Hi friends! New to TFP, but I've been reading forums and pool school articles for a few weeks now.
Just ordered my TFP-100 test kit (??), But in the meantime....
We treated some metal stains about 6 weeks ago, and, as expected, had trouble raising chlorine levels after. We did use an algaecide at the time, to attempt avoiding an issue, but obviously that failed. 2 weeks ago, started to notice light visible algae. That was when we realized we could be using chlorine bleach to slowly raise the levels, which we did, but I haven't read about slam yet and we were nervous to shock using regular dichlor giving her medal standing issues in the past. Kept FC at about 10 PPM for about a week, problem didn't get worse but it didn't get better. This week, more noticeable algae and the pool started to turn a teal green. Began doing we would normally do to shock, but using liquid chlorine. By yesterday, realize that was not cutting it. Took a sample to our pool store, as we are waiting for our test kit to arrive.
FC above 17
CC 0
pH 7.3
CH 175
TA 53
CYA 148
We added 15 lbs of alkalinity to get ta up yesterday. Idiots at the pool store told us that was all we needed, but by this morning realize we clearly needed to slam. The only problem is that we don't have a reliable test kit for that yet, only the strips. Using the numbers from yesterday we used the pool calculator, added 7 jugs (1.5 gallons)of concentrated bleach. 1 additional jug early this afternoon, a second additional jug late this afternoon, a third additional jug this evening. Based on my estimations that should have put our FC around 40 to 45. Pool is still looking greenish/teal in the deep end. I know it's only been 12 hours, but at what point should I start to see a reduction in the green. It's definitely more cloudy which I know means we're killing algae.
Total aside, I realize our cya is super super high, but I also know the only way to really reduce that is by draining. With a vinyl liner, I'm not really sure how we can drain and refill without damage??? HELP!
Just ordered my TFP-100 test kit (??), But in the meantime....
We treated some metal stains about 6 weeks ago, and, as expected, had trouble raising chlorine levels after. We did use an algaecide at the time, to attempt avoiding an issue, but obviously that failed. 2 weeks ago, started to notice light visible algae. That was when we realized we could be using chlorine bleach to slowly raise the levels, which we did, but I haven't read about slam yet and we were nervous to shock using regular dichlor giving her medal standing issues in the past. Kept FC at about 10 PPM for about a week, problem didn't get worse but it didn't get better. This week, more noticeable algae and the pool started to turn a teal green. Began doing we would normally do to shock, but using liquid chlorine. By yesterday, realize that was not cutting it. Took a sample to our pool store, as we are waiting for our test kit to arrive.
FC above 17
CC 0
pH 7.3
CH 175
TA 53
CYA 148
We added 15 lbs of alkalinity to get ta up yesterday. Idiots at the pool store told us that was all we needed, but by this morning realize we clearly needed to slam. The only problem is that we don't have a reliable test kit for that yet, only the strips. Using the numbers from yesterday we used the pool calculator, added 7 jugs (1.5 gallons)of concentrated bleach. 1 additional jug early this afternoon, a second additional jug late this afternoon, a third additional jug this evening. Based on my estimations that should have put our FC around 40 to 45. Pool is still looking greenish/teal in the deep end. I know it's only been 12 hours, but at what point should I start to see a reduction in the green. It's definitely more cloudy which I know means we're killing algae.
Total aside, I realize our cya is super super high, but I also know the only way to really reduce that is by draining. With a vinyl liner, I'm not really sure how we can drain and refill without damage??? HELP!
