mrsjones
06-05-2006, 03:47 PM
Hello everyone,
I have been reading some of the posts here for a couple weeks now and can tell that you all have lots of good advice for residential pool owners.
HELP!
I have an 8,000 gal Muskin AGP that was left open all winter, in Illinois. Needless to say, it was a big goopy green mess waiting for me when spring hit us. I drained it halfway, then refilled it, then drained halfway again. added 5 gallons over the course of 2 weeks of 5.25% bleach. Also a bottle of clarifier, and a bottle of stabilizer to the skimmer. (I have a sand filter) Adjusted the PH and my numbers are:
CL-3.0+ (it turned dark yellow, off the chart...)
PH-7.6
I am waiting on a test kit, but I do have the solutions to test for acid demand & alkalinity, total alkalinity and also chlorine neutralizer. Right now the only test kit I have is the cheapie two-way. At the moment I do not have the 4-way kit with instructions, so I have no clue how to use these solutions, besides testing for CL and PH.
Right now, pool water is a cloudy blue. Clear up to halfway down, then a big cloudy layer at the bottom. I am filling it up right now to the top (with the hose a little above the water for aeration) and plan on vacumming to waste that bottom layer, since when I vacuum through the filter it just comes out in a white cloud through the filter and back into the pool.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
I have been reading some of the posts here for a couple weeks now and can tell that you all have lots of good advice for residential pool owners.
HELP!
I have an 8,000 gal Muskin AGP that was left open all winter, in Illinois. Needless to say, it was a big goopy green mess waiting for me when spring hit us. I drained it halfway, then refilled it, then drained halfway again. added 5 gallons over the course of 2 weeks of 5.25% bleach. Also a bottle of clarifier, and a bottle of stabilizer to the skimmer. (I have a sand filter) Adjusted the PH and my numbers are:
CL-3.0+ (it turned dark yellow, off the chart...)
PH-7.6
I am waiting on a test kit, but I do have the solutions to test for acid demand & alkalinity, total alkalinity and also chlorine neutralizer. Right now the only test kit I have is the cheapie two-way. At the moment I do not have the 4-way kit with instructions, so I have no clue how to use these solutions, besides testing for CL and PH.
Right now, pool water is a cloudy blue. Clear up to halfway down, then a big cloudy layer at the bottom. I am filling it up right now to the top (with the hose a little above the water for aeration) and plan on vacumming to waste that bottom layer, since when I vacuum through the filter it just comes out in a white cloud through the filter and back into the pool.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!