Cannot raise CYA

[Big Splash]

If your pool is clear, the CC is at or very near zero, and you're not loosing FC at a rate that is more than what you normally would per day, then you don't need to shock.

Testing yourself is the best way to be sure. Check out the Taylor K2006 Videos on YouTube in this thread;

http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthr...eos-on-YouTube

Good luck

[QiingGuy]

SHOCKED!

Came home today and pool water was cloudy with a green tint to it so I added 5.531 quarts of bleach that should raise me to just over 22 ppm. Not sure what's going on as I was crystal clear two days ago. We have had a couple of storms roll through, nothing major, a little rain but lots of dust. Property behind me is about 4 acres of desert so when a wind storm comes up it blows dust everywhere.

Understand I need to keep shock level up until my CC is at zero and I'm losing no more than 1 ppm chlorine per evening right. What's odd is this is where I was, or where I thought I was. Figured I'd shock just to be safe.

So after shocking how long should one wait until they get in the pool? Thanks in advance.

[Big Splash]

Please post a full set of test results from your K-2006 test kit. Also, how long and at what time of day / night are you running the pump and SWG?

[Watermom]

How many days had it been since you tested and how many days since you had added chlorine before this or are you relying solely on your SWCG now?

[QiingGuy]

Please post a full set of test results from your K-2006 test kit. Also, how long and at what time of day / night are you running the pump and SWG?

I had to leave town unexpectedly so I've been unable to test. Had wife to a test with my HTH 6 way (Taylor is too confusing for her) and had her test Ch and pH and I had her send me a picture of the test. Ch was off the chart, used the link Watermom provided and it is in the 20 - 25 range. pH is about 8 which surprises me as I had it down around 7.5 I belive.

Pump runs from 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. and SWG from about 8:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. SWG is not currently running. Wife reports water is looking less green, however, I have a lot of dust/dirt on the bottom so we're going to try and get step son out there to vac. once the storms are done rolling through, should be Tues.

How many days had it been since you tested and how many days since you had added chlorine before this or are you relying solely on your SWCG now?

I believe it had been one day since I tested, results posted on prior page. Prior to this I'd been adding about 1 cup of chlorine per day along with running SWG for 3 hours.

Lastly we're getting some rain here in Vegas, I haven't had this pool through rain yet. Anything special one needs to do?

[Big Splash]

I don't own an Index pool so I can only go by what I've read. Someone else can / should confirm. That said, I've read the OEM filters are barely adequate for regular use. I would suspect you need to run it for a lot longer than just 4 hours. You said, "Ch was off the chart". Do you mean FC? Calcium hardness (Ch) isn't an issue on a vinyl pool unless it is "off the charts". That would be about 10x more than 20-25. Please clarify your post.

[QiingGuy]

I don't own an Index pool so I can only go by what I've read. Someone else can / should confirm. That said, I've read the OEM filters are barely adequate for regular use. I would suspect you need to run it for a lot longer than just 4 hours. You said, "Ch was off the chart". Do you mean FC? Calcium hardness (Ch) isn't an issue on a vinyl pool unless it is "off the charts". That would be about 10x more than 20-25. Please clarify your post.

The kit she used was a HTH 6 way and I believe the chlorine test is TA. I ordered the better re-usable filters and they arrived today, step son installed this morning so we're off the cheap filters. I'll up the run time. Anyone have a suggestion on what to up it to? I'm currently running at what the manual suggests, 4 hours.