Water circulating before testing?

[Watermom]

It is cloudy because of the dead algae in the water. Run your pump 24/7 while you are working to clear this and let the filter get it. Just keep an eye on your filter pressure. I'm going to keep my fingers crossed, but suspect you are not quite to the less than 1 pm loss overnight point just yet. But, hopefully soon!

[onemsmom]

Anyone still up? I was just about to go to sleep & it's at 21. Should I spike it a little higher before I retire or leave it at 21? If I don't here otherwise, I'll add 1 gal to hit the 25.

[onemsmom]

Well, I'm happy to report that A) I fell asleep and left the pool at 21ppm and B) WHEN I WOKE UP THIS A.M. IT WAS STILL 21PPM!!!!!!!!!!

YAY!!!

O.K. Now what? I remember you told me to let it drift down to a certain number - I'll go back & look that up. Once I hit that number, I'll run the whole test & report back.

If there is anything else I should do, let me know.

p.s. It's still cloudy.

[aylad]

Keep the filter running. The chlorine kills the algae, but the filter removes it from the water, and sometimes it can take awhile, depending on how bad your algae bloom was.

With a CYA of 90, you need to keep your chlorine in the 5-10 range. However, your CYA is on the upper end of that range, so I would keep the chlorine closer to 8-12 if it were my pool.


Janet

[onemsmom]

When I asked when it is safe to swim, a moderator answered "when it's clear" and "when the ppm doesn't drop more than 1ppm.....". I'm assuming the chlorine levels must go down to the 8-12 range first, but did she mean when it wasn't green any more or when the water is no longer cloudy? The kids miss the pool greatly!!!