Help! I'm ready to pull my hair out!

[aylad]

Actually Borax and pH Up are not the same thing. Janet mis-spoke. pH Up and Washing Soda are the same thing.
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My point was that the end result would be the same, for all intents and purposes.

Janet

[mortimay]

I checked my numbers this morning:

pH 7.2
Chl 12 using the shot glass method.

The pool is clearer, I can see the skimmer pole on the bottom of the pool. How often do I test? The sun hasn't hit the pool yet this morning. We did get a bunch of rain last night.

[madwil]

the more consistently you can test and maintain the FC, the quicker you'll get past the cloud... every hour is often enough, but 2 times a day is fine if that's all you can do- it'll just take a bit longer to reach the end!

[CarlD]

We generally suggest 3x/day--morning, mid-day sometime, and after sunset. More often than that doesn't hurt but if you want any hope of progress you need a minimum of 2x/day.

Carl

[mortimay]

The green is gone!! The pool is a little cloudy but no longer green. My pH is between 7.2 and 7.5 and my chlorine is about 12 (shot glass method). What should I do now?

[madwil]

your CL was 12 yesterday, and still 12- did you add anything?
you should maintain the CL at shock level until
1- FC holds overnight (<1 ppm difference between sunset and sunrise without adding anything)
2- CC is <.5
3- water clear (some people cut short on this one, but recommend keep it to oxidize the cloud()

[mortimay]

I did a test around 12:30pm yesterday and my pH looked to be about 7.0 so I added 1/4 box of borax. I checked the chlorine around 4pm and it looked about 9 (shotglass method) so I added one gal of 10%. I haven't added anything else since then.

[CarlD]

Sounds good. How's the water looking?

Carl

[mortimay]

The green is gone. I need to vacuum again to get what I missed on the bottom of the pool. The water is a bit cloudy, but I can see the bottom.

[CarlD]

On the right track!

Carl