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[aylad]

Your chlorine is WAY too low, especially for your climate. I suspect that it hasn't cleared up because you either didn't kill the algae all the way, or that your chlorine level has been too low for too long and let it get started again. Either way, you're going to need to take the chlorine back up to shock levels ( 20 ppm for a CYA of 60) and hold it there until the pool clears and you are not losing more than 1 ppm of chlorine when measuring at night after the sun is down and again in the morning before the sun hits the pool. Only after you are not losing any more chlorine can you let the chlorine start coming back down again. This may take chlorine additions up to 3-4 times daily, or however often you are able, to keep it above 20 ppm, but that's the only thing that iwll kill the algae off and allow your pool to clear.

Janet

[connier13]

I have kept it high until 3 days ago. we have gotten a lot of rain the past two days.

[Watermom]

When there is a lot of rain, that is a common time for algae to start for two reasons. 1. A lot of debris may fall or be blown into the pool
2. When it rains, many pool owners don't check their chlorine and as a result the cl drops too low and gives algae a chance to start.

[aylad]

Either way, you need to check and see if you're losing chlorine overnight that can't be attributed to the sun. If you are, then the answer is to continue holding it at shock level until you are no longer losing any chlorine to "stuff" in the water.


Janet

[connier13]

We had to drain water last night and it has stormed most of the night. I will drain and shock as soon as day breaks and keep it shocked until clear. I will post new numbers this afternoon.

[connier13]

.6 fc
.15 cc
8.0 ph
90 ta
350 ch
55 cya

[aylad]

Your Chlorine needs to be at an absolute minimum of 5 ppm unless you want algae to start growing--but because it's been low for a few days, especially with the rain in between, I think you probably already have algae blooming, which is why your pool isn't clear. Raise your chorine to shock level and hold it there to clear it up, until you're not losing chlorine overnight.


Janet