- May 3, 2014
- 62,912
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Add 5 ppm FC worth of liquid chlorine into the pool each day with pump running until you get your kit.
Muddy Water
- Thread starter Redelephants
- Start date
- May 3, 2014
- 62,912
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
You added about 24 FC to the pool. That's way too much to be dumping in blindly.
Some things to consider:
1) If there's a lot of algae or organics, it will consume all that bleach in a couple hours no problem.
2) If you had the soil bacteria that turns CYA into ammonia get into your pool, it would use it about as fast as you can pour. No CC test, so no way to know if that happened
3) If you have no CYA, it would all be gone due to sunlight in a couple hours.
So there's nothing to worry about yet, other than that you're blindly throwing chemicals into the pool and you're trusting someone else's test.
- May 3, 2014
- 62,912
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
You smell the CC - not the chlorine.
As Richard said above, don't blindly add chemicals with out testing.
I forget, was this a fresh fill?
As Richard said above, don't blindly add chemicals with out testing.
I forget, was this a fresh fill?
I don’t have any CYA in the pool yet, it’s brand new water. Guess I’ll just keep dosing with 5 ppm worth each day and leave the filter going 24/7 until I can get my test kit. Looks like it’s going to be next week due to the delay in shipping from the virus.
- May 3, 2014
- 62,912
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
OK -- not ammonia as you have not added any CYA. Algae grows fast in Florida.
Thanks, FWIW, the poly-fill I added to the skimmer hasn’t changed much, so hopefully I’m just dealing with an algae outbreak. The water in the pool was without any chlorine for several days while it was being built.
I got my water tested for metals at Pinch-a-Penny and the result came back .1 but it doesn’t provide a scale. I was surprised to see them use Taylor reagents for the testing, as I assumed it was some test strip analyzer similar to the hardware store. Is a reading of .1 high?
So..... I decided to use some Pool Floc last night and boy am I glad I did. I knew that I had a lot of dirt in the pool, but what I found this morning was unreal. Given the amount of dirt in the pool, it would have taken weeks to filter it out. I vacuumed it all to waste and now we can enjoy our pool this weekend!!
Yesterday
Before vacuuming-Post floc treatment overnight
After vacuuming
Yesterday
Before vacuuming-Post floc treatment overnight
After vacuuming
Here’s an update, had to do a second Floc treatment overnight and I’m very pleased with the results. At this point, it appears that my sand filter simply cannot filter out this silt, would you recommend an application of DE to finish it off?
Post-floc
Post-vacuum to waste
Post-floc
Post-vacuum to waste
Glad the floc worked for you.
TFP believes that flocs usually do no good or sometimes even more harm than good. TFP discourages their use for most all pools.
Where is "the city, Florida"? There is a large climatological difference between Miami and Pensacola and we ask that question to better understand the climate your pool is in.
TFP believes that flocs usually do no good or sometimes even more harm than good. TFP discourages their use for most all pools.
Where is "the city, Florida"? There is a large climatological difference between Miami and Pensacola and we ask that question to better understand the climate your pool is in.
Yes, add enough DE to get a 1 point rise in pressure and reapply after each backwash. Your water looks great! Keep vacuuming to waste daily until all the dirt is gone.