Hello! New to the forum as a member, but I've done quite a bit of reading on here.
Recently moved into a home with a pool, I'd estimate 12,000 gallons, maybe a little more. I've been maintaining it pretty well I thought, until this morning I woke up and found it to be extremely cloudy. I can barely see the bottom.
A bit of background, we had an initial algae problem almost exactly a month ago after moving in, pool turned bright green, and we ended up adding 6 gallons 12.5% liquid chlorine, 6 capfuls YellowTreat (recommended by my family's pool guy), and a bottle of acid. Gave it a day, ran the filter 24/7, and got clear water. Balanced pH and alkalinity with baking soda, and began using a mix of 3 floaters with 3" chlorine tabs plus liquid chlorine as needed. Everything was fine until the past 2 days, and the pool has very suddenly turned teal and cloudy. Levels (using strips) are as follows:
pH ~ 7.0
FC 0 ppm
Alkalinity ~100 ppm
Stabilizer 30-50 ppm range
So naturally, I thought it must be a lack of chlorine, so I added the remainder of my supply (2.5 gallons of liquid chlorine). 5 hours later, I checked chlorine levels again, and they are back to 0, as if I never added chlorine.
Is this likely an algae bloom? Do I need to go buy more liquid chlorine and just shock the pool even more?
My other concern was the YellowTreat, which is bromine based. Is it possible that I screwed up by adding ~2lb YellowTreat during the initial algae bloom and that is the root of all my issues? Since then, we've had significant splash-out and probably refilled roughly 25% water by volume.
Any advice is appreciated. I'll try to buy a test kit soon, I just haven't gotten to it yet.
Recently moved into a home with a pool, I'd estimate 12,000 gallons, maybe a little more. I've been maintaining it pretty well I thought, until this morning I woke up and found it to be extremely cloudy. I can barely see the bottom.
A bit of background, we had an initial algae problem almost exactly a month ago after moving in, pool turned bright green, and we ended up adding 6 gallons 12.5% liquid chlorine, 6 capfuls YellowTreat (recommended by my family's pool guy), and a bottle of acid. Gave it a day, ran the filter 24/7, and got clear water. Balanced pH and alkalinity with baking soda, and began using a mix of 3 floaters with 3" chlorine tabs plus liquid chlorine as needed. Everything was fine until the past 2 days, and the pool has very suddenly turned teal and cloudy. Levels (using strips) are as follows:
pH ~ 7.0
FC 0 ppm
Alkalinity ~100 ppm
Stabilizer 30-50 ppm range
So naturally, I thought it must be a lack of chlorine, so I added the remainder of my supply (2.5 gallons of liquid chlorine). 5 hours later, I checked chlorine levels again, and they are back to 0, as if I never added chlorine.
Is this likely an algae bloom? Do I need to go buy more liquid chlorine and just shock the pool even more?
My other concern was the YellowTreat, which is bromine based. Is it possible that I screwed up by adding ~2lb YellowTreat during the initial algae bloom and that is the root of all my issues? Since then, we've had significant splash-out and probably refilled roughly 25% water by volume.
Any advice is appreciated. I'll try to buy a test kit soon, I just haven't gotten to it yet.