I'm confused

[CarlD]

Well, you can, and at 7.0 to 7.2, the chlorine will be more effective at killing algae than at 7.6-7.8, so it will help.

I just don't want you to lose focus on your primary task--killing the algae. Nor was it clear that the measure was between shocks/before the next scheduled shock.

[topless]

That's good to know. The ph had climbed back up near 7.5 again, so I just put in another quart of acid. This morning the readings were better.

FC-14
CC-1.5
ph-7.4 (a guess, but close, a lot redder than 7.2 where it was at 7pm)

Last night, I turned the sprayer head into the pool basically straight down and it drives the streams into the water several inches. From what I read in the other thread, this will aerate the pool better.

The main drain is visible now and the water is getting some sparkle to it. Finally.

[CarlD]

Almost there....just be patient and persistent!

[topless]

Everything has been on hold for the past 4 days. Closed the pool cover and haven't been able to open it while we've received 6-8" of rain. If the weather guessers are correct, 2 more days and 2" of rain before it clears off.
I'm sure water temperature has cooled off because the warmest we've been is 74 degrees since we closed the cover.

Had a break in the rain, the water went backwards. No FC- cloudy, can't see the 4th step. Shocked the whee out of it, I stopped counting at 25ppm. Then the rain came back.