Hi all! I’m new to caring for pools as I’m trying to help my parents open their pool for the swim season. My parents are not new to this as they have owned this pool for 30+ years. However, they choose to allow the pool to get filthy during the winter months then spend gobs of money in the spring to rectify what they didn’t want to deal with over the fall and winter months. I’m trying to help them save a few dollars and wear and tear on their bodies so I’m trying to learn how to clear this monster up. They never really gained deep knowledge about balancing pool chemicals, they just relied on pool supply shops to tell them what they need and help them to spend loads of money doing so. So with all that being said , I’ll describe the current and past condition of the pool. The pool is dark green with visibility only about 6-8 inches. Starting on Saturday of last week my parents dumped regular dichlor? granules (the stuff with stabilizer in it) Into the pool. I have no idea how much of this stuff my dad has used....I then visit on Sunday. I decide to spend a few days to help them manage the pool. In my infancy of research, I decide we should add algaecide to the pool because that should kill the ecosystem growing in there. Well, it didn’t work but of course you already know that! After further research, I send dad out to purchase some cal hypo since several websites said this should do the trick. So later that morning after the algaecide did nothing we threw 7ish lbs of cal hypo in the pool to begin the shock process. OF course that did nothing as well. Then I further read that we should shock in the evening and not in the morning. So that evening, we throw another 7lbs of cal hypo into the pool. Hoping to see some good results we wake up Tuesday and much to our dismay, the pool was still green. I used their test kit to check the chlorine level and it was off the chart since their kits only test up to 5 ppm. I will order the tf100 tomorrow for more accurate readings. After seeing the results we decide we need to head on over to the pool supply place to get a digital read out. I’ll attach the results below. According the Pool Place readout, they gave my dad some stuff to reduce the metals in the pool, which they said was causing it to stay green. I know he didn’t tell them the whole big picture ??
and that’s why I’m here now. We did put the metal be gone stuff in the pool (Sorry I don’t know the correct brand). So after reading some of your forums, it may be that our FC to CYA ratio may not be correct to kill the ecosystem flourishing in the pool currently. We have a 22,000 gallon pool. I’m sure you need to know that. After the digital readout, we were told not to add any more chlorine to the pool. I may be a little impatient but I thought after 5 days I would see some sort of color change. The have a Hayward sand filter and the sand is fresh as of last swimming season. We did retest the FC again and it was still off the chart as of today. I don’t think their test kit can test for cya. I’ve attached the pool place readout and picks of the pool. Also , I have been brushing the pool walls twice daily and Wondering if we should vacuum even though we can’t see the bottom at all? All help will be greatly appreciated!!! TIA ?
and that’s why I’m here now. We did put the metal be gone stuff in the pool (Sorry I don’t know the correct brand). So after reading some of your forums, it may be that our FC to CYA ratio may not be correct to kill the ecosystem flourishing in the pool currently. We have a 22,000 gallon pool. I’m sure you need to know that. After the digital readout, we were told not to add any more chlorine to the pool. I may be a little impatient but I thought after 5 days I would see some sort of color change. The have a Hayward sand filter and the sand is fresh as of last swimming season. We did retest the FC again and it was still off the chart as of today. I don’t think their test kit can test for cya. I’ve attached the pool place readout and picks of the pool. Also , I have been brushing the pool walls twice daily and Wondering if we should vacuum even though we can’t see the bottom at all? All help will be greatly appreciated!!! TIA ?
