Made brief message about this in the new member section. Bought a home with a long ignored 12,000 gallon vinyl lined inground. Filter plumbing is not findable yet (long story...) Pool had a cover on it (Michigan), seems to hold water OK, liner has several pulls from the retaining band around the top, but that's a battle for another day. Water was a deep green, smelled bad, and had a large amount of organic material on bottom (mainly leaves - perhaps a two/three inch thick layer) along with worms and frogs. We are race car folks, so we are not afraid to make things, try things, and break things - it's sorta what we do....along with spending money.
Started in on it a week or so ago - figured I had nothing to lose that a backhoe would not fix. Before I found this place and started reading I already netted out a ton of the goop and most of the critters. Bought several gallons of chlorine and had at it. Saw some hopeful improvement, registered here, and continued on. Over the weekend I rigged up a temporary filter rig that will get a more professional install as I get caught up on things - decent parts (Hayward, Pentair) that were purchased used in case they became sacrificial - seems to perform well even though it looks silly. Added a couple more gallons of chlorine each day. My record keeping was nearly zero, and have only just bought a test kit & started testing. I'll get better - promise.
As of today I have water that has gone from +/-70% clear greenish, where you could see the bottom on the shallow end with still visible crud in places, some of which would move when you stirred it - to bluish and cloudy where you can just barely see bottom but lots less visible crud. I think I am making progress but could use some guidance.
Started in on it a week or so ago - figured I had nothing to lose that a backhoe would not fix. Before I found this place and started reading I already netted out a ton of the goop and most of the critters. Bought several gallons of chlorine and had at it. Saw some hopeful improvement, registered here, and continued on. Over the weekend I rigged up a temporary filter rig that will get a more professional install as I get caught up on things - decent parts (Hayward, Pentair) that were purchased used in case they became sacrificial - seems to perform well even though it looks silly. Added a couple more gallons of chlorine each day. My record keeping was nearly zero, and have only just bought a test kit & started testing. I'll get better - promise.
As of today I have water that has gone from +/-70% clear greenish, where you could see the bottom on the shallow end with still visible crud in places, some of which would move when you stirred it - to bluish and cloudy where you can just barely see bottom but lots less visible crud. I think I am making progress but could use some guidance.
| Date | 5/30/2020 | 5/31/2020 | 6/1/2020 | 6/2/2020 |
| Free Chlorine | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7.5 |
| Combined Chlorine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.5 |
| Total Chlorine | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7.5 |
| PH | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7 | |
| CYA | 0 | less than 30 | maybe a bit over 30 | |
| Acid Demand | 0.5 | |||
| Alkalinity | 25 | |||
| Calcium Hardness | 60 | |||
| Notes | First test. Green water and frogs. Dumped several (6?) gallons of chlorine over prior two days, and netting out muck | Water less green, can see bottom in shallow end. Rigged up filter and pump to circulate water. More chlorine and 2 lbs baking soda. | Water not green, but cloudy now. Added two more gallons of chlorine. Rained at night - turned off pump. | Turned pump back on. Found some pool stabilizer stuff (in garage) and threw it in 'cuz nothing to lose really… Still blue but cloudy. |
