Looks like green food coloring in my pool

[sbillingsley]

I will order a kit today. I went straight down and added the bleach. Rereading this post I have a couple questions. Do you mean that after I have this cleaned up I should keep my chlorine levels 5-10ppm always? I thought that was too high a number for swimming? Any educated guess on how long this will take? I really, really appreciate all your help. Thank you.

[Watermom]

Good decision to order the kit. You won't be sorry.

Yes, after you clean this up, you'll need to keep your chlorine between 5-10ppm. Chlorine levels are based on CYA levels. Did you look at the Best Guess Chlorine chart? It is no more irritating to swim with cl of 10ppm and CYA of 60 than it is to swim in 3ppm cl and no CYA. If you don't keep the cl between 5-10, you're gonna have algae over and over.

And, you're welcome! We're glad to be able to help!