New Pool Owner. Help!

[Lewis Seguin]

Thanks for the reply. I would rather keep they CYA high. The reason I put down 110 for the CYA was it looked like it would be 110. So it went past 100 and I guessed. Like I said in my first post, there is a long story behind this and know Im starting to understand things better. The pool co kept telling me to add more chlorine so I kept putting in the tabs. ALOT. Then she said oh, I meant liquid chlorine. I had never heard of that. So I would like to stay away from draining it. He is what they have done so far: I know this because they just left the empty bottles all over the pool area every time they left so I stuck them in recycle dumpster. Here goes:
SoWhite Pool Clear: Sodium Hypo-12.5%.. 16 Jugs @ 128fl oz per jug
AquaChem Sod Hypo 10%.. 6 jugs @ 1Gal per Jug
Clorox: 10 Jugs @ 1.42Gal per jug
OnGuard pH Rise..9lbs
Natural Chemistry Metal Free 33.9fl oz
" " Pool Magic + Phos Free 53.9fl oz
OnGuard Chl Stabelizer 4Lbs
Pro Team 3" High Tech Tabs 25Lbs(this was the tabs we were using when she said use chlorine. Used the whold bucket in a week or two)
" " Multi Magic Shock 1 1/2 Lbs weekly
That should be it. I stoped everything so I have not put anything in it or let the pool co do anything. Right know the pool is blue milky color and there are stains on the liner. I will wait on your advice. Thanks all. I hope I can have my pool party on Sunday....Lewis

[CarlD]

Hi Lewis, welcome and thanks for the lifetime mem.
It might not be a bad idea to drain off half your pool and refill...because they put a lot of useless junk in that may WELL make it more difficult to clear your pool...I don't know.
Or you can go simple and hammer it with bleach. You CAN use Cal-Hypo but you have to watch the CH level and stop when it hits 400. Only use Cal-hypo that's 60% or higher chlorine, if you use it (none of the 48% wal-mart garbage).
But Bleach or Liquid chlorine(LC) is the best way to go. 6% Liquid Chlorine is EXACTLY the same as 6% Ultra Bleach. Exactly.
So? How much?

Well, with your CYA over 100ppm, you need to shock your pool to get your FC up to 25ppm. That's going to take 10 gallons of 6% bleach, and you'll have to keep using it as one gallon will add 2.5ppm of chlorine.
If you use 12.5% LC you'll need 4.8 gallons...might as well empty the entire 5 gallon carboy.
I like the 12.5% in carboys because I use less gallon jugs, less hauling, and the normalized per gallon cost is cheaper (If a gallon of 12.5% is no more than double the price of a gallon of 6%, the chlorine in it is cheaper).

But it doesn't matter. For convenience and cost I prefer the stronger stuff. Other people around the country find it more expensive or harder to come by and use bleach. As long as you use the correct amount it's no different.

Carl

[Lewis Seguin]

Thanks. So at 10:00 a.m. i put in 10 gal of bleach. It is know 4:00 p.m. when do i re test?

[aylad]

When trying to clear up a pool, the more often you test and raise back up to shock level, the quicker it will clear, so go ahead and test when you can...

Janet

[Lewis Seguin]

Here is my latest test

6:15 p.m. Sunny
Pool Temp 85
pH 7.2
ALK 120ppm
CAL 210ppm(question, its not a blue but more purple. Do I keep going til its blue?)
FC 0.6ppm
CC 0.8ppm
Thanks all for your support and advice...Lewis

[aylad]

You need to get the chlorine back up to 25 ppm...if it keeps yo-yoing up and down, the pool is not going to clear. Regarding the calcium, you keep adding drops until the last drop you added does not make a color change.

Janet

[Lewis Seguin]

A little confused. Would that be FC or CC or do i ad the two to get a total number? Also is it swimable or should i keep people out til it gets better? Thanks...