use of liquid chlorine in AG vinyl lined pool

[BigDave]

WM; you are (of course) absolutely right. I just noticed that Darkside had a legitimate FC of 0 and hadn't added any chlorine since. I hope I haven't offended you.

[Watermom]

With the addition of the K-1515, you will basically have the K-2006.

If you got a CYA reading of 70 with a 50:50 dilution, then that means your reading is actually 140. You will have to shock to 25 while you are fighting to clear your water and then once it is all cleared up, you'll have to be diligent about keeping your chlorine between 8-15 ALL the time or you'll be right back where you started!

Your pH is good at 7.6.

Run your pump 24/7 and clean the filter as needed. Hang in there!

EDIT to add ---- Can you please make a signature line which gives the type of pool, volume, type of filter, size of pump, any other equipment you have and also the type of test kits. That makes it easier for us to help instead of having to continually scroll back up looking for details about your pool. See the link in my signature for how to do so.

[Darkside]

just tested and FC is too high for my test to read, so i should measure again in the morning right? also PH is now 8.0

[Watermom]

If your chlorine is high, then your pH test will often read falsely high. Wait until the chlorine is below 5ppm to retest the pH.

Until your K-1515 arrives, you can force your test kit to read higher with the same dilution method I suggested for you to use to test your CYA earlier. Try that.

[Darkside]

ran a test this morning and FC is at 5. i went ahead and checked PH and its back down, looks like its right between 7.4 and 7.6

so, do i add chlorine this morning, or wait untill this evening? i assume i would add 2 more big jugs 1.42 gal each right?

[Watermom]

How does your water look? Still cloudy? Are you running the pump 24/7? Go ahead and add some more bleach. This evening after the sun is off the pool, check and see where you are chlorine-wise before adding more and then a couple hours after you add it, test again. Then, in the morning within 2 hours of sunrise, test again before adding more. We want to see if you are losing more than 1ppm overnight.

Also, just a reminder ---- Can you please make a signature line which gives the type of pool, volume, type of filter, size of pump, any other equipment you have and also the type of test kits. That makes it easier for us to help instead of having to continually scroll back up looking for details about your pool. See the link in my signature for how to do so. Thanks!

[Darkside]

yeah the water is still cloudy, but there has been some slight improvement. ive been running the pump 24/7 on low for a couple weeks now. ill run a test later before adding more bleach, but i wonder how much i should add?

ill go ahead and update my sig line when i post the test up later. thanks for the help!

EDIT by Watermom to merge two posts waiting in the moderation queue.

i forgot to ask this before sending the last reply. will the high doses of bleach help to "eat up" whats causing the cloudy water if whats causing it is dead floating algae? or can this only be removed by vacuming/filtering?

[Darkside]

tested about an hour ago as the sun is pretty much off my pool at around 5:30pm. FC is 1.5 to 2. measured PH for the heck of it and its 7.4

i added 1.42 gal of bleach at that time and will go back out in just a bit and do a dilution test. ill probably add another 1.42 gal at that time.

[aylad]

i forgot to ask this before sending the last reply. will the high doses of bleach help to "eat up" whats causing the cloudy water if whats causing it is dead floating algae? or can this only be removed by vacuming/filtering?

The chlorine you're adding to the pool will kill the algae, but filtering/vacuuming is what will remove it from the pool. Have only skimmed the whole thread, so don't know if they've mentioned it, but we usually recommend leaving your pump/filter running 24/7 during this process to help filter it all out. Make sure to clean your filter as your pressure indicates....

Janet