use of liquid chlorine in AG vinyl lined pool

[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...!

[BigDave]

Hi,
My name is Darkside and I've been BBB for almost a week.

Hi Darkside!

[Darkside]

got my K-1515A today!

so do i do the .2 or .5 test to read up to around 25/30ppm since thats what im shocking up to.

[Darkside]

went ahead and played with my new chemistry set.

using the K-1515 i tested a 10 ml sample. 2 spoons of R-0870 powder made the sample turn bright pink. 19 drops of R-0870 made the sample go from pink to clear. so, 19 x .5 = 9.5ppm FC right? i moved to step 5 and added 5 drops of R-0003 and sample didnt turn pink, so i didnt think i could move to step 6 since step 6 changes the sample from pink, back to clear. im confued with this part of the test.

i also did a dilution test (4.5 ml tap water and 4.5 ml pool water) with the K-2005 DPD and it also comes out to 10ppm FC.

PH is still 7.4 so, i added a couple of my "butter container scoops" that should get me back around 7.5-7.6 PH.

im going to add more chlorine tonight, and i assume ill keep adding the 2 big jugs right, also water is still cloudy as i brushed all the goop from the pool floor yesterday afternoon.

any ideas on whats up with the cloudy water? pump PSI is still 2 on low! cant wait to get the new filter! any ideas on why this cloudy water wont clear up?

thanks for any help folks!

[Watermom]

When you add the scoops of powder, if one scoop turns it pink, you don't need the second scoop. You are correct that it would be a FC reading of 9.5. If you add the drops of R-0003 and it stays clear, then you have no CC which is a good thing. So, you were right to stop at that point. Just use the 10 ml sample to save on your reagents.

Continue to keep the chlorine high. With that high CYA, 25ppm of chlorine is what you need. After you add the bleach this evening, wait an hour or so and test your chlorine. Then, tomorrow morning within two hours of sunrise, test the chlorine again. See how much chlorine you are losing overnight and report back. Continue to run your pump.

[Darkside]

even if 1 scoop produces a light link?

i seem to still be losing FC over night. last night i added chlorine, and took a measurment a little later and it was 20.5ppm. i then used the calculator and it said i needed 2 qrts 6 0z to get 25ppm, so i added that amount, checked later ( this was all late in the evening ) and i measured 19.5ppm. this morning i measured 15.5ppm, came home today and measured 10.5ppm. CC measured this afternoon is .5ppm

so a while ago i added 1 big jug and measured 19.5ppm. according to the calculator i need 2 qrts 3 cups to get 25ppm. ive added all this bleach in the last hour and a half or so, so ill test FC in just a bit.

i have been brushing the floor of the pool in the evening after adding my bleach.

the good news is that the filter came today. its a baleen filter, i actually thought i was ordering some other named filter but this is what i got. does anyone know if these are good filters? its seems to have a better filter medium vrs the orginal factory one. i noticed that when i installed it it took a litte effort to install it onto the tube at the bottom of the filter housing, i remember that the factory one used to fit nice and snug, but not any more... anyways while testing this afternoon after it was in there for about 2 hrs i seemed to already be able to see some improvement in clarity! i have the pump running on low.