Dubosity's Thread: Lost in Cloudiness/Mustard Algae Hell

[Dubosity]

Will do. Thanks (again and again) for all your help!!

The pool looks SO clear...beautiful and inviting. I can't even begin to tell you how excited we are!

[Dubosity]

2 full days and the pool remains clear and beautiful. The chlorine level is quite stable: 3 at the end of the day, 4-5 in the morning (after adding 5.5 qts of bleach in the evening). So...I just want to make sure I fully understand. I am to add 5.5 qts (one full 182-oz bottle) EVERY evening? That will equate to about $75 per month...at least during the summer months...possibly more if more bleach is required to raise the chlorine level depending on conditions. I'm assuming that less will need to be added to keep the pool at or above 3 ppm during the cooler months. Is this correct?

Also, I'm getting very different pH readings depending on which test kit I use. I'm still waiting for my K2006 kit to be delivered. In the meantime, I have 2 kits at my disposal: the Taylor K2000 kit and the OTO/Phenol Red kit (the brand name on the bottles is Porpoise) which I purchased to get a more dependable chlorine reading, per Ben's instruction. The Taylor kit shows pH at 7.2-7.4; the Porpoise kit shows pH at 8.0-8.2 (the colors on both are somewhere in between the shades given on the hue charts). Which should I trust? (Hopefully, the K2006 kit will show up soon!) Am I more concerned about this than I should be?

[PoolDoc]

For pH readings in a fairly high chlorine water, you should absolutely trust the Taylor more.

Ben

[Dubosity]

Okee doke. Thanks Ben! My Taylor kit is now testing at a solid 7.4 :-) it's interesting, cuz I used to run consistently at 7.8 (constantly arguing with the pool supply clerks that my pool just "wanted" to run high. No more argument now!

P.S. I'm going to assume your answer to my other question is, "Yes, Debra, you are correct...assuming the temperature ever gets back to being lower than 95 in northern FL". :-)