I just joined this site and in a few days have learned more about caring for my pool than I have figured out in the last 3 seasons that I have owned it. The first 2 seasons, I had a guy that maintained our pool and I tried to pay attention and learn what I could. Last year, I had my guy open the pool and get it ready to swim, then i took over all the maintenance myself. I was using Clorox test strips with their app on my phone and I did an ok job with it, until the end of the season when it turned green right before I had him close it down.
This year, I had my guy open the pool, but they didn't show back up for a week and i took it upon myself to get my green, algae-ridden pool ready to swim using my trusty (or so I thought) Clorox test strips and chemicals. Long story short, I have been fooling with this thing for 2 weeks and it is no longer green. The water is cloudy, and you can barely see the bottom in the shallow (3' deep) end.
After noticing that the test strips were differing from what i was seeing on a simple phenol red/OTO chemical test kit, I started looking for a better chemical test kit and came across this site. I ordered a Taylor 2006 test kit off Amazon, which is supposed to be in this afternoon. I plan to test the water immediately, and am fairly sure the results are going to confuse me a good bit as to what to do next. I sure would appreciate any help you guys can offer!
This year, I had my guy open the pool, but they didn't show back up for a week and i took it upon myself to get my green, algae-ridden pool ready to swim using my trusty (or so I thought) Clorox test strips and chemicals. Long story short, I have been fooling with this thing for 2 weeks and it is no longer green. The water is cloudy, and you can barely see the bottom in the shallow (3' deep) end.
After noticing that the test strips were differing from what i was seeing on a simple phenol red/OTO chemical test kit, I started looking for a better chemical test kit and came across this site. I ordered a Taylor 2006 test kit off Amazon, which is supposed to be in this afternoon. I plan to test the water immediately, and am fairly sure the results are going to confuse me a good bit as to what to do next. I sure would appreciate any help you guys can offer!