ibmoore 2011 Intex with algae

[CarlD]

Yes, until we know if you have CYA or not we cannot tell of the chlorine is vanishing due to fighting algae or UV rays breaking it down. For the first, you need more chlorine. For the second, CYA.

Carl

[lbmoore]

The pool store I went to for testing wasnt very friendly at all! Also there printer was broke so here is what the gal wrote down.

Blank 0
FCI 0.52
TCI 0.13
Ph 7.7
CH 200
TA 40
CYA 5
Cop 0
Ir 0

I had added a gallon of bleach last night at 9pm. The water sample was taken at 7am this morning; if that makes any difference.

Thanks in advance for your help. I am really hoping to get this pool cleared up. Hubby is wanting to buy a bunch of chemicals and I don't know how long I can hold him off!

[Watermom]

Your time frame makes a big difference. That means that none of it was lost to the sun. It was all consumed fighting algae!

A gallon of bleach would add about 13.6ppm of cl to your pool. So, killing algae consumed the whole amount overnight. You need to be testing as many times per day as you can and each time, add enough bleach to get back up to about 10ppm. There is no such thing as testing and adding bleach too often when you have a green pool. Only doing it once per day isn't going to put a dent in it. The key to killing algae is to sustain the high cl reading. As many times per day as you can!

You can also go ahead and add some CYA. Go ahead and put a pound in an old sock and tie it in front of a return jet. Run the pump 24/7. Give it a squeeze every now and then to help it dissolve. That should add about 30ppm more of CYA. You can always add more later if you find that a CYA of 35 isn't high enough to allow you to make it through the day with a cl reading.

Were you able to order a kit?

Bleach, bleach and more bleach as often as you can. Don't let hubby add anything else. It WILL clear!

[lbmoore]

Thanks watermom!

I added the pound of CYA (using the sock method) on Tuesday, it was all dissolved by Wednesday. I've been adding bleach daily, twice a day. This morning when I used my dunk test it was VERY gold, so it's starting to hold chlorine overnight.

The pool is slowly clearing, there is no green, only cloudy. I'll be able to order a kit this week when I get paid and will post the results so we can go from there.

[Watermom]

Excellent news! You're gonna love the kit!