intex 22' x 52' round

[eagles]

hello all, i am a new pool owner. i have the filter pump that came with this pool, and i added the salt water system to it.
we put the pool up and ran the fliter pump, then added 5 bags of salt to the pool. let the filter pump run for 24 hours. then i turned on the salt water system. set that for 4 hours.

i tested this morning with the strips that came with the pool, all seems fine. the copper color is 0.1 (which the strip says is in the ok section). the free chlorine is 2 or 3, total alkalinity between the 120-150, both in the ok section, but the ph is a red, which doesn't even show up on the chart.

i have a couple of questions: how many bags of salt should i have put in? i did try to figure it out, but the math was beyond me. i am wondering if i should trow another bag or two in there.

and i am not sure about the filter pump's runnng time. i now have it set on the 4. so does that mean it will run every four hours, or it will run for four hours every so often? that every so often i have no idea what that would be.

one last thing (for now LOL) i can see perfectly down to the bottom of the pool, but it is not crystal clear, there seems to be a green tint to the water. i have well water. when we were filling it up, it was perfectly crystal clear. the water is not a green yucky, can't see the bottom look, but a green tint.

i hope i have given all the info needed for this. and thanks so much for any help in this.

[Watermom]

Well water sometimes causes some metals issues. Your clear green water is indicative of metal in the water. I am going to ask Ben to advise you on your start up. What kind of filter do you have?

Welcome to the Pool Forum!

[eagles]

the owners manual says, krystal clear model 633t filter pump. and i also have the krystal clear saltwater system model cs8110. and that is the perfect way to describe the water, clear green, well really a tint.

but i now have another problem. the saltwater system gave a low pressure warning and went into sleep mode. i am not sure why this is. the pump was pushing the water out really nice, nice pressure. but for some reason that has stopped. water is still pumping thru, but not as powerful, and i guess not powerful enough for the saltwater system, hence the warning code.

i have not been able to fuss with it today as it rained here all day.

[eagles]

i just went out there, my water is still a crystal clear green tinted water. even after raining all day yesterday. so i took the filter cartridge out to take a look. ewww, ugly. i rinsed it off and put it back into the pump. tried to turn it on but it will have to wait til my electric outside dries up. when it rains it trips my circuit. but i am thinking the dirty filter was the problem as to why i wasn't haven't the same amount of pressure. i read in another post about putting a sock over the filter. how big does this sock have to be LOL my filter is pretty big and round, not sure i have a sock big enough.

[BigDave]

Sounds to me like your filter is clogged.

[PoolDoc]

Hi Eagles;

Your thread is moved into the correct section, so you can post again. There are some other new threads that cover dealing with metals in Intex pool fill water.

[eagles]

since i posted things seemed to be fine. i bought a vacumn and cleaned the bottom, also brushed the bottom. well the next day, my pool was green, just horrible. unfortunately, we went away for 3 days for a camping trip. when we got back home the pool looked like a swamp. really ugly. had to wait for payday (i have 8 people to feed, plus bills), anyway, i bought 3 bottles of 6% bleach. these i think are larger than gallon size. they are 182 fl oz bottles. i dumped 3 of them in last night, so 546 fl oz of 6% bleach. i also have the salt water system, i disconnected that, and just hooked up the pump. let the pump run all night. this morning the pool is much better looking. the green is gone. but i am not at the crystal clear stage yet.

i do not have the taylor kit (again a money issue). i have the intex 3 way strips and the one strip for copper. i just tested (which i know is not a good thing with these strips, but it is all i have at the moment. the free clorine seems to be around the 2 or 3 based on color. the ph is a red, which is not even on the chart. so i can't tell if its too high (which i am assuming it is) or if its too low. total alk, again i can't really tell if its too high, but it was a dark green, just not sure how dark. yes, by my description, i understand the need for the better kit!

as for right now, i am not sure which way to go. do i hook my salt water system back up, do i add more salt? do i leave the salt water system disconnected. add more bleach? will adding more bleach make the pool clearer?
i added in the beginning "c" tabs, which turned my clear green pool, to a beautiful clear blue pool. so i am also wondering if maybe i should add the "c" tabs.

out temps are expected to rise again starting today, into the 90's. the kids are ..well.. they want in the pool lol. please, advise me what i might beable to try next. at least to get it to where i can let these kids in. there must be an educated guess as to my next step. i will order the taylor kit, but again, it will take a few days to get here.

i also have already filled out that form. thanks so much for any help.