Pool is cloudy after chlorine shock

[Riffindus]

Hello All,

My pool very bad algae as i was out for a month and no one maintained the pool.

i shocked my pool with 10 bags of chlorine shock (shock from costco) and ran the pump.

now the algae has gone but the pool is still cloudy and chlorine is 0.

I added a gallon of liquid chlorine everyday and ran the pump for 8 hours still the cloudiness has not gone.

yesterday i added 2 gallons of liquid chlorine/bleach and ran the pump for 8 hours and still the same.

how much ever chlorine i add, it is going away in one single night and cloudiness is not going away.

Please help me to remove the cloudy water.

My pool sized is 23000 gallons.

Ph, Alkanity, cyanuric acid and everything are in level, except the free chlorine and total chlorine and i am adding that every evening to keep the algae away.

What should i do now?

Aariff

 

[bsedgal]

Order a quality kit like TF-100 and then refer to CYA - FC relationship chart to figure out true shock level.

 

[ShawnG]

Then maintain shock level until you meet all 3 slam criteria.
1. The pool is clear.
2. You have less then. 5 off CC
3. You pass the overnight FC test

 

[pooldv]

+1 to all of that.

I prefer the TF-100 because it is a better value. I buy mine from TFTestkits.net. More here about test kits. Pool School - Test Kits Compared

Then follow the SLAM Process process to kill the algae.

And do a little reading in between brushing
ABCs of Pool Water Chemistry
Pool School - Getting Started

 

[Riffindus]

ok I will shock the pool until it is clear and run the pump all time.

Thanks.

 

[Husky25]

ok I will shock the pool until it is clear and run the pump all time.

Thanks.

Welcome to the site.

All due respect, but that is not what they suggested. They said you need to S.L.A.M. it. Get yourself a recommended test kit and follow the advice in the links provided above and in my signature.

For a 23,000 gallon pool, the FC provided by a single gallon of 12.5% liquid chlorine is under 6ppm. That is nowhere near SLAM level, especially if there is already stabilizer in the water.