Pea Soup Pool

[PoolDoc]

Well, so much for that idea! Sorry.

[Anonymous [GDPR] European in the UK]

Right, since posting last time i've maintained a chlorine level of about 10ppm using stabilized chlorine granules. The pool wasn't getting any clearer or milkyer so I decided to switch the pump off to see if it settled.

After vacuuming to waste last night (in the dark by the time i got home!) I re-shocked with 10 litres of liquid chlorine. I also added a little acid as the ph was at 7.6.

This morning the pool looks a little clearer (i can see the bottom step in the shallow end) however it is still definitely green, not milky.

Am i heading in the right direction?

[PoolDoc]

Am i heading in the right direction?

CHill;

I'm sorry, but I don't know!

It's right about at this point that I often throw up my hands on threads from posters not in North America. You don't have a decent test kit, or trustworthy test results; I don't know what to tell you to go buy, and add, and so forth.

I have no idea whether your 10 ppm means 10 ppm (actually & exactly) or 10 ppm (that's as high as the strip goes, but really 50 ppm) or 10 ppm (but really 5 ppm).

The only thing I can tell you is that USUALLY, when the pool is still green, you need more chlorine. Once I years ago, I encountered algae that didn't die till I reached and held 50 ppm of chlorine -- cya was about 50 ppm. But, because there is so much I don't know about your pool, I'm going to stop short of recommending that you add more chlorine. That's PROBABLY what you should do, but I don't know.

[Anonymous [GDPR] European in the UK]

Does anyone know of any decent test kits available in the UK?

I called a couple of local pool stores yesterday and after some questioning discovered that their testing of water is no more advanced than mine! I seem unable to find what looks like a decent test kit for anything less than about £400/$600!

[PoolDoc]

Could you not order the Lovibond kit I linked? £145 is not cheap, but it's a lot less than what you're reporting.