Hi All,
Apologies if this has already been threaded but looking through the thread, my situation has particulars that seemed to warrant a post. My 1yr old puppy has had frequent diarrhea for the last week or so and was just diagnosed with Giardia, the second time, as he had it 8 months ago when we brought him home.. He has space on gravel a good distance from the pool, and on a grass strip right behind the pool that we have mostly trained him not to use. In either case, with significant rain and wind yesterday I am concerned that either
1) The pool is the source of the Giardia.
2) The pool could become contaminated even if it wasnt the source.
In either case, I went to test chlorine using FAS DPD and shockingly it was at 0 ppm. I usually check every couple days, and maintain around 4 ppm with CYA @ 30 ppm. Whats more admittedly my stomach and my fiancee's has been funny for the last week too. I am proceeding to shock the pool- I am working to get it to 20 ppm using 10% Bleach and keep pH around 7.2-7.5, which should be above shock level, and maintain for at least 24 hours and until I dont lose chlorene overnight, no chloramine, etc. Further more, I am spraying the lip of the pool, surfaces near the pool, and vinyl pool floats with a concentrated bleach solution. I have a DE filter, which I will leave running 24/7 while shocking. I need to open it up and look at the grids, but idk if i will get to that right away or not. I recharged it recently, So not planning to backflow or anything until i can do the full service.
My question is - is this plan of attack sufficient? Should I be doing more? Should I send my water somewhere for testing? Where? What else am I missing.
Apologies if this has already been threaded but looking through the thread, my situation has particulars that seemed to warrant a post. My 1yr old puppy has had frequent diarrhea for the last week or so and was just diagnosed with Giardia, the second time, as he had it 8 months ago when we brought him home.. He has space on gravel a good distance from the pool, and on a grass strip right behind the pool that we have mostly trained him not to use. In either case, with significant rain and wind yesterday I am concerned that either
1) The pool is the source of the Giardia.
2) The pool could become contaminated even if it wasnt the source.
In either case, I went to test chlorine using FAS DPD and shockingly it was at 0 ppm. I usually check every couple days, and maintain around 4 ppm with CYA @ 30 ppm. Whats more admittedly my stomach and my fiancee's has been funny for the last week too. I am proceeding to shock the pool- I am working to get it to 20 ppm using 10% Bleach and keep pH around 7.2-7.5, which should be above shock level, and maintain for at least 24 hours and until I dont lose chlorene overnight, no chloramine, etc. Further more, I am spraying the lip of the pool, surfaces near the pool, and vinyl pool floats with a concentrated bleach solution. I have a DE filter, which I will leave running 24/7 while shocking. I need to open it up and look at the grids, but idk if i will get to that right away or not. I recharged it recently, So not planning to backflow or anything until i can do the full service.
My question is - is this plan of attack sufficient? Should I be doing more? Should I send my water somewhere for testing? Where? What else am I missing.
