GREEN ALGAE--I think I'm on right track 2 correct this?? :) ALL INFO POSTED!!

[teejay2039]

ok, well, correct me if I'm wrong and I guess I must be, but I'm reading this chart: http://poolsolutions.com/gd/best-gue...e-chart.html#a

am I reading it wrong?? to me it says if my CYA is 0, my free chlorine needs to be 10.....

and the liner, I don't care what color it is, or if it *is* colored.

[Watermom]

Yes, with a CYA of 0, your FC needs to be 10-15 for shock level. But, 9 gallons of bleach in a small pool of 7000 gallons would take the chlorine level WAY past that up to 77 ppm of chlorine.

[PoolDoc]

Let's make it a little simpler. You've got the OTO drops (turn yellow when chlorine is present), right?

Keep the pool in the dark yellow range, so long as your CYA is low, and your pool is green. Add chlorine in the late evening. Most likely you'll need to add a gallon to a 1 1/2 gallons of bleach each evening, till your pool is cleaned up, and you can add some stabilizer. With your stabilizer low, what the algae doesn't consume, the sun will destroy.

Brush. Vacuum if stuff is on the bottom. Run your pump and filter. Backwash or clean as needed.

Relax. It's still March -- it's not likely you'll be able to start swimming before mid April.