ENJOY! Kit and cloudy water all summer

[atrendy]

Hi - we’re new pool owners and closing our pool after our first season. Hoping for a better season next year! We were sold Enjoy! Silver Tabs and Once A Week when we bought our pool. I can’t find much about this brand, but we’ve not had crystal clear water as promised! We’ve gotten bad advice from various places…like okay to pour chemicals in the skimmer and never in the pool and vice-versa!

I read one thread here about switching next season to a regular chlorine maintenance routine and hoping to learn here.

As we’re getting up to close our pool, we see what we’re told is an algae bloom. So we added an algaecide and shock trying to not close the pool with algae.

I’ll head over to the pool math app and start plugging in info, but looking for folks who’ve successfully transitioned from an Enjoy! Kit to regular chlorine.

Thanks!

 

[PoolStored]

As we’re getting up to close our pool, we see what we’re told is an algae bloom. So we added an algaecide and shock trying to not close the pool with algae.

I’ll head over to the pool math app and start plugging in info, but looking for folks who’ve successfully transitioned from an Enjoy! Kit to regular chlorine.

The first thing to do is get a recommended kit. Link-->Test Kits Compared

Don't close the pool with algae. Add 3ppm of liquid chlorine per day until the kit arrives. Nothing else. (hint, use pool math to figure out how much is 3ppm).

Post a full set of results when you get your kit, and follow the SLAM process to kill the ALGAE. Link-->SLAM Process

Then use our closing guide to close the pool, depending on what you have:

Closing (Winterizing) Your Above Ground Pool

Closing an above ground pool at season’s end should be a fast and worry-free process. Learn the basics of above ground pool winterization in easy steps.

www.troublefreepool.com

Closing an In Ground Pool

Winterizing a pool is essential for keeping your in-ground pool protected during cold-weather months. This Pool Repair guide will show you how to do it.

www.troublefreepool.com

 

[sande005]

There is almost nothing out in google-land about what the Enjoy! system contains. If you search here, there are a couple of older posts.
It is Sodium Dichlor, which is Chlorine already. Likely with copper and maybe a hint of silver (they say) as the "minerals". It generally is bad to introduce metals into the pool. They can stain, cause the water to be funny colors, and even turn hair green (if LOTS).
Likely you have not added that much this year, so I wouldn't worry about it.
Since it is already a chlorine pool, go ahead a follow the advice here right away. Read everything @PoolStored noted.

Get the test kit he linked the article about. NEVER believe test results from a pool store or from test strips. Proven over and over to be highly inaccurate.
For now, use only liquid chlorine - sometimes sold as "pool shock". Never powders or tablets. It is off season, but WalMart or Home Depot may have stock. Pool Store if no alternative. Get a 4 gal case to start.
After we see the results from your new test kit, we can advise on what to do next.