Good people...im a newbie in my first full summer as a pool owner. Live in NJ and Aug 2016 renovated back yard with new fence, gates, tree pruning, and
....an above ground pool. Was professionally dug, leveled, installed. Had a great few weeks then closed for winter. Opened nicely in spring, water barely even cloudy. Followed instructions on start up kit with chemicals provided. Had no clue there was any correlation btwn CYA and chlorine or BBB method. Now have a giant tub of 3"tabs and bags of shock. Was fairly diligent about weekly brushing and shocking and backwashing no matter what. Would have water tested at pool store, used aquacheck strips and taylor kit. Felt good to see i was always in the range of everything except FC and CC. Then one week phospahates were 1450 and ph was 7.9 Added phosphate remover and dry acid down and things went down from there. Water went milky, then soft green started on walls and floor and water started looking bluish green and ladder steps a dull yellow. So i turned off chlorinator, flocced, vacuumed to waste, refilled, brushed, flocced again, repeat. Have since bounced back to clear water but chlorine odor is prominent. Filter runs 24/7 now and chlorinator still off. Chlorinator dial has off, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, and full. Had always kept it on full, not knowing how much CYA was being added. Now that i have all these tabs, can i just use them in the chlorinator to keep up sanitization? What setting should my chlorinator be on? Can i swim now if CYA is around 70 even though FC is not below 5 like pool store insists it needs to be?
....an above ground pool. Was professionally dug, leveled, installed. Had a great few weeks then closed for winter. Opened nicely in spring, water barely even cloudy. Followed instructions on start up kit with chemicals provided. Had no clue there was any correlation btwn CYA and chlorine or BBB method. Now have a giant tub of 3"tabs and bags of shock. Was fairly diligent about weekly brushing and shocking and backwashing no matter what. Would have water tested at pool store, used aquacheck strips and taylor kit. Felt good to see i was always in the range of everything except FC and CC. Then one week phospahates were 1450 and ph was 7.9 Added phosphate remover and dry acid down and things went down from there. Water went milky, then soft green started on walls and floor and water started looking bluish green and ladder steps a dull yellow. So i turned off chlorinator, flocced, vacuumed to waste, refilled, brushed, flocced again, repeat. Have since bounced back to clear water but chlorine odor is prominent. Filter runs 24/7 now and chlorinator still off. Chlorinator dial has off, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, and full. Had always kept it on full, not knowing how much CYA was being added. Now that i have all these tabs, can i just use them in the chlorinator to keep up sanitization? What setting should my chlorinator be on? Can i swim now if CYA is around 70 even though FC is not below 5 like pool store insists it needs to be?