New to this Forum from SoCal

[DirtRider67]

Hi, I am new here but have had a pool for about 8 years but because of a divorce, i had to leave my pool home for 2 1/2 years. Well, after a long court battle, i finaly got my house back and the pool is a swamp! i started off by giving a sample to my local pool store and they just keep feeding me tons of chemicles. I finaly have my water in balance and the water is a minty blue with the dead algae at the bottom. I can only see approximately 3 feet down but when i turn the creeper on, green water starts filtering back into the pool. I have a saly sytem that seems to not be functioning correctly so i have been dumping liquid chlorine in it at 3.50 a gal from Lowes. I have cleaned my filters once a day for a week now.

So, my question is, how do i get the dead algae out of the pool because from everything i've read on here, it won't go clear until it's out.

Pool Specs:
25k gallons
pebble tech
aquarite salt system
hayward cartridge filter


Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Watermom]

Hi DirtRider and welcome to the Pool Forum! Can you please post a current set of water testing results taken with a drops-based kit for us to look at? If your still seeing green, then your algae is apparently not dead. Give us some numbers and also tell us exactly what all you have put into the pool, meaning ingredients and not just product names or "shock." You should be brushing the floors and walls of the pool every day to help get things into suspension so your filter can catch it. Also, run the pump 24/7 right now while you are trying to clear the pool.

[DirtRider67]

Thanks for the greeting and advice Watermom.

right now, i am using a test strip and it all checks out good. These r the chemicles that i have put in so far and keep in mind that i did this prior to finding this forum:

10 gallons of chlorine
8 pounds of stabilizer
5 pounds of ph up
4 pounds of alkalinity booster
and i tried the swamp to swim

i have been cleaning the filters everyday for a week and running the pump non stop. I have not been running the creeper though. should i start?
Thanks

[Watermom]

You'll need a better test kit to make it easier to keep this pool clear. The one we recommend is the Taylor K-2006 or 2006C (same kit, larger bottle of some reagents). If you buy it through the Amazon link in my signature, the Pool Forum makes a little money on the sale which helps us keep this form online. Only buy if the seller is Amato Industries, however. Some other sellers are substituting the K-2005 which you do NOT want. If Amato isn't listed, wait a day or two and try again. They seem to restock pretty quickly when they sell out.

In the meantime, can you take a water sample to a reputable pool store and ask them to test for you and report your numbers here? Make sure that two of the readings they give you are CC and CYA in addition to FC, TC, pH, TA. But, don't let them talk you into buying a bunch of stuff. They'll try!

Repost with some good numbers and somebody here can help. I would wait on the creeper since you say it is throwing green water back out. Lets work on killing the algae first.

[DirtRider67]

OK. i just had the water tested at the pool store.

TA=110
PH=7.2
CYA=30
TH=340
TC=7.7
FC=7.7
CC=??? they didn't have a test for this but said it was 0
salt=3800

The pool store didn't try to sell me anything and said to just keep cleaning the filters and run the creeper. But, i will wait on the creeper because this forum seems to have more knowlege.
Thanks

[Watermom]

A question --- when you say 10lbs. chlorine, is this liquid or granular, and what is the ingredient? I'm suspecting cal-hypo because of your calcium hardness reading of 340.