Green hue in clear water...

[PoolDoc]

I would add the CYA; I wouldn't add baking soda UNLESS you have a concrete pool OR are having pH fluctuate up and down.

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[PoolDoc]

And . . . include the specific Aqua Rite model and cell size, as well as installation year.

[Sparkle]

The pool store had a reading of 55 for CYA before I bought and added another 2lbs yesterday. They showed pH at 7.7...lokked more like 7.5 or 7.6 by my home kit? At least a pound of CYA was dissolved before the pump kicked off last night. Chlorine got up to about 2.5 ppm after running about 26 hours on super chlorinate (is this adequate?). FYI, it was about 65% cloudy and 35% sunny yesterday and completely overcast so far today.

We also did the recallibration of the salt system and the reading was great and settled in nicely at 3400 ppm (perfect agreement with the store and within 70 ppm of what I could detect with the "stick").

We had between 1/4 and 1/2 inch of rain overnight. The salt system reading went UP to 3500??? Our FC is barely detectible and the pH looks to be around 7.4.

Weather and time didn't permit my husband to get in last night to eyeball the water clarity, but from above the water it is much clearer and I'm no longer detecting a green hue at all.

Now that the cell is at least producing a noticeable increase in chlorine, could the rest be related to the CYA level? Just out of curiosity, would it be damaging to the cell or the fiberglass if the level goes slightly higher than 80? Any suggestions?

[PoolDoc]

+ It won't damage anything for the CYA goes higher; you'll just have to compensate a bit by maintaining slightly higher chlorine.
+ Don't worry about discrepancies of 200ppm between salt tests: the tests are NOT that accurate.

[CarlD]

I am sorry entering this tread so late, but what is your current FC and CC reading? Last I saw was .2-.5 for both, in CYA of 55, now 65. even with an SWCG you should be between 3-3.5 roughly for maintenance, higher using bleach.

So, unless I missed something, isn't shocking still in order? What did I miss?

[Sparkle]

Ready to shock again. Water is looking great but still having FC take nose dive overnight.
pH is 7.5
CYA is 65
I have 2 more lbs of CYA and 8.5 gal of 6% bleach.

Can I put int he CYA immediately after I add the bleach, while at shock level? It should bring the CYA level up to about 75 or 76.

I will be gone for 9 days starting this weekend and my husband doesn't do any of this, so I'm trying to get it in order so all he has to do is check the FC and pH while I'm gone.

Thanks!!

[PoolDoc]

I will be gone for 9 days starting this weekend and my husband doesn't do any of this

I would recommend that you:

1. NOT add any more CYA yet.
2. Buy 20 gallons of 6% bleach for your husband to use.
3. Have him pour 2 gallons in, each EVENING -- but do NOTHING else.
4. If he misses a dose, have him add BOTH doses the following EVENING.

[Sparkle]

Is this in addition to shocking with the 8.5 gal I already have or instead?

Sorry if that's a stupid question, but I don't want to mess this up. Like I said, our water finally looks amazing, but the FC dives to almost nothing each night.

Then do i add the CYA when i get back to get our number closer to the 80ppm Aqua Rite recommends for our SWG?

Thanks again!!!

[PoolDoc]

+ In addition: he needs to have 2 gallons available to him EACH evening.

+ If your FC drops from late evening to early morning -- with little or no sunlight -- you are STILL cleaning up pool goo, of one kind or another. Can't stop till it's all gone!

+ But, if you are still dropping FC like that, add another couple of boxes of borax -- I don't want the pH to get low, as you clean up that stuff.

+ Leave your SWCG off. Add CYA *after* the 'goo' is gone, whenever that happens. THEN (and not before) you can turn your SWCG back on.

[Sparkle]

Got it! A few more questions (a couple of which might sound absurd to you)...
1. When you say gallons of bleach, you actually mean gallons and not bottles, right? Around here, all of the bottles people call gallons are actually 3 quarts. Or do you mean that size bottle?

I bought 1.42 gal size bottles, so what I'm getting ready to add for shock is truly 8.52 gal of 6% bleach.

2. Will 2 of the smaller bottles each evening suffice? He will not want to measure anything.

3. How long does the pump need to run after he adds the bleach? It is set on a timer that I can adjust if needed before I leave.

You have no idea how much I APPRECIATE all of this information!!!