Poolmath shows 3-7 for my cyaShould your fc be at about 5-6ppm?
You certainly can. Your algae will act like everyone's algae and your pool and pool water will respond as everyone's does. Clearing your pool is quite easy once you have the faith and can KEEP that chlorine up.'m optimistic again we can get this pool right.
You certainly can. Your algae will act like everyone's algae and your pool and pool water will respond as everyone's does. Clearing your pool is quite easy once you have the faith and can KEEP that chlorine up.
What does your pool look like now? Can you post test results? Welcome to the forum.
Thanks, Duraleigh.
Well, things sure changed. Here's the rundown:
44,000 Gal pool
Temp 96 degrees
pH 7.2
TA 120
FC .5
I added 12 bottles of the WalMart bleach this morning, and it tested at FC 6. In trying to get to 15, I added 5 more jugs today and after about 2 hours, it showed hardly any chlorine. After the test it read about .5. cdkoster seems to think it MAY be the age of the bleach that could be a problem? I checked and 1 bottle I used had 119 and another, yet unused, shows 220. Also, it just started lightly raining right before I did this last test. Any suggestions?
Please post CYA, CC's and CH as well.
What does your water look like? Has the pool been neglected for a long period of time? There is only one answer.....you need more chlorine but answering those questions may help you understand how and why you are adding it.
I haven't read this entire thread, but adding 12 bottles of bleach and only getting a FC of 6 sounds like an ammonia problem to me. It happened to me this year, my CYA had converted to ammonia and was devouring loads of chlorine. I had to shock, wait 30 min, bring back to shock, wait 30 min, bring back to shock etc. but for my 23000 gallon it only took 12 bottles of walmart bleach before it started holding chlorine levels at the pool math suggested levels. Just a thought.