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Scorecard:
7/28/06 - 1:38pm.
Water is crystal clear.
Stats:
FC: 2-3
PH: 7.0
Added 8(+-) quarts of bleach to the pool to bring it to shock level based on Ben's best guess. I expect to keep adding Chlorine due to the AA treatment earlier. I will get it to shock and maintain overnight.
Scorecard:
7/28/06 - 2:55pm
Water is still crystal clear.
FC - 15 (Shock level)
PH - 6.8
Added about 12oz of Borax to get this up to 7.2
So far......So good BUT: It is beginning to Rain....I can't win...The pool gods hate me. It must be pay-back for all the "urinating in the pool" I did when I was a kid.
Scorecard:
7/28/06 - 3:42pm
Water still crystal clear
PH - 7.0
Added about 10oz of Borax to bring up PH to 7.2.
***Still raining.
You have gotten some good advice in this thread and appear to be well on your way to keeping it clear for good. This thread is getting pretty long - up to 53 posts I believe. Since I think you have probably gotten the info you need, I'm going to go ahead and lock this one as it is getting a little unmanageable. Congrats on the good work!
PS - Raining here too! :(
OK.
I thought there might be some benifet to see if the Cloudy Problem re-occurs before closing it out.
Some of the last posts were to drain and begin again.
Your call!
I'll wait a day or two before I close it. Hopefully the problem is gone for good. Good luck.
scorecard
7/29/06 - 9:00am.
FC- 15
PH- 7.2
Woke up this morning and the water had turned a little "Metally greenish" (yellow/brown against White and Blue vinyl).
Chlorine held overnight so I am assuming that I do not have an algea bloom and this is due to the metals in my water.
I added about 1lb of AA. This should bring my Chlorine down but I haven't checked yet.
As of 12pm - the water is now crystal clear.
Q. Should I bring the water back to shock level or can I get it to swim range about 2pm (due to the metals).
Any and all thoughts welcome.
scorecard:
7/29/06 - 4:30pm.
FC: dropped drastically to about 1ppm
PH: also dropped to about 6.8.
I've added about 2qts of Bleach - Using the guide it looks like 1 gal of 6% bleach should bring 10,000 gal up 5ppm, will wait a little while then add 1lb of Borax.
Will try to get my Chlorine level up to somewhere between 2 -3.
Still not sure if I should bring it to shock?
Scorecard
7/30/06 - 12:20pm
FC - 3
PH - 7.2
I can't believe it but I think I'm done! It was long, painful, but the water is now Crystal Clear!
I need to send a BIG THANK YOU to everyone that helped!
This thread can be closed!