Green hue in clear water...

[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!!!