Just Filled and Green Pool

[Tkpearson721]

It took me 5 days to fill using well water. We had some rain in between. My Ph and TA was very low so I added baking soda, cya, and liquid chlorine last night. When I rinsed filter cartridge it looked kind of slimy I'm worried it could be algae. My numbers today are as follows:

FC - 4
CC - .5
PH - 7.2
TA - 90
CH - 0
CYA - 30

 

[mknauss]

Raise your FC to near 10 ppm this evening and do an Overnight Chlorine Loss Test. See if you have any loss overnight.

 

[JJ_Tex]

And just to double check, do you know if your well water has any iron in it?

 

[Tkpearson721]

Ok will do. Yes, my well water does have a little iron in it. I wasn't sure whether it was iron or algae. The chlorine didn't turn it brown. It has light green tint. I can see clearly to the bottom of the pool. Its not cloudy just green.

 

[mknauss]

Clear green is normally iron. You can still do an OCLT, but if you have a skimmer, put some paper towels in it and see if they turn brown.

 

[Tkpearson721]

Ok, thank you.

 

[Tkpearson721]

I added chlorine up to 10ppm las

Ok, thank you.

 

[Tkpearson721]

Good news! I passed the OCLT .5 ppm FC loss and 0.5 CC. Hopefully, no algae. I started the bucket filter yesterday and the results are amazing. Pictures attached. It must have been the iron in the well water. What are my next steps for testing after shock? I'm going to test FC which should have dropped today and didn't know when I could test PH and TA.