Pool Questions

[aylad]

Hello, and welcome to the forum!!

Most pool water is salvageable, if you're willing to put in a little time and a lot of bleach. First thing I would do is to net out as much stuff as possible from the bottom, then run a full set of test numbers with your kit. Then put enough bleach in to get your chlorine up to 12-15 ppm and try to hold it there by adding more bleach 2-3 times daily. Brush the pool daily, keep the pump/filter running 24/7 and clean the carts as your pressure indicates. After you get the mess cleaned up, then we can help you tweak the other numbers.

Janet

[skizz0tt]

Okay. I went to the pool store and had them analyze my water:

Results:

FAC 0
TAC 0
CH 180
CYA 60
TA 90
pH 8
Acid 3
Pho 300

I installed my new cartridges, added 14.2 gallons of clorox (10 182oz bottles) to shock. I've been running the filter since. The pool store said I needed to add phosfree & muriatic acid & chlorine.

Do I need to add phosfree or muriatic acid?

[PoolDoc]

You may add muriatic acid if you like. Try 1 quart at time, poured directly into the pool near a return, preferably in the deep end. Wear gloves, glasses, and watch out for the fumes. Wait a day, before adding more.

DO add bleach, 4 gallons per evening, till your pool is clear OR till your chlorine level is HIGH in the AM (orange on an OTO tester). Do NOT let it get to zero again

Do NOT add anything else.

Ben

[Watermom]

In a 20K gallon pool, 14 gallons would raise your chlorine by 42ppm! Is your pool still green??

[skizz0tt]

I ran some numbers... I think it may be closer to a 25-30k gallon pool. Still, it's looking much better. The new filters made all the difference. It's not the first time I've put 14+ gallons of bleach in the pool to watch the magical transformation!

Here are pics:

http://i.imgur.com/Z5R1z.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/PT3nl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Z7VsG.jpg

[skizz0tt]

The pool is clear of debris and is blue but not entirely clear, yet. I need to keep my chlorine at 12-15 ppm and make sure it's not losing 2+ ppm overnight, correct? When I reach that point, can I shut off the filter and just run it 8 hrs a day?

[aylad]

When you're not losing more than 1 ppm chlorine overnight, then your algae is dead and you can let the chlorine levels drop back to your normal, but don't stop filtering until the water is no longer cloudy. When it's completely clear, then you can reduce your filter time.

Janet