Foreclosure Pool

Bought a foreclosure in February, moved in in April. Inherited a 16'x32' IG pool with shredded cover. Assuming it hadn't been maintained for at least one or two seasons. After removing the cover, a couple bricks, a tree branch and lots and lots of leaves, replacing the pump, filter multi-port valve and fixing a few leaks, I now have the filter running 24/7 and working on the chemical levels. I just received my Taylor k-2006 a couple hours ago. Before that I was just using some 4-way test strips I had. I started two nights ago with bleach and some left over ph up I had from a hot tub at our last house. Started off with 460 oz of 8.25% per poolcalculator.com to get to 15 FC. Although limited by the strips, I guesstimated I needed 360 the next morning to get it back to 15. This morning I only added 120 oz (still 8.25%).

Anyway here are the results I got this afternoon: 16 FC 3.5 CC 7.5 ph 100 TA 70 CYA. I was surprised at the CYA seeing how it hasn't been maintained for so long.

Here are some pictures:
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Still can't see more than a foot or two. And there is a foam or something on the surface.

With a CYA of 70, according to the PoolSolutions Best Guess Chlorine Chart you need to get to 20+ ppm to get to a shock level.

http://www.poolsolutions.com/gd/best...e-chart.html#a

With the condition of your water, I would get it up to 30 ppm and leave it there until the green is gone. You don't want to let the levels drift down because the algae will bounce back. The water will go cloudy before clear but keep the chlorine at a shock level until it is clear.

It will take a a lot of chlorine, buy in bulk and pound the water. Better to err on the side of caution. Don't worry about PH at this time, because the high chlorine level will result in bad PH ratings.

Thanks for the suggestion. Soon after writing that post I remembered the best guess chart and adjusted the fc to 20 that night and have been working to hold it since. I'm getting really close to being able to see the bottom clearly. Nearly all the junk has been filtered out and I can run the filter nearly all day without needing a backwash. Going to the store tomorrow to pick up more bleach and I'll be sure to keep the fc up high enough that it won't ever dip below 20.

Please post up an "after" picture when you have everything set up. Great work.