So last year our pool cover came off and pretty much got destroyed in a storm. My wife and I decided that we would not recover our pool and thought it would just be some leaves to clear out before we opened it. Our pool is an in ground salt water with a vinyl liner. We just had a new liner put in last year. The capacity is 40000 gal.
We started opening it about a month ago and we still can't get the water clear. We started by clearing the leaves. After that we shocked it with 12lbs of HTH Super Shock. That turned the water from a brownish black to a cloudy teal. I tested it (with test strips) and everything came back within range other than the pH was a little low. During all of this we keep the pump running filtering 24hrs a day. We ran the robo vac most of the days and it was getting up remaining leaves and algae. I added a jug of HTH Algaecide during the first week. The second week there was minimal change in color. It was still cloudy but more blue. So we changed out the sand in the filter and added another 12lbs of shock. Still no change so I added flocculant. That didn't seem to do anything either. So last week I came to the conclusion that the test strips were not accurate. We purchased an HTH 6 way test kit. pH was well into the six's ,but everything else was pretty close. So I added the recommended pH up from Clorox. Tested it the next day. pH was good but cya and chlorine was none existent. We also have brushed it several times a day, I forgot to add that earlier. So day before yesterday I noticed algae growing back on the steps. So yesterday we started the process of slamming it. We added 10 gals of liquid bleach yesterday afternoon. This morning pH was in the 8s so I added some pH down. Chlorine was 5 to 10 still so I believe that is good. Sorry for the long post but we are getting really frustrated trying to get this water clear. Algae was gone this morning and I know my chlorine will most likely take a huge dip later because I haven't had a chance to add any stabilizer yet. One of my questions is what stabilizer should we get? And any other information or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank You
We started opening it about a month ago and we still can't get the water clear. We started by clearing the leaves. After that we shocked it with 12lbs of HTH Super Shock. That turned the water from a brownish black to a cloudy teal. I tested it (with test strips) and everything came back within range other than the pH was a little low. During all of this we keep the pump running filtering 24hrs a day. We ran the robo vac most of the days and it was getting up remaining leaves and algae. I added a jug of HTH Algaecide during the first week. The second week there was minimal change in color. It was still cloudy but more blue. So we changed out the sand in the filter and added another 12lbs of shock. Still no change so I added flocculant. That didn't seem to do anything either. So last week I came to the conclusion that the test strips were not accurate. We purchased an HTH 6 way test kit. pH was well into the six's ,but everything else was pretty close. So I added the recommended pH up from Clorox. Tested it the next day. pH was good but cya and chlorine was none existent. We also have brushed it several times a day, I forgot to add that earlier. So day before yesterday I noticed algae growing back on the steps. So yesterday we started the process of slamming it. We added 10 gals of liquid bleach yesterday afternoon. This morning pH was in the 8s so I added some pH down. Chlorine was 5 to 10 still so I believe that is good. Sorry for the long post but we are getting really frustrated trying to get this water clear. Algae was gone this morning and I know my chlorine will most likely take a huge dip later because I haven't had a chance to add any stabilizer yet. One of my questions is what stabilizer should we get? And any other information or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank You
