twinsplus1
06-01-2006, 10:53 AM
Ok, I'm a pretty new pool owner, so no laughing at me ok :p
We have one of those soft-sided pools, the kind you buy at WalMart. It's about 5,600 gallons.
We added the water over the last few days, and it was finally full last night. Nice, clean, crystal clear water. No debris in it either. So I tested PH and stuff, all ok. PH is 7.4, Alkalinity is 80. I use those test strips from Wal mart, not good I know. Then I added the initial shock treatment. It turned a little green last night (it did last year too everytime we shocked it) but we woke up this morning to it REALLy gross. Like old, murky swamp water!
Anyone know what possibly could be causing that? Last year we bought some metal-remover chemical for it, and it worked, but turned the water cloudy. I think I may try that again...but I'm going to need a TON of it this time, lol.
Do you think it's algae or maybe metal? What can I do to fix it? It's not at all possible to empty and refill the thing, like someone else told me I should do. :(
We have one of those soft-sided pools, the kind you buy at WalMart. It's about 5,600 gallons.
We added the water over the last few days, and it was finally full last night. Nice, clean, crystal clear water. No debris in it either. So I tested PH and stuff, all ok. PH is 7.4, Alkalinity is 80. I use those test strips from Wal mart, not good I know. Then I added the initial shock treatment. It turned a little green last night (it did last year too everytime we shocked it) but we woke up this morning to it REALLy gross. Like old, murky swamp water!
Anyone know what possibly could be causing that? Last year we bought some metal-remover chemical for it, and it worked, but turned the water cloudy. I think I may try that again...but I'm going to need a TON of it this time, lol.
Do you think it's algae or maybe metal? What can I do to fix it? It's not at all possible to empty and refill the thing, like someone else told me I should do. :(