Hello everyone. We just opened our pool yesterday. It was a little green upon opening, which we believe happened because our cover had a rip in it over the winter and lots of leaves got into the pool. There is some dirt on the bottom which we know has to be vacuumed up. The liner has like a bathtub ring around it but the water is fairly clear....maybe a tad bit cloudy. We put in 2 gallons of liquid shock. Last year we had such a major problem clearing up our pool. It took us over a month and the help of people on here. Even at the end of the season we were not able to keep the chlorine level consistently high, which I believe the recommended level was 12. (Could be wrong on that....bad memory). We scrubbed the liner and the ladder and someone on here said that there had to be algae somewhere. We could not see one bit of algae........that is until we removed the ladder for the season. It seems that the water that was stuck inside the ladder was all green so I'm guessing that's where our problem was. We would never have thought of inside the ladder because the outside was crystal clean.
Anyway, I would like to start off and keep the pool clear this year without adding gallons upon gallons of liquid shock, especially since it seems chlorine products are hard to come by this year. Here are my numbers after adding in 2 gallons of liquid shock and having the filter running for over 15 hours so far.
Chlorine: 1 From daily test kit
Bromine: 2 From daily test kit
PH 7.2
FC - 2
CC - 2
TC - 4
For the CYA, I filled it all the way to the top and was still able to see the black dot.
I just bought the kit last July so I don't think any of the chemicals have expired yet. Maybe that powder that you put in to test for the chlorine as it has hardened over the winter.
Thanks for any help you can offer us.
JEM
Anyway, I would like to start off and keep the pool clear this year without adding gallons upon gallons of liquid shock, especially since it seems chlorine products are hard to come by this year. Here are my numbers after adding in 2 gallons of liquid shock and having the filter running for over 15 hours so far.
Chlorine: 1 From daily test kit
Bromine: 2 From daily test kit
PH 7.2
FC - 2
CC - 2
TC - 4
For the CYA, I filled it all the way to the top and was still able to see the black dot.
I just bought the kit last July so I don't think any of the chemicals have expired yet. Maybe that powder that you put in to test for the chlorine as it has hardened over the winter.
Thanks for any help you can offer us.
JEM