Re: Green and Cloudy with high chlorine. Pool Stored to dea
Something I learned from fighting with my pool for over 2 weeks and may be a suggestion for you...Pool had a slight greenish tint and was cloudy...I shocked my pool and added baking soda to raise alk (which also raises ph)...I later figured out that my new SWG (pool turned right after I converted to swg) was also raising my ph...so naturally I added acid (which dropped my ph, but also dropped my alk...so I added a little more baking soda which sent it in reverse along with the SWG raising ph again)...so, I figure out that i was in a viscous cycle and countering the effects of the chlorine because I kept raising my ph by shocking and adding acid within a few hours of each other. Finally figured it out around 11pm after a few cold ones. I went ahead and tested ph and it was again above 7.8. so I added more acid and turned off my SWG..kept pump running over night. The next morning the green tint went away but pool was still cloudy. backwashed sand filter and kept pump running on high for another 12 hours..turned swg back on that evening and brush algae that had settled to bottom. backwashed the filter again the next morning and haven't seen anything but a clear pool for 2 weeks now.
If you're already at shock levels, then all I would do is add acid to bring ph to 7-7.2. Keep pump running and DO NOT ADD ANYTHING ELSE for about 24 hours. It's tempting to do what you think needs to happen but ph played a crazy part in my fight. I learned that if I fought one thing at a time, the other parameters either played themselves out required very little. So get rid of the algae by dropping ph and leave alone, then test your other parameters.
good luck!
Something I learned from fighting with my pool for over 2 weeks and may be a suggestion for you...Pool had a slight greenish tint and was cloudy...I shocked my pool and added baking soda to raise alk (which also raises ph)...I later figured out that my new SWG (pool turned right after I converted to swg) was also raising my ph...so naturally I added acid (which dropped my ph, but also dropped my alk...so I added a little more baking soda which sent it in reverse along with the SWG raising ph again)...so, I figure out that i was in a viscous cycle and countering the effects of the chlorine because I kept raising my ph by shocking and adding acid within a few hours of each other. Finally figured it out around 11pm after a few cold ones. I went ahead and tested ph and it was again above 7.8. so I added more acid and turned off my SWG..kept pump running over night. The next morning the green tint went away but pool was still cloudy. backwashed sand filter and kept pump running on high for another 12 hours..turned swg back on that evening and brush algae that had settled to bottom. backwashed the filter again the next morning and haven't seen anything but a clear pool for 2 weeks now.
If you're already at shock levels, then all I would do is add acid to bring ph to 7-7.2. Keep pump running and DO NOT ADD ANYTHING ELSE for about 24 hours. It's tempting to do what you think needs to happen but ph played a crazy part in my fight. I learned that if I fought one thing at a time, the other parameters either played themselves out required very little. So get rid of the algae by dropping ph and leave alone, then test your other parameters.
good luck!
