Livestrg05 - Newbie question about switching types of chlorine in green pool

[Watermom]

Welcome to the forum! It is fine to go ahead and use the liquid chlorine. Many of us (me included) pour the bleach slowly into the skimmer while the pump is running. It would be best for your to post a current set of water testing results for us to take a look at so we can better advise you. If you don't have a good kit, you'll need to get one. We recommend the Taylor k-2006 or 2006C. If you buy it through the following link to Amazon, the Pool Forum makes a little money on the sale. I suggest you not add anything else to your pool other than chlorine until you run some numbers past us. Sometimes, putting in too many things, many of which are unneeded, only make the problem worse.

[Livestrg05]

Thanks Watermom. I'll look at getting my own test kit. I took a sample to the local pool store last night which showed my TC and FC levels were 0! I was shocked because of the amount of granular chlorine I had put in there. My CYA was 50 which had gone up somewhat because I have floating tablets. My other numbers I don't have with me but were fine. I put in 3 jugs of the 12.5% LC from Leslie's, one into the skimmer and the other two directly into the pool, running about 50/50 main drain vs. skimmer and running the pump 24/7. Hoping it'll look better by tonight

[aylad]

If the water is green, it can eat up chlorine very, very quickly. With a CYA of 50, you need to get your chlorine up to 15 ppm and hold it there, and it will clear quicker. I'm with Watermom on the chems--it would be better to leave off the algaecide and not add anything else but chlorine to your pool. The algaecide can deplete your chlorine almost as fast as the algae can!

Janet

[Watermom]

And, besides algaecide is a pretty good preventative, but doesn't do a lot for you when you already have algae. BTW -- the only algaecide we recommend around here is Polyquat 60%.