Green Pool / Swamp complete with frogs...

[JenLM]

OK, according to the test strips, my free chlorine level is between 1 and 2 now after adding 5 gallons of bleach last night. I will test again later this afternoon. That's good that it stayed up overnight, right???

[aylad]

5 gallons of bleach would have taken a 30K gallon pool up to a chlorine level of about 10 ppm. The fact that it's now 1 or 2 says that you still have a huge chlorine demand and need to get the chlorine level up and keep it up. With your CYA around 40 ppm, you need to get your chorine level up to 15 or higher, and maintain that until the pool clears up. If you don't ever get it that high, it's not going to clear. I don't know what Bioguard Algae Maintenance is, but you don't need it in your pool--you need chlorine!

Janet

[JenLM]

Ok, we loaded her up with chlorine again last night and 1 hour later I got a 10+ reading with the test strips and the ph was holding strong.

This morning chlorine was closer to 5 with ph down from 7.6 to 7.4. The pool doesn't look any clearer. I'm going to vacuum to waste and brush again today.

Should I add more chorine again this morning, continue checking throughout the day and then add more again tonight if the levels have still dropped?

Thanks for all of the help!

[Watermom]

Yep! More bleach.

[JenLM]

Ok, I've been watching and adding. Until I get my testing kit, I won't really know how much to add, but I'm learning a lot on here in the meantime. Thank you for all of the help. I'm so happy to have found this forum. If I hadn't found y'all, I would probably be in tears and partially bald from tearing my hair out by now. :P

[JenLM]

Whooo hoooo! My arrived!!

My readings tonight after being gone for 2 days.
ph 7.4
CC 7.6
Alk 160
CYA 60

We added 5.5 gallons of 6% bleach tonight. Is that the correct amount? We loaded it up with bleach before we went out of town so I'm glad it's no lower now than it is. We are finally seeing the bottom of the pool again! Tomorrow we'll vacuum and brush it a couple of times.

Thank you so much for all of your help!

[Watermom]

5.5 gallons will add 10ppm of chlorine to your pool. With a CYA of 60, you'll need to shock up to 20. Did you mean FC of 7.6 instead of CC of 7.6? I hope so! Tomorrow, sock it with bleach every few hours. Each time, add enough to get back to 20. In your pool, each gallon of 6% bleach will add about 1.8ppm of cl. (Remember, most bleach is sold in 3 quart jugs. A gallon is 4 quarts.) Run pump 24/7.