Light green water

[PoolDoc]

Hi Huskerdee --

1. Do bring your pH down, and keep it NEAR, but not BELOW the lowest reading on your kit or tester.

2. Do NOT worry about alkalinity or "balance" at this time (and maybe not, ever!)

3. Do run your pump and filter 24/7, and clean them often.

4. Do NOT use Iron Out (I'm going to merge your other post here).

5. Do see if you can find some HEDP based stain control agent: Jacks Magic Blue, Pink or Purple stuff are ALL HEDP, though I don't know what the concentrations are. I do know the "Pink Stuff" is the most concentrated. (Did a little more checking: it looks like the Pink Stuff is full undiluted 60% HEDP -- so that's 3x as concentrated as the Kem-Tek product. It's available on Amazon, but not with free shipping.)

This product:
Kem Tek Calcium and Metal Eliminator
is available at Amazon for $14 with free shipping if you get 2. It's 20% HEDP, so that's a good price, and it will keep indefinitely. (But store the bottle out of the sun -- the plastic will break if you don't!)

Once you've gotten your pH down, and have added the HEDP, let's see what happens. We can look at other options, once you've gotten that far. By the way, do NOT use the HEDP on the "if a little is good, more is better" basis -- follow the label!

[Huskerdee]

Thank you. I have my PH down to 7.4, do I want to keep going with the acid? I will order the Stuff you told me to and let you know what happens. Again, thank you.

[PoolDoc]

Go to just above whatever the lowest reading on your pH test is.

You have to remember, that if 7.0 is the lowest reading on your kit, a reading of 7.0 does NOT mean that your pH is 7.0. It means that it is 7.0 . . . OR BELOW! It could be 6.8, which wouldn't hurt anything in your case. But it could mean 5.8, which would damage your liner fairly quickly!

[Huskerdee]

The lowest on mine is 6.8 so I will get it to 7.0. I ordered the 2 bottles of that metal calcium stuff. It says it'll be here by the 29th or 31st. So I want to leave the pump running 24/7 until then. I know I need to scrub and vacuum daily also, which I do. Do I want to add any clarifies or flocs? Or just keep filtering? I appreciate your help so much. I have learned a lot from reading posts in the forums and am learning more now

[Watermom]

No clarifiers or flocs. We rarely advise adding those on anybody's pool. Just keep filtering.

[Huskerdee]

Thank you, no floc or clarifier!

[CarlD]

Hi, do not be offended but too many pool owners make it more complicated than it is. I would follow Ben's advice and keep it simple.

[Huskerdee]

I had the PH down to 7 but it keeps creeping back up. How can I keep it down w/o using acid daily? I am suppose to have the metal chemical tomorrow and will add that. That won't help stabilize my PH though, will it? My chlorine holds steady and I have had to add bleach as it' really high.

[aylad]

Do you have some sort of aeration going on in the pool? Waterfall, spa, etc? Aeration will raise the pH. Also, if you can turn your return eyes downward so they're not rippling the top of the water, that will help. What is the pH of your fill water, and what is your TA?

Janet