New Pool Owner. Help!

[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...

[Watermom]

Your shock level will be FC but some of it will quickly become CC as the chlorine is fighting algae. I'd keep people out for now while you are shocking and the water is cloudy. Having said that, shock level won't hurt people but may damage swimwear, so if you do decide to swim, wear old suits.

Like Jan said, the more often you can test and take the chlorine back up to 25, the faster this is gonna clear. There is no such thing as testing and dosing too often. Every couple of hours is fine, won't hurt a thing and will clear it faster.

[Lewis Seguin]

So i tested the FC and CC and i got this
FC- 4.6
CC- 0.4
For FC it is 0.2 X 23 drops = 4.6 so that number needs to be 25?
this is why i paid for lifetime membership. Lol...Lewis

[Watermom]

Yep. You got it. It needs to be taken up to 25ppm. By the way, just use the 10ml sample for your tests. It will give you within 0.5ppm accuracy which is plenty good enough and it will make your reagents last longer.