Thank you pool doc!! Your the best.....

[sunlove]

Hey you are exactly where I am at in the pool opening process. Except I cannot get my chlorine level up. How much bleach did you add and did you add it all at once or a little every night? I'll be following your thread closely as my pool is apparently in the 'ammonia eating the chlorine stage' also. And for what it's worth I used a solid cover, super shocked & super chlorinated it at closing, and still had green, so don't feel too bad!

[Lawrosa]

Sunlove,

What I am doing know is keeping my chlorine level at about 12ppm. I have a taylor 1515 kit so I am able to test the high shock levels.

Taylor K-1515 @ Amazon

I test every two hours or so. I lose about 4 ppm or so in that time. So I use the bleach calculator thats on this site somewhere to tell me how much to add to bring back to shock level. I add throughout the day every two hours. For my small pool it seems I have been adding about 3/4 of a gallon every two hours to get me back to 10-12 ppm.

That's what I have been doing. It cleared somewhat more today but still cloudy. The green is almost gone and looks white or blue somewhat. But last year I had the cloud for a month or so I believe.

I over shocked last year and the metals came out and stained my liner. Search my posts from last year and you will see what I am talking about. I even need to go back and re-read my old posts. Sitting here thinking about it I may think the pool doc had me raise the shock level to 15. But I cant be sure until I re read. I have a lot of patience so I am in no rush. If I do this methodically I think I will benefit better. Also my pump/filter has been running on low 24/7.

Mike NJ

[aylad]

Sunlove,

In a 7500 gallon pool, each 1 cup of 6% bleach will raise your FC by 1 ppm. Each gallon will raise it by 8 ppm. You can use these as a guide to figure out how much to add. The key is to add enough to get to shock level (dependent on your CYA--see the best guess chlorine chart linked in my sig) and then test and add more as needed to get back up to that level until the pool clears. The more consistent you are about maintaining the shock level, the faster it will happen.

[Lawrosa]

Well Looks like I am on the same path as last year. I guess I am doing correct by checking every 2 hours and adding bleach to keep my levels at or above shock. [ Not necessary -- 1 or 2x per day is enough - PoolDoc ]

I have the filter going on low 24/7. I vacuumed again today with the sand filter. I got very little. The pool is clean but cloudy. I then disconnected the sand filter and installed the cart, and am now running cart only on low.

I am know raising my shock level to 15ppm. No higher. Since this year I have the kit to test this high, I wont be guessing. Last year I shocked too high and cause the iron to stain the liner. Thanks to Ben/pool doc that pink stuff worked.

Anyway that's where I am at now. I guess this is day two. I started on the 16th in the pm. So tonight will be a whole 48 hours. Note: As I type this now I have currently used 10 gallons of bleach and nothing else. ( except that 1 lb of CYA)

Here are current pics:



Mike NJ

[Lawrosa]

Just checking in. Pool looks the same as in last pics. "CLOUDY" blue!!!! Added bleach to 15ppm or so levels last night. This morning 11.5ppm. Pump running 24/7.

Hope this helps folks here. I guess it will give people a time frame of how long it will take a cloudy pool to clear up. I am being very diligent in keeping shock levels up, and have been for the past few days. I started this shock process on 4/16 in the PM. So tonight will be a complete 3rd day

Just re read my thread from last year and basically I am doing the same thing as last year. Although since I have the 1515 test kit I can more accurately add the proper amount of bleach. And hopefully not bring the metals out this year and stain the liner.

We will see.

Mike NJ

[Lawrosa]

So shock levels seem to be staying up and not dropping much. Just a few ppm. 3-4ppm throughout the day. Although its been cloudy weather and no sun. Possibly this may mean I am at some break point and the pool may clear up. Its still in the same state as my last pic. Cloudy, white/blue milk....LOL

Keeping shock levels to 15ppm. Just tested and was 12ppm. Raised it back to 15ppm. Did this only twice today. This morning, and just now this PM.

Wish me luck... ( If I did not have bad luck I would have no luck at all !!!!!)

Mike NJ

[aylad]

Sounds like you're making progress. How much chlorine are you losing between dusk and dawn?

With a sand filter, you could use the DE trick that the other mods do--they use just enough DE to make the pressure rise by 1# and put it into the skimmer to coat the sand. This will allow the sand filter to pick up smaller particles. If you decide to do this, check after you add it to make sure it's not coming back into the pool via the returns--if that's happening, then you may need to investigate the filter a little further.

Janet

[Lawrosa]

Janet I am not using the sand filter. That I only use to vacuum the leaves and bottom after opining. Once I get the crude out I run the cart only. This prolongs the life of my cart.

The other reason is during heavy clean up the cart would need to be cleaned very often. The sand filter makes it easier because I just backwash for a minute then go back to vacuuming. The cart I would have to break the filter down, hose it off, re prime the pump, etc... A pain in the arse really.

I will post my Cl loss tomorrow. Like I said its not losing much now but its not clearing up yet either.

Mike NJ