Hey everyone,
I am so confused on what to do with my pool at this point. Last week it turned green. Our chlorine was low, ph was low. Husband added stabilizer for some reason and that’s when it went all shades of gross. So after acquiring a more precise Taylor kit (the big one) we tried attempting the slam method. Adding bleach to reach 20ppm, backwashing and scrubbing pool as well. Pool cleared 90%. I am lost on what to do at this point as far as letting chlorine levels drop and when to add more to maintain. I did run to the pool store today just to double check the results I was getting at home. This was the results:
5000 gallon vinyl pool, sand filter
Total chlorine: 9.3
Free chlorine 9.3
Ph 7.4
Total alkalinity 45
Calcium hardness 50
Stabilizer 85
Pool store gave me alkalinity increased but said other than high chlorine everything looks good. Ahhh help. My daughter thinks I’m the devil at the moment because it’s 90 degrees and I won’t let her in the pool. What do I exactly need to do presently and what do I need to do to maintain it? We were using tricolor tabs but I think I may stick with the liquid chlorine so we don’t raise the cya anymore.
Thanks bunches,
Shannon
I am so confused on what to do with my pool at this point. Last week it turned green. Our chlorine was low, ph was low. Husband added stabilizer for some reason and that’s when it went all shades of gross. So after acquiring a more precise Taylor kit (the big one) we tried attempting the slam method. Adding bleach to reach 20ppm, backwashing and scrubbing pool as well. Pool cleared 90%. I am lost on what to do at this point as far as letting chlorine levels drop and when to add more to maintain. I did run to the pool store today just to double check the results I was getting at home. This was the results:
5000 gallon vinyl pool, sand filter
Total chlorine: 9.3
Free chlorine 9.3
Ph 7.4
Total alkalinity 45
Calcium hardness 50
Stabilizer 85
Pool store gave me alkalinity increased but said other than high chlorine everything looks good. Ahhh help. My daughter thinks I’m the devil at the moment because it’s 90 degrees and I won’t let her in the pool. What do I exactly need to do presently and what do I need to do to maintain it? We were using tricolor tabs but I think I may stick with the liquid chlorine so we don’t raise the cya anymore.
Thanks bunches,
Shannon
