I have been to multiple pool stores and bought into there opinions on what to do to clear my water up. 1 actually helped it go from GREEN to what it is now. I have been running the filter non-stop for almost 3 weeks. I turned off twice to let things settle to the bottom after adding recommended FLOCK which has work for me in the past but it did nothing now.
I discovered this forum a couple of days ago and have been reading various posts and recommendations. I did further research on the internet and feel the BBB method is my best most cost effective option.
The pool stores sold me CyA, Bioguard Silk Sticks with stabilizer, Ph +, Calcium, Alkalinity +, and about 30#s of Turbo Shock over the last 2 weeks and nothing has helped to get my water clear in addition to the FLOCK, Clarifier and Algicide they sold me. No I am stupid and listened to their advice and nothing has worked.
I have the crapped 2 reagent liquid test kit and Inst-Test Pool4 Plus test strips by LaMotte. I am ordering a more elaborate test kit so I can do my own testing.
The pool stores have told me on 1 occasion I have Phosphates, high metal, while another said it was Nitrites causing it to be cloudy. I have been adding chlorine and shock everyday and i have not shown any free chlorine on any test until recently. Which was after the pool store guy told me to get rid of Nitrite the only "solution is dilution" and to drain about 1/3 of my water and add fresh clean water. I did this then had the water test by them and added what they told me - 4lbs of Turboshock, 25lbs of Alkalinity, 2lbs of Ph+ and 4lbs of Stabilizer. it has been 3 days since then and no change in my clarity. I tested the chlorine about 3 hours after adding the shock and I was at about 10ppm on my test strips (this was the 1st time I ever got a chlorine reading) the next morning I was about 3ppm - I added a ton of shock about 10lbs because I figured if organics were eating it up then more was better and like a dumbass I also added my stabilizer.
I have been reading this forum for 3 days and found a couple of threads where people have had similar issues and you all have helped them out.
Here is my set up:
Inground Chlorine Pool (not salt)
29000 Gallons (roughly somewhere between 28000 and 29000, I am ere on higher)
Hayward Sand filter
Today I have done the following:
Drained my pool by about 6 inches of water to try and dilute the Stabilizer and added fresh water
Added the following chemicals:
484 oz of 5.25% Chlorine Bleach
242 oz of 8.25% Chlorine Bleach
3 Bioguard Silk Sticks in the skimmer basket
Current Test according to my strips:
FC - 10+ppm (test strip chart only goes to 10 which is light blue and my strip is Dark Blue)
Alk - between 120 - 180 (strip is not more accurate definitely over 120 but less than 180 lets say 150)
pH - between 7.2 - 7.6
CyA - between 40 - 100
Chemicals I currently have on hand:
242 oz of 8.25% Bleach
3.5 lbs Arm and Hammer Baking Soda
5 lbs of 21 Mule Borax
1/2 Gallong of 30% Muriatic Acid
Plenty of Bioguard Silk Sticks
I discovered this forum a couple of days ago and have been reading various posts and recommendations. I did further research on the internet and feel the BBB method is my best most cost effective option.
The pool stores sold me CyA, Bioguard Silk Sticks with stabilizer, Ph +, Calcium, Alkalinity +, and about 30#s of Turbo Shock over the last 2 weeks and nothing has helped to get my water clear in addition to the FLOCK, Clarifier and Algicide they sold me. No I am stupid and listened to their advice and nothing has worked.
I have the crapped 2 reagent liquid test kit and Inst-Test Pool4 Plus test strips by LaMotte. I am ordering a more elaborate test kit so I can do my own testing.
The pool stores have told me on 1 occasion I have Phosphates, high metal, while another said it was Nitrites causing it to be cloudy. I have been adding chlorine and shock everyday and i have not shown any free chlorine on any test until recently. Which was after the pool store guy told me to get rid of Nitrite the only "solution is dilution" and to drain about 1/3 of my water and add fresh clean water. I did this then had the water test by them and added what they told me - 4lbs of Turboshock, 25lbs of Alkalinity, 2lbs of Ph+ and 4lbs of Stabilizer. it has been 3 days since then and no change in my clarity. I tested the chlorine about 3 hours after adding the shock and I was at about 10ppm on my test strips (this was the 1st time I ever got a chlorine reading) the next morning I was about 3ppm - I added a ton of shock about 10lbs because I figured if organics were eating it up then more was better and like a dumbass I also added my stabilizer.
I have been reading this forum for 3 days and found a couple of threads where people have had similar issues and you all have helped them out.
Here is my set up:
Inground Chlorine Pool (not salt)
29000 Gallons (roughly somewhere between 28000 and 29000, I am ere on higher)
Hayward Sand filter
Today I have done the following:
Drained my pool by about 6 inches of water to try and dilute the Stabilizer and added fresh water
Added the following chemicals:
484 oz of 5.25% Chlorine Bleach
242 oz of 8.25% Chlorine Bleach
3 Bioguard Silk Sticks in the skimmer basket
Current Test according to my strips:
FC - 10+ppm (test strip chart only goes to 10 which is light blue and my strip is Dark Blue)
Alk - between 120 - 180 (strip is not more accurate definitely over 120 but less than 180 lets say 150)
pH - between 7.2 - 7.6
CyA - between 40 - 100
Chemicals I currently have on hand:
242 oz of 8.25% Bleach
3.5 lbs Arm and Hammer Baking Soda
5 lbs of 21 Mule Borax
1/2 Gallong of 30% Muriatic Acid
Plenty of Bioguard Silk Sticks
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