use of liquid chlorine in AG vinyl lined pool

[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

[Darkside]

aylad - my pump has been running 24/7 with no real increase in preassure. im at 2 PSI with the pump running on low. i have not cleaned the filter since last weekend and PSI is still at 2. i suspect i have a bad filter ( i should have one delivered this week ). there has been some more improvement in water clarity, but i sill cant see the bottom. water is blue.

i tested FC this morning and its over 5 but by how much i dont know ( still waiting on the K-1515 ) ill test again late in the day and post. yesterday morning i was between 1.5 and 2 FC so im holding much more overnight!

[Darkside]

just tested...

FC 5
TC 5 no change in color after adding the 5 drops of R-003, so is my TC 5 or 10? taylor kit says subtract FC from TC to get CC
PH 7.4
ALK 100

just added 1.42 gal of bleach, and ill add another 1.42 gal in a little while. i guess im on the right track here right? im holding more chlorine over night and loosing less during the day... i have only been adding the chlorine at night, but not during the day, am i doing this right?

i stopped by my local chemical "pusher" today. the only thing i bought was a 60ml bottle of R-0013 and a pack of those skimmer socks ive been reading about. i fitted two socks to my skimmer basket to see if this helps clear things up untill the new filter gets here. while there the "pusher" asked me if i had a sample of water that needed to be tested since he knows i was fighting algae, but i of coarse did not... then he asked if i "needed" anything and kinda winked at me. my answer was no. no shock, pucks, or algaecide? i said nope. a clarifier perhaps? again i said nope. i quickly paid for my reagent and socks and high tailed it out of there all the while looking over my shoulder to make sure no one was following me..... i almost caved, he almost had me when he said the word "clarifier" after all my water is still cloudy, i almost fell off the wagon my friends. i didnt have the heart to tell him that the jig is up! im off the hard stuff and on the BBB...!