Pool was not closed properly. So far since opening I've lowered the pH and TA with muriatic acid (~1.5 gallons in 36 hours), added stabilizer (~2lbs), and dumped in 6 gallons of walmart bleach Friday night.
Let the pump run on recirculate all night, woke up and did a quick test to see the FC --> still 0.
Most current test as of Saturday Morning
FC - 0
TC - 5
pH - 7.4
TA - 100
CH - 500
CYA - 30
water is cloudy grayish green with green on the sides
Does the bleach really get used up that quickly? The 6 gallons I put in last night was easily double what was recommended for the SLAM math calculator thingy and it's not even registering on the FC. I see that TC is high, which means CC must be way high. It just doesn't seem worth it to keep dumping bleach in like that when I've used the shock granules before with similar pool conditions and seen results in just 24 hours.
What would y'all recommend be my next course of action? If you think I should stay with the bleach, I'll stay on it.
I maintained the pool last summer (huge struggle because I wasn't really educated on pool care) and I'm hoping to do a better job at it this year with the help of TFP.
Let the pump run on recirculate all night, woke up and did a quick test to see the FC --> still 0.
Most current test as of Saturday Morning
FC - 0
TC - 5
pH - 7.4
TA - 100
CH - 500
CYA - 30
water is cloudy grayish green with green on the sides
Does the bleach really get used up that quickly? The 6 gallons I put in last night was easily double what was recommended for the SLAM math calculator thingy and it's not even registering on the FC. I see that TC is high, which means CC must be way high. It just doesn't seem worth it to keep dumping bleach in like that when I've used the shock granules before with similar pool conditions and seen results in just 24 hours.
What would y'all recommend be my next course of action? If you think I should stay with the bleach, I'll stay on it.
I maintained the pool last summer (huge struggle because I wasn't really educated on pool care) and I'm hoping to do a better job at it this year with the help of TFP.