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just took cover off and was wanting to see clear water as usual but it was cloudy and either had dirt or start green algae on bottom could see bottom but when brushed it it was cloud of dirt or algae what next? i used Taylor kit but with work i just uncovered pool used stick all look great except chlorine and it was non exists so put on 2 gal of bleach will do full opening Tuesday with firing up pump and all just wanted to get a start on this problem
You probably have a bit of algae starting up, since the winter in many places was so much warmer than normal. Run a set of tests, post the results here, and we'll help you get it going. Without your pump running, there's not much you can do to clear up the algae, so get it running as soon as you can, tell us your CYA level, and we'll help you figure out how much bleach to add to get it clear. :)
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Originally Posted by aylad
i got pool all filled and pump started up today added a gal of bleach will check #s in morning after it runs all night will post #s as of this afternoon it was just cloudy very little if any green just a cloudy blue will test water tomorrow cant see bottom this is first time since i had pool (6 years) that i opened and wasn't clear.
did water test with taylor kit numbers are as
ph-7.4
fc-4.2
cc-2.2
ta-110
cya-60
temp-80-85 (cold) also need more regets of o871and o-870
Your chlorine level is too low for your CYA level, so that and your CC indicates that you need to shock the pool. With a CYA of 60, your shock level is 20 ppm of chlorine. You need to get it to 20 and hold it there as consistently as possible until you can test at night and again in the morning before the sun hits the pool and lose 1 ppm chlorine or less in that time....and until the pool clears. I suggest that you use bleach for that, since dichlor is going to raise your CYA more, which I don't think you want to do at this point. Do you know your pool's volume?
21 ft round 54" tall i think its 11000 gal. i look at last years reading and never really had cc reading and fc is way to low am i correct in saying that cc should be 0.5 or less?
got these # this morning before sun hit pool
fc-3.8
cc-0.8
ph-7.4
ta-100
cya-60
temp -cold very cold
water still cloudy can see brush in bottom but that's it I think allot of debris came off winter cover as when I moved it again allot of dusty material came off and could see where it was breaking up (3 years old) but warranty said 7 years go figure
You need to add 3 gallons of 6% bleach to get up to your shock value of 20ppm FC. Run filter with pump on low 24/7, backwash as necessary (when pressure climbs 8psi or so over clean). Test as often as you can and add bleach as necessary to bring FC back to shock value. Brush the pool after adding bleach.
As you report 3.8 and 0.8 , I presume you're using the 25ml sample when testing chlorine. You're reagents will last much longer if you use the 10ml sample (remember to multiply by 0.5).
BBB for clearing a dirty pool:
Bleach - Bleach - Bleach and Brush - Brush - Brush
yes using 25ml but was tring to get exact #s till i get control of water