Green hue in clear water...

[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!!!

[PoolDoc]

+ I mean gallons -- 4 quarts, 8 pints, ~8.5 lbs of 6% solution

+ round chlorine doses UP; all other doses DOWN

+ How about 1 big and 1 little bottle? (rounding UP )

+ 2 hours should be enough.