAST year, I struggled with my pool for the last half of the summer fighting to keep it clear... after reading the BBB portion of your Pool School, I am kicking myself for spending on the "name brand" stuff.
I am here today because I added algicide to my pool and it made it worse... Let me say up front that I am NOT a good pool owner and have been neglecting a lot of what I assumed was "fire and forget" however I think with some support and guidance I can get my pool back to swimming status AND keep it that way...
Ok on to the questions and information portion of this post, I currently do not have a way to test my water for anything other than the pH and Chlorine which i believe to be the FC level it is made by HTH, it is also a year old (in talking with others I heard this means it might not be giving as good a result as it should) so from what I have been reading I need a way to test FC / pH / CYA at least to figure out how much and of what I need to add. at the moment with the HTH test I am here...
FC: 2
pH: 6.8 - 7.2
Water is very cloudy , milky almost, it was only slightly cloudy last night so I foolishly threw chemicals at it...
HTH Super Algae Guard
Dimethyl Benzyl Ammonium Chlorides - 30%
Dimethyl Ethylbenzyl ammonium Chlorides -30%
it recommends 4oz per 10k gal I used about that, (for my 5k gal pool told you bad pool owner) though I am thinking in the future I should be measuring more precisely.
I ran the filter all night (about 10 hrs) and it was worse than last night so I am here
I want to make the switch to BBB and make my pool clear and awesome again please advise...
also I know I should invest in a good test kit, would it be worth the drive to walmart to get the HTH 6way test kit that does CYA, or do you think it would be better to order something with more accuracy online and wait for it to be shipped?
Thanks in advance from a future GOOD pool owner...
Man do i wish I was here LAST year, I struggled with my pool for the last half of the summer fighting to keep it clear... after reading the BBB portion of your Pool School, I am kicking myself for spending on the "name brand" stuff.
I am here today because I added algicide to my pool and it made it worse... Let me say up front that I am NOT a good pool owner and have been neglecting a lot of what I assumed was "fire and forget" however I think with some support and guidance I can get my pool back to swimming status AND keep it that way...
Ok on to the questions and information portion of this post, I currently do not have a way to test my water for anything other than the pH and Chlorine which i believe to be the FC level it is made by HTH, it is also a year old (in talking with others I heard this means it might not be giving as good a result as it should) so from what I have been reading I need a way to test FC / pH / CYA at least to figure out how much and of what I need to add. at the moment with the HTH test I am here...
FC: 2
pH: 6.8 - 7.2
Water is very cloudy , milky almost, it was only slightly cloudy last night so I foolishly threw chemicals at it...
HTH Super Algae Guard
Dimethyl Benzyl Ammonium Chlorides - 30%
Dimethyl Ethylbenzyl ammonium Chlorides -30%
it recommends 4oz per 10k gal I used about that, (for my 5k gal pool told you bad pool owner) though I am thinking in the future I should be measuring more precisely.
I ran the filter all night (about 10 hrs) and it was worse than last night so I am here
I want to make the switch to BBB and make my pool clear and awesome again please advise...
also I know I should invest in a good test kit, would it be worth the drive to walmart to get the HTH 6way test kit that does CYA, or do you think it would be better to order something with more accuracy online and wait for it to be shipped?
Thanks in advance from a future GOOD pool owner...