amiejh77
07-06-2012, 01:56 PM
My husband and I bought one of the easy up pools from Walmart. We filled it with our well water (not much rust content thank goodness). We apparently do have very alkaline water though. I bought one of the HTH starter kits on Wednesday when we bought the pool. The pool holds around 4600 gallons. Yesterday I added 15 oz of the stabilizer in an old sock and hung it from the ladder. Last night around 7 PM I added 2 oz of the granulated 48% chlorine. When I tested the water again (using the guess-strips from the kit) no chlorine registered. This morning I added 4 oz of chlorine, tested an hour later, still no chlorine. I just added another 4 oz of chlorine.
I plan to go get the HTH 6 way drop kit to hold me over until I can order the Taylor kit. The strips immediately turn dark blue whenever they come into contact with the pool water, so that is why the am assuming the water is alkaline. The PH s acceptable. So I guess my question is can the high alkalinity have something to do with the water not holding onto the chlorine? Also, how long does it take for algae to start growing in a pool that small. My husband thinks I am worrying too much about the water :) but I had a smaller pool years ago and I ended up draining and selling it because it was such a pain to maintain and keep clear. I don't want another mosquito pit in the backyard.
Thank you for all you guys are doing to help!
Amie
I plan to go get the HTH 6 way drop kit to hold me over until I can order the Taylor kit. The strips immediately turn dark blue whenever they come into contact with the pool water, so that is why the am assuming the water is alkaline. The PH s acceptable. So I guess my question is can the high alkalinity have something to do with the water not holding onto the chlorine? Also, how long does it take for algae to start growing in a pool that small. My husband thinks I am worrying too much about the water :) but I had a smaller pool years ago and I ended up draining and selling it because it was such a pain to maintain and keep clear. I don't want another mosquito pit in the backyard.
Thank you for all you guys are doing to help!
Amie