Algae loves my pool

[aylad]

Use the "Best guess chlorine chart" in Watermom's and my sig to determine where your chlorine needs to be, based on your CYA level, and add your bleach accordingly.

Janet

[CarlD]

10% liquid Chorine "Shock" is really just 10% bleach (it usually is actually a little higher). Regular bleach is 5.25%, "Ultra" (now the standard) is 6%.

What's the other 90%? Salt water! Yup! Bleach is made from brine (saltwater) as the formula for salt is NaCl...Sodium Chloride. So don't worry about it. If you use nothing but bleach/Liquid Chlorine for 10 years you still wont approach the salt water levels necessary for a pool that uses Salt Water Chlorine Generation (SWG,or SWCG).

[chem geek]

I wrote this post about what is in various products since this question of whether grocery/hardware store equivalents are really the same as pool store products comes up frequently from users new to these forums. Regular Clorox (Ultra in Canada) and off-brand Ultra bleaches are pretty much all 6% sodium hypochlorite, 4.7% sodium chloride salt and 88.7% water. Clorox has a very small amount of sodium polyacrylate in it as well (it is a mild metal sequestrant but as diluted in pools the amount is negligible).

[mrsbusymomee]

Well when it rains it pours. I drained about 2/3 of my pool and is now filled back up and it rained a lot last night. Went to go turn the pump on and now that doesn't work. (My husband is real handy and he said it froze need a new one.) So I am headed to the pool store to go buy another one. OMG I hope nothing else goes wrong as they say things happen in threes. UGH!
I'll have my water tested and I'll stop at walmart and buy a bunch of bleach and whatever else (borax or baking soda) provided what the pH is. I'll report the numbers when I get back.
Thanks guys!

[Watermom]

I would suggest getting an inground pump because they are usually easier to open. I have a pool the same size as yours and when I replaced mine, I bought a full-rated 1/2 hp inground pump for my AG pool and it has been fine. (Chose that one based on the recommendation of my fellow mod Poconos who is our resident pump expert.) Be cautioned --- the pool store will try and sell you a bigger pump than you need! They will probably also try and tell you that you can't use an inground pump on an AG pool and that it is NOT true. That's what I am doing!

[mrsbusymomee]

I'm getting the same one I have which is the Hayward 1.5 hp. The store is matching amazons price. This pump has lasted me 8-10yrs. Can't really go wrong with a hayward. It is relatively easy to open to clean out the inner basket, if that is what you meant about opening easily. 1/2 hp isn't enough, I need 1 1/2hp for my AG and filter size. It seems to get the job done quickly and efficiently. Nothing like a good filtration system. I'll need it after what my water looks like now with all this rain, Light green, cloudy Dangnamit!!

[PoolDoc]

Mix your bleach -- 1 gallon to a couple of gallons of water -- and add it NOW! Do NOT wait for the pump to be installed. You can pour bleach into the pool, walking it around the edges, and get pretty fair distribution. But do not let it turn into a slime pit while you're working on the pump. It's much, much easier to maintain it, now, than it will be to clean it up once it becomes a swamp.

Ben