Green Pool / Swamp complete with frogs...

[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.

[JenLM]

Ok, I believe our jugs of chlorine have 1.4 gallons of bleach in them. I did get the numbers for chlorine mixed up. I'm a little ADD and skipped over a few of the steps.

This morning I had:
FC- 17
CC - .5

We added another 1.4 gallon of bleach and I will test it again soon and probably add more.

Thanks! We have to run our pump 24/7 because of how hard it is to prime. It is far away and at a higher elevation in relation to the pool.

[Watermom]

Ah. Those chlorine numbers look more like it! Is the pool looking better?