From Swamp Green to light green and cloudy

[34mvp]

Been fighting this for two weeks and turned the swamp green into a light tan. I can’t get past the light Green/tan cloudy water though.

About to put in 3 gallons and 2 quarts of liquid chlorine according to pool math. Made great strides initially but haven’t made any progress the past week.

Current numbers
Sand filter
Cya 35
Ph 7.8
Cl 0
Alk 80

 

[PoolStored]

Fights on! We got this...

How are you testing your water?

Follow the SLAM process...you got this! Link-->SLAM Process

 

[34mvp]

Tf100

Man I’m losing hope. The water hasn’t changed in a week. It’s still cloudy and tan

 

[PoolStored]

Are you following the process?

How often are you testing and replacing FC?

Post a picture of your water...

 

[34mvp]

Are you following the process?

How often are you testing and replacing FC?

Post a picture of your water...

I tried to test daily and monitor FC daily.

The basic chlorine kit only goes up to 5. Do I need to get one that goes higher?

 

[PoolStored]

Get one of these ordered today. You need it. Link-->Test Kits Compared

Add 5ppm of liquid chlorine per day until your kit arrives.

Follow the process I'm linking next. If you only check once a day, it won't clear. You need to check/replace more often, but no more often than every 2 hours.

You need to print the process out, read it three times and keep it with you. When the kit arrives, follow the process:

SLAM - Shock Level and Maintain

We’ve all had to deal with a green pool. Clear algae from your pool with a SLAM! Read here to use shock level and maintain to clear your pool.

www.troublefreepool.com

 

[34mvp]

Thanks. I have the chlorine drop test. I didn’t realize it would measure free chlorine that high. I’ll start that and test and add chlorine as need 3x day.

Run filter 24/7. Brush pool. And back wash as needed.

it’s 4pm right now, should I slam it now or wait until the evening.

 

[PoolStored]

Slam every chance you get, even late into the night. No more often than every two hours.

I slammed 7am to 11pm, every two hours, my first and only slam...but I had July 4th weekend looming...lol

 

[34mvp]

Thanks for your help. I’ll be using the correct chlorine test.

Do I need to drop my ph now or wait until afterwards

 

[PoolStored]

Adjusting pH is part of the process. You need to lower pH. Did you print the instructions out? Having them with you really helps!

Before you start, post a full set of test results using your kit...or are the tests in post one from your kit? What kit do you have?

 

[34mvp]

Adjusting pH is part of the process. You need to lower pH. Did you print the instructions out? Having them with you really helps!

Before you start, post a full set of test results using your kit...or are the tests in post one from your kit? What kit do you have?

Those are my current results.

I’ll print them when I get home.

 

[PoolStored]

Great. Print them out, follow the instructions! You CYA is 40, always round up to the nearest 10.

 

[34mvp]

So according to Slam I need to adjust the ph from 7.8 to between 7.2-7.5 before Slamming.

But I go ahead and start slamming the FC as according to the Pool Calculator asap correct?

 

[PoolStored]

Yes, after you lower pH. Give the muriatic 15 minutes to circulate with pump on and retest to confirm pH has been lowered, then SLAM. Your target FC is 16.

 

[34mvp]

Got it. Just dropped the muriatic acid. After 15 minutes, I’ll see if the ph drops between 7.2-7.5 and if so…start the Slam.

Thanks!

 

[34mvp]

At 530pm put in 4 gallons of LC
Tested at 730pm FC was at 27.
Will test again at 930.

 

[wireform]

Your simply wasting the chlorine. It won't go any faster overshooting the slam level. At 40 CYA you need a good 16 FC and keep th that number.

 

[34mvp]

 

[34mvp]

Did I miscalculate it?

 

[PoolStored]

Did I miscalculate it?

What is your actual pool size? What size did you configure in pool math?