Chlorine Lock

[pkhydro]

24' round, 14,500 gal, 52" deep

From start to finish:
Pool turned green
added 3 lbs shock
nothing
pool store said 3 lbs shock that day
and 3 lbs the next
pool turned light green
took water sample to pool store and got the chlorine lock story
Their test showed:
CYA 39
TC 10
FC 0
PH 7.8
TA 189
as per instructions added 5lbs shocks wait 5 hours add 5 additional pounds
I started reading here and decided to add 6 gal bleach
24 hrs later I used 2 different test strips. Aquachem and Bioguard

Results Aquachem:
total hardness 100
TC 0
FC 1
PH 7.2
TA 120 - 180, closer to 180
CYA 0-5, closer to five

Results Bioguard:
Bromine 2
FC 1
PH 7.6
TA 180

Water is a powder blue color. Cloudy and can't see bottom

k-2006 test kit on the way

Next step?

[PoolDoc]

I'm a little puzzled, but if you add 2 gallons of bleach each evening, while we wait for your K2006, that should keep anything from getting worse. If you see chlorine levels over 5 in the evening, before dosing, cut the dose to 1 gallon.

The test strip comparison is interesting.

[pkhydro]

Just got back from the pool store and their test showed:
CYA 43
TC .8
FC 0
PH 7.4
TA 153
Tot Hardness 94

I'll add the 2 gallons of bleach as you say. They recommended vacuuming. Thoughts?

I had left out one piece of information earlier. I installed a new Hayward pump and filter. Not necessarily to correct this problem.

[Watermom]

Vacuum if the pool is dirty but as far as helping with keeping chlorine in the pool, it is not going to have any effect.

[pkhydro]

Vacuumming was to aid in clearing the water. I would only do this if there is actually something to vacuum.

But for now, I should just concentrate on the chlorine?

[Watermom]

Yes. Concentrate on the chlorine.

[pkhydro]

Ok, pool is still cloudy. While vacuuming I ran across an area that threw out some green stuff. A small area maybe four feet in diameter and kind of in the middle.

But, I received my Taylors and:

FC = 2ppm
TC = 1ppm
PH = 7.4
TA = 170
CH = 120
CYA = 30

Saturation Index = -1.15

Water Temp is 90 according to my meat thermometer

Water is cloudy.