OK...had a green pool. 32,500 gallons above ground.
Lots of money at the pool store which included stabilizer, muriatic acid, shock, two different algae treatments...then found this site. Have a Frogger with tablet cartridge attached to sand filter. Replaced the sand in the filter last season.
I’ve been slamming. Ph was 8.6 initially. I started this on either Friday or Saturday (today is Wednesday).
Ph 7.2 (got adjusted to this # before working to the FC levels)
CYA 28
FC 1.4 (at start) - dosed til test strip gave us FC of >10
Pool went from green to cloudy white now (white since Monday). We’re back at work so the frequency of chlorine adds is a challenge.
I am using both test strips and an HTH 6 way test kit.
CYA using manual kit, landed between 40-50-Aquacheck test strip I would say reported “low”.
Per the Aquacheck test strip, i would say that both the total colorine and the free chlorine look to be somewhere between the 1-3 in coloration. Total chlorine in the manual kit originally i would say matched 1-2, so consistent with the test strip.
Tomorrow is the 4th...I did just put in clarifier in the hopes of some more movement. I know I should be hitting it hard with shock, but would also like to be able to swim tomorrow...lots of sun the past two days has been hitting the chlorine. And from what I think i have learned on this site, the fact that my FC and TC seem to be nearly equal, the white cloudiness is likely still algae which is consuming the chlorine.
So...if i also think that as long as the CYA and FC fall in line on the chart from this site, i could probably hit her hard with chlorine tonight and likely swim tomorrow no problem.
Lots of money at the pool store which included stabilizer, muriatic acid, shock, two different algae treatments...then found this site. Have a Frogger with tablet cartridge attached to sand filter. Replaced the sand in the filter last season.
I’ve been slamming. Ph was 8.6 initially. I started this on either Friday or Saturday (today is Wednesday).
Ph 7.2 (got adjusted to this # before working to the FC levels)
CYA 28
FC 1.4 (at start) - dosed til test strip gave us FC of >10
Pool went from green to cloudy white now (white since Monday). We’re back at work so the frequency of chlorine adds is a challenge.
I am using both test strips and an HTH 6 way test kit.
CYA using manual kit, landed between 40-50-Aquacheck test strip I would say reported “low”.
Per the Aquacheck test strip, i would say that both the total colorine and the free chlorine look to be somewhere between the 1-3 in coloration. Total chlorine in the manual kit originally i would say matched 1-2, so consistent with the test strip.
Tomorrow is the 4th...I did just put in clarifier in the hopes of some more movement. I know I should be hitting it hard with shock, but would also like to be able to swim tomorrow...lots of sun the past two days has been hitting the chlorine. And from what I think i have learned on this site, the fact that my FC and TC seem to be nearly equal, the white cloudiness is likely still algae which is consuming the chlorine.
So...if i also think that as long as the CYA and FC fall in line on the chart from this site, i could probably hit her hard with chlorine tonight and likely swim tomorrow no problem.